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Car Bombs In Busy Areas In Baghdad’s Shi’ite Districts Kill At Least 24 People

Five car bombs exploded in busy areas in predominantly Shi'ite neighborhoods of Baghdad on Monday, killing at least 24 people, police and medical sources said. The deadliest attack took place in Sadr City, where a car bomb blew up near...

Kerry Sees Potential For Quick Iran Nuclear Deal

Secretary of State John Kerry said a deal on Iran's nuclear program could be reached relatively quickly, and it would have the potential to dramatically improve the relationship between the two countries. Kerry said intensifying diplomatic efforts to resolve the...

Israel’s Netanyahu To Press Obama For No Let-Up On Iran Pressure

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will warn President Barack Obama at a meeting on Monday that Iran's diplomatic "sweet talk" cannot be trusted and will urge him to pressure Tehran to prevent it being able to make a nuclear...

‘Pleasant’ Accountant Found Dead In Her Four-Bedroom Home As Son, 21, Is Arrested On Suspicion Of Murder

...Police were called to large £350,000 four-bedroom property in Wickford ...Discovered body of 46-year-old accountant Tolu Kalejaiye at 10am today ...Son arrested soon after by Essex Police officers and remains in custody A son was today arrested on suspicion of murder after...

Sudanese Use Tear Gas On Crowd Demanding President Resign

Police fired tear gas to disperse thousands of Sudanese demanding the resignation of President Omar Hassan al-Bashir after rights groups accused security forces of shooting dead at least 50 people in the worst unrest in Sudan's central region for...

Kenya Says Holding Eight People Over Mall Attack, Three Freed

Kenyan authorities are holding eight people in connection with a weekend attack by Islamist militants on a Nairobi shopping mall, while three others were released after questioning, the interior minister said on Friday. Somali Islamist group al Shabaab said its...

Mall Raid Rallies Foreign Support For ICC-Indictee Kenyatta

While it hurts Kenya's tourism and investment, the bloody Nairobi mall assault by Islamist militants will help President Uhuru Kenyatta bolster international support as he confronts charges of crimes against humanity at The Hague. Accused by prosecutors at the International...

Bahrain Stung By Obama Comment On Sectarian Tensions

Bahrain voiced disappointment with President Barack Obama's description of the kingdom as beset by sectarian tension, arguing its problem was with "terrorists" who fomented division. Bahrain has been rocked by almost daily clashes by members of the Shi'ite Muslim majority...

Iraqi Consulate In Damascus Hit By Mortar Shell

A mortar shell hit the Iraqi consulate in the Syrian capital Damascus on Thursday, killing an Iraqi woman and wounding four other people, witnesses said. State news agency SANA quoted a source at the consulate as saying the shell had...

Gunmen Kill Eight In Indian Kashmir Ahead Of India-Pakistan Talks

Militants dressed in Indian army uniforms killed at least eight people in attacks on an Indian police station and army camp near the Pakistan border on Thursday, triggering calls to cancel talks between the rival nations' leaders. Just a day...