Afghanistan's top electoral body has barred dozens of candidates from running in the upcoming parliamentary elections, officials said. The Independent Electoral Complaints Commission (IECC) issued a statement on Saturday with the names of the
more 529Torrential rains and landslides in the southern Indian state of Kerala have killed dozens of people, ravaged farmlands and forced thousands to be evacuated, officials said. More than half of Kerala's 14 districts were
more 388Kenyan authorities have arrested several senior officials on suspicion of corruption over their management of a flagship $3.2bn railway project. The National Prosecution Authority said in a statement on Saturday that it had agreed to
more 498Lebanon is considering legalising the cultivation and export of cannabis for medical purposes as part of an effort to revive the country's struggling economy. "The Lebanese Parliament is preparing to study and adopt the legislation
more 368TIKRIT, Iraq: Daesh extremists killed five members of the same family at a checkpoint on the edge of their village north of Baghdad early on Saturday, a police official said.The killings took place in
more 472DUBAI: Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said on Saturday they had killed ten militants overnight in a security operation conducted in the northwest of the country near the border with Iraq, the official news agency IRNA
more 442BAGHDAD: Iraq’s Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi is to visit top trading partners Turkey and Iran next week, an official said Saturday, days after Washington slapped new sanctions on Tehran and piled economic pressure on
more 369A 2010 silver Dodge Charger thundered down Charlottesville's Fourth Street Southeast on the afternoon of August 12, 2017. Behind the wheel, 20-year-old James Alex Fields Jr allegedly accelerated and barreled into a crowd of pedestrians.
more 373This week, the United States reimposed the first round of economic sanctions on Iran, in an anticipated move following President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw his country from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). More
more 350Years of conflict in Libya - especially in its so-called "oil crescent" - have hurt power generation. Many areas endure total blackouts for hours, and constant electricity outages are affecting all segments of life,
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