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Iranian security agents arrested at least eight people linked to the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency during last week’s unrest over gasoline price hikes, the official news agency IRNA reported on Wednesday. “These elements had received CIA-funded training in various countries under

Two former prime ministers will compete in a runoff to become Guinea-Bissau’s next president, the electoral commission has announced, with incumbent Jose Mario Vaz failing to advance to the second round of voting after a term marred by political infighting and corruption. Domingos Simoes Pereira topped

The first remains of the 39 people found dead in a truck in Britain last month arrived in Vietnam early Wednesday, capping a weekslong wait by families eager to bury their loved ones. Sixteen bodies arrived on a Vietnam Airlines commercial

A 24 year-old man was on Tuesday sentenced to three years in prison for having terror-related videos. Mr Abdala Mustafa was given the option of a Sh50,000 fine in the ruling delivered by Kisumu Senior Resident Magistrate Stella Telewa. Ms Telewa

Outgoing Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri Tuesday announced that he would be withdrawing his candidacy for the premiership. The announcement came nearly a month after he resigned amid ongoing protests as well as a severe economic and financial crisis with no

An illegal migrant told Turkish authorities Tuesday that Greek soldiers tortured him while blindfolded and burned him with a cigarette. The testimony supports the claims made by hundreds of other illegal migrants, who said Greek authorities beat them and tortured them

The US State Department on Saturday called on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter to suspend the accounts of Iranian government leaders until Tehran re-establishes internet coverage throughout the riot-torn country. The government imposed a near-total Internet blackout more than a week ago

A passenger plane with about 17 passengers on board crashed on Sunday in the city of Goma in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, killing several people, the provincial governor’s office said. The plane, operated by the local company Busy Bee,