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Death row appeal fails: Australian ‘Bali Nine’ drug smugglers face execution

JAKARTA, Apr 6: An Indonesian court has rejected a bid by two Australian drug smugglers — members of the so-called “Bali Nine” — to challenge

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Kenya bombs Somalia al-Shabab bases after Garissa attack

KENYA, Apr 6: Kenyan fighter jets have bombed positions of militant Islamist group al-Shabab in neighbouring Somalia, a military spokesman has told the BBC. The warplanes had targeted two camps

Kenya says son of a government official was among gunmen in Garissa attack

KENYA, Apr 5: The son of a Kenyan government official was one of the masked gunmen who killed nearly 150 at a university last week, the interior ministry said on

Kenya mourns victims of Garissa al-Shabab attack

KENYA, Apr 5: Kenya has begun three days of mourning for the 148 victims of an attack on students by militant group al-Shabab. Easter ceremonies will be held to remember

Chopper crash kills PM’s aide‚ ex- U.S. envoyb

KUALA LUMPUR, Apr 5: Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak’s chief of staff and a former ambassador to the United States, who was also a senior member of Najib’s party, were

Iraq: Tikrit victory gives way to looting and lawlessness

MIDDLE EAST, Apr 4: Iraqi Shia militia, who helped recapture Tikrit from Islamic State (IS), are being pulled out of the city amid reports of violence and looting. The militia

Kenya al-Shabab attack: Security questions as Garissa dead mourned

KENYA, Apr 4: Kenya is mourning 148 people killed in Thursday’s al-Shabab attack on Garissa university campus, amid questions over why warnings were ignored. Kenyan newspapers say there was intelligence

Iran nuclear talks: Rouhani vows to abide by deal

MIDDLE EAST, Apr 4: Iran’s president has vowed it will abide by the terms of the preliminary nuclear agreement it signed with six world powers, so long as they do

3,000 Bihar teachers twice fail test, to be sacked

PATNA, Apr 3: Nearly 3,000 primary school teachers on contract failed to clear competency tests twice in Bihar and will be sacked following the Patna High Court order, officials said

147 dead, Islamist gunmen killed after attack at Kenya college

KENYA, Apr 3: The massacre that killed 147 people and wounded scores of others at a Kenyan university lasted for hours Thursday before the terror was over. “It is a