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Militants attack Egyptian mosque, kill at least 235 people

Egypt mosque attack

In the deadliest-ever attack by Islamic extremists in Egypt, militants assaulted a crowded mosque during prayers, blasting helpless worshippers with gunfire and rocket-propelled grenades and

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Egypt's deadliest attacks
A look at the deadliest militant attacks in Egypt

Egypt has been battling an insurgency in the Sinai led by an affiliate of the Islamic State group that intensified after the military’s 2013 ouster of the Muslim Brotherhood from

Emmerson Mnangagwa, Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe’s Mnangagwa the ‘Crocodile’ to be sworn in as president

Nicknamed "the Crocodile" for his ruthlessness, Emmerson Mnangagwa who will take over as Zimbabwe's next president, is a hardliner with ties to the military who could prove as authoritarian as

Hafiz Saeed, 2008 Mumbai attack, Hafiz Saeed released
Hafiz release mainstreaming of proscribed terrorists by Pak: India

India today expressed outrage over the imminent release of Mumbai terror attacks mastermind Hafiz Saeed from house arrest, calling it an attempt by Pakistan to mainstream proscribed terrorists and a

Hafiz Saeed, 2008 Mumbai attack, US-wanted militant
Pakistan releases $10m bounty US-wanted militant suspect on court order

Pakistani authorities acting on a court order have released a US-wanted militant who allegedly founded a banned group linked to the 2008 Mumbai attack.

Zimbabwe, Emmerson Mnangagwa, Robert Mugabe
Zimbabwe, facing new leader, wonders ‘Where is Mugabe?’

As Zimbabwe on Thursday prepared to swear in a new leader, Emmerson Mnangagwa, after 37 years, attention turned to the fate of Robert Mugabe and the wife who just days

Leonardo da Vinchi's Christ painting
Leonardo da Vinci’s Christ painting sells for record $450M

A painting of Christ by the Renaissance master Leonardo da Vinci sold for a record $450 million (380 million euros) at auction on Wednesday, smashing previous records for artworks sold

Donald Trump, China, North Korea
China sending envoy to North Korea following Trump visit

Following President Donald Trump’s visit to Beijing, China said Wednesday that it would send a high-level special envoy to North Korea amid an extended chill in relations between the neighbors

migrants, Der Tagesspiegel, immigration
A list of heartbreak: Newspaper tallies 33,293 dead migrants

A German newspaper has published a list of 33,293 people it says died while trying to immigrate to Europe between 1993 and May of this year.

Iran-Iraq border earthquake
Iran-Iraq border earthquake: Death toll rises to 328

Iran’s state-run news agency says the country’s death toll in the powerful earthquake on Iran-Iraq border has risen to 328 people killed.