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At least 26 people died and dozens of others were injured in forest fires that ravaged 14 districts of northern Algeria on Wednesday, the interior minister said. Kamel Beldjoud told state television that 24 people lost...

By Ebi Kesiena An Indian man has been arrested at Thailand’s main airport for attempting to smuggle out live creatures including a white desert fox and a raccoon, officials said on Wednesday. The Southeast Asian kingdom...

By Enyichukwu Enemanna Russia is set to receive Chinese troops coming into the country to take part in joint military exercises to be led by Moscow, China's defence ministry said on Wednesday. Also expected to take...

By Enyichukwu Enemanna The Navy in Equatorial Guinea has arrested an oil vessel MV Heroic Idun with International Maritime Organisation (IMO) number 9858058, which fled from Nigeria, after an alleged attempted loading at the Akpo field....

By Enyichukwu Enemanna A new study has indicated that Facebook users in Iraq are exploiting the platform's lack of Arabic and Kurdish-language moderation policies to purchase guns online. The study carried out by the Institute of...

By Ebi Kesiena An Egyptian court on Tuesday sentenced a judge to death for murdering his wife, the judiciary said, in the third high-profile femicide case in the country in two months. The criminal court decided...