BAGHDAD: A ferry overloaded with people celebrating the Kurdish new year sank in the Tigris River near the Iraqi city of Mosul on Thursday, killing at least 71 people, mostly women and children, officials said.Col.
moreRABAT: Morocco’s Christian minority on Thursday called on authorities in the Muslim-majority country to guarantee religious freedoms, ahead of a visit by Pope Francis.The Coordination of Moroccan Christians, a group representing converts to Christianity
moreCAIRO: Yemen’s militants are igniting more conflict by their refusal to give up control of the key port city of Hodeida, the focus of months of UN-brokered talks, a government spokesman said.Renewed fighting in
moreScores of people have died after a ferry carrying families celebrating the Nowruz holiday capsized in the Tigris River near the Iraqi city of Mosul, according to officials. Major General Saad Maan, a spokesman
moreBrazil's former President Michel Temer was arrested on Thursday as part of the sweeping anti-corruption investigation known as "Car Wash", a source involved in the case told Reuters news agency. Local media have also
moreThe Albanian government is launching a large-scale construction project on the country's coast in a bid to develop tourism. But ethnic Greek landowners say the state is forcibly taking away their land and, with
moreVenezuela has plunged into a major political crisis amid a growing row over President Nicolas Maduro's future as the country's leader. Maduro started a second term on January 10, following a widely boycotted election
moreAustralians are still struggling to understand what happened in neighbouring New Zealand. People are coming together to offer support for those grieving in Christchurch. Al Jazeera's Rob McBride reports from one such community in
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more(CNN)Counter-terrorism police have launched an investigation after five mosques in the British city of Birmingham were attacked on Thursday. West Midlands Police first responded to reports of a man smashing the windows of a
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