Thirty-seven people were killed in three days in the Brazilian city of Manaus, and one hypothesis being considered is a coordinated wave of attacks involving police, an official said. Evidence has emerged over suspects in some of the killings that occurred from Friday to Monday evening inManaus, a

Several people were killed on Wednesday when two young girls apparently blew themselves up in northern Cameroon, an area often targeted by Boko Haram jihadists from neighbouring Nigeria, local sources said. According to a

Birmingham: A Holy Quran manuscript has been carbon dated to close to the time of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), making it one of the oldest in the world, a British university said yesterday. The

Solomon Murimia, a “matatu” minibus driver, gestures as he calls on clients beside his minibus with a painting depicting US President Barack Obama yesterday in Nairobi. Obama will make a first presidential pilgrimage to

Burundi counted votes yesterday a day after a presidential election marred by violence and international condemnation that is expected to see incumbent Pierre Nkurunziza win a controversial third term. Results from the polls, which

A 15 year-old British boy has pleaded guilty to inciting an attack on an ANZAC day parade in Melbourne in April, prosecutors said. The boy, who cannot be named due to his age, entered

Two boys aged five and six died after they locked themselves in a car, sparking a police investigation and a warning to parents not to leave their children in hot vehicles, The Times of

Yemeni pro-government forces recaptured the presidential palace in Aden yesterday and a Saudi military plane landed in the war-scarred southern city following recent territorial losses by Iran-backed rebels. The arrival of reinforcements freshly trained

President Hassan Rouhani defended a nuclear deal criticised by Iran’s conservatives, arguing on Thursday that the agreement reflected the nation’s will and was “more valuable” than domestic carping about its details. The elite Revolutionary

U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter talks with members of the media on a military aircraft en route to Amman, Jordan, after departing Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, July 22, 2015.   BAGHDAD: U.S. Defense Secretary Ash