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Macron reshuffles government, names new interior minister
Macron hopes the reshaped government will signal a fresh start after a torrid few months
Thai cave rescue bid enters day two: 8 boys have been rescued
Looming rain was one of the main enemies of the operation, threatening to flood the cave complex in mountainous northern Thailand
Old rivals India and Pakistan resume peace process
Top Indian and Pakistani Foreign Ministry officials met on Tuesday to review their four-year-old peace process that has stalled since domestic political turmoil erupted in…
Suspected al-Qaeda leader in Iraq arrested
Iraqi security forces have detained a man suspected of being the leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq after a captured associate led them to him sleeping in a house in the northern city of…
Al-Qaeda leader in Iraq not detained
A man seized by Iraqi forces is not the head of al-Qaeda in Iraq, a senior United States military official said on Friday, following an announcement by several Iraqi officials…
Sudan may charge five for US diplomat’s murder
Sudan will decide in two weeks whether to charge five people suspected of murdering a United States diplomat and his driver on January 1. Abdeen al-Tahir, a senior Interior…
Russia: Georgia preparing for war against rebels
Georgia is preparing to invade its breakaway region of Abkhazia, Russia said on Tuesday, days after Moscow warned it would defend its Abkhaz allies if they came under attack. It…
Ads seek ex-soldiers for smuggling jobs
Guatemala is investigating radio advertisements seeking elite ex-soldiers, who have been known to work for drug cartels, to smuggle goods into Mexico, officials said on Thursday.…
In volatile Yemen, tourism is only for ‘adventurers’
Spanish, French and American tourists once filled the winding alleys of Sanaa’s old quarter, drawn by Yemen’s 2 500-year-old history and unique architecture. But a spate of…
Hike in world food prices sparks deadly riots in Africa
African governments are nervously confronting a mounting wave of often deadly social unrest caused by the soaring cost of food and fuel. Forty people died during price riots in…
Rescuers hunt for survivors of Angolan collapse
Rescuers on Sunday pushed on with efforts to find more survivors from the rubble of the Angolan police headquarters that collapsed in the capital. The disaster is feared to have…
Conservatives claim victory in Iranian election
Conservatives won a majority in Iran’s parliamentary vote, state television said on Sunday, but the new assembly may still give President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad a tougher time ahead…
Suicide bombings in Lahore kill at least 31
Two suicide attacks killed at least 31 people and injured more than 200 in Lahore on Tuesday as suspected Islamist militants escalated their campaign of mayhem in Pakistan’s…
Hamas to pay ‘heavy price,’ Israeli PM says
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert vowed on Thursday to make Hamas militants pay a heavy price for rocket attacks despite United States concerns about civilians in the Gaza…
Picnic-site blast kills over 80 Afghans
A suicide bomber killed more than 80 people at a picnic spot in the southern Afghan province of Kandahar on Sunday in the most deadly attack since the Taliban were ousted in…