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A court in India's western Mumbai city has found 12 men guilty for their roles in the 2006 bombings of commuter trains. The 12 men were accused of waging war against the nation, conspiracy and murder. One man was acquitted. The...

There is a growing belief within the US government that the Islamic State militant group is making and using crude chemical weapons in Iraq and Syria, a US official has told the BBC. The US has identified at least four...

Widespread flooding and landslides in north-east Japan have forced more than 90,000 people to abandon their homes. The city of Joso, north of the capital, Tokyo, was hit by a wall of water after the Kinugawa River burst its banks....

Facebook has nearly 20 million users in major African markets Nigeria and Kenya, statistics released by the social network showed on Thursday, with the majority using mobile devices to access their profiles. Facebook opened its first African office in Johannesburg...

Julius Malema, leader of the leftist Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) party, was thrown out of the South African parliament on Wednesday after he called Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa a "murderer". Malema, clad in his party's trade-mark red overalls, was ejected...

Pope Francis will visit Kenya in November, the Vatican said on Thursday, a country where Christians have recently been targeted by Islamist militants. In June, the Argentine pontiff told a gathering of priests from around the world that he wanted...

India's foreign ministry summoned Saudi Arabia's ambassador over allegations one of the Middle East country's officials repeatedly raped two Nepali maids, sparking a diplomatic row ahead of a planned state visit by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.Saudi Arabia is pressing...

Iran's Supreme Leader has said Tehran will not negotiate with the United States on any issue after the landmark nuclear deal with world powers in July, according to his official website on Wednesday. The comments appeared to contradict more moderate...

Syrian rebels linked to al-Qaeda have seized control of a key airbase in the north-western province of Idlib after a two-year siege, Syrian state TV says. Abu al-Duhur airbase was the final regime position in the province, which is now...

Rwanda's Supreme Court said it would hear a case brought by the main opposition party that aims to block changing the constitution to allow President Paul Kagame to run for a third, seven-year term. The debate about term limits has...