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Anti-government protesters burned down the Iranian consulate building in southern Iraq on Wednesday, while six protesters were killed by security forces who fired live rounds amid ongoing violence, Iraqi officials said Wednesday. Protesters destroyed the Iranian consulate in the holy city

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

The National Service Scheme (NSS) has assured to repost personnel who were deployed to some financial institutions which had their licenses revoked recently. Speaking to Accra based CITI FM, the Executive Director of the National Service Scheme, Mustapha Ussif called on personnel

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