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Sudanese President Omar al Bashir has stated that his country had no choice but to be on the side of the Libyan people during the revolution against the Muammar Gaddafi regime in 2011. Al Bashir, who is wanted by the International Criminal Court, told Libya’s Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj at …

At least 32 people, including 11 security personnel, have been killed in militant attacks on police posts in Myanmar’s Rakhine state, the army says. More than 20 posts were targeted by Muslim militants in pre-dawn raids, the government said, in Rakhine’s worst violence for months. Rakhine has been hit by …

The Lebanese army says it has launched an offensive against an ISIL enclave straddling the northeast border with Syria. Simultaneously, Hezbollah, the Lebanese Shia group, and the Syrian army have announced an assault from the Syria side of the border in the western Qalamoun mountain range. The Lebanese army is …

Facing the threat of disease, people in Sierra Leone on Wednesday began burying hundreds of victims of a mudslide that swept away homes on the edge of the capital, Freetown, in one of Africa’s worst flood disasters in living memory. Hundreds of Freetown residents queued to identify relatives crushed by …

A political group, Economic Fighters League has expressed disappointment in the lack of African support for Sierra Leone, a nation mourning the death of nearly 400 lives. In a statement copied to myjoyonline.com, the group raised questions about the African sense of solidarity for his fellow African. “Have we become …

Thirty-two suspected drug dealers were killed in shootouts across one province in the Philippines on Tuesday, police said, in a bloody 24 hours for the country’s war on drugs. Police conducted 66 “buy-bust” operations, in which undercover police attempt to buy illegal drugs from suspected dealers, in the province of …

Many Kenyans have fled Nairobi and other cities for fear of being trapped in post-election violence, ahead of today’s polls. Over the last four days, bus terminals in Nairobi have been crowded with Kenyans of all ages, almost all of which are determined to leave the city to escape possible …

More than 50 women in the northern Indian states of Haryana and Rajasthan have reported that they have had their hair chopped off while they were unconscious. Police are struggling to solve the mystery that is leaving women paranoid and worried, reports the BBC’s Vikas Pandey. “There was a strong …

In Afghan society it is the custom that women’s names should not be uttered publicly. Women are generally only referred to as the mother, daughter or sister of the eldest male in their family. Using the name of a woman is frowned upon and can even be considered an insult. …

The US government is not seeking a regime change in North Korea, the secretary of state says, amid tensions over Pyongyang’s weapons programme. “We’re not your enemy,” Rex Tillerson said, adding that the US wanted a dialogue at some point. Meanwhile, a senior Republican senator said President Trump considered going …