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NEMA northeast region spokesman Abdulkadir Ibrahim said two female suicide bombers tried to get into the camp but were thwarted by security personnel. (Photo: AP/Representational)World
16 dead in suicide bombing in northeast Nigeria: emergency services

Earlier tolls given by local people said 12 or 13 people had been killed but an official said 3 injured died in the...

19 Jun 2017 4:56 PM IST

United Nations armored personnel vehicles are stationed with an ambulance outside Campement Kangaba, a tourist resort near Bamako, Mali, Sunday, June 18, 2017. A security official says suspected jihadists have attacked the resort in Malis capital that is popular with foreigners on the weekends. The official with the U.N. mission known as MINUSMA, said people had been killed and wounded but gave no immediate toll. There also were believed to be hostages inside the luxury resort area. The people inside the Campement Kangaba hotel come from multiple nationalities, he added. (Photo: AP)World
Suspected jihadists attack in Mali's capital; 2 tourists, 4 assailants...

In March 2016, at least 14 civilians and two special forces troops were killed when gunmen stormed the Ivorian beach...

19 Jun 2017 11:06 AM IST

United Nations armored personnel vehicles are stationed with an ambulance outside Campement Kangaba, a tourist resort near Bamako (Photo: AP)World
2 dead as suspected jihadists attack Mali tourist resort

Security forces who battled the gunmen at the site were continuing Sunday evening to search for the assailants who fled.

19 Jun 2017 9:49 AM IST

Fire can be seen by the swimming pool of the Campement Kangaba, a tourist resort near Bamako, Mali, Sunday, June 18, 2017. Suspected jihadists attacked the hotel resort Sunday in Malis capital, taking hostages at a spot popular with foreigners on the weekends. (Photo: AP)World
At least 4 assailants killed after Mali tourist resort attack:...

-"We have recovered the bodies of two attackers who were killed-", Salif Traore told journalists.

19 Jun 2017 7:25 AM IST

United Nations armored personnel vehicles are stationed with an ambulance outside Campement Kangaba, a tourist resort near Bamako, Mali, Sunday, June 18, 2017. A security official says suspected jihadists have attacked the resort in Malis capital that is popular with foreigners on the weekends. The official with the U.N. mission known as MINUSMA, said people had been killed and wounded but gave no immediate toll. There also were believed to be hostages inside the luxury resort area. The people inside the Campement Kangaba hotel come from multiple nationalities, he added. (Photo: AP)World
Gunmen attack resort in Mali's capital, killing 2

More than 30 people managed to escape though at least two people were killed, authorities said.

19 Jun 2017 6:50 AM IST

Many of the 31 victims were killed at point-blank range, Hussein said. Nearly 40 other people were wounded. (Photo: AP)World
Somali survivors tell of restaurant siege by rebels; 31 dead

Many early victims were young men who had been entering the Pizza House when the vehicle exploded.

15 Jun 2017 6:10 PM IST

Rescuers work at the site of a building collapse in Nairobi, Kenya Tuesday. Nairobi Police Chief Japheth Koome said Tuesday that at least 10 people had been reported missing after the collapse Monday night. (Photo: AP)World
Kenya: At least 10 missing after building collapses

Akinyi, who lives in an adjacent building, witnessed the collapse and said three people had been rescued from the...

13 Jun 2017 5:37 PM IST

The report said that ISIS is struggling financially in Afghanistan, where it has resorted to extortion of the local population and has had to stop paying its fighters at times. (Photo: Representational Image)World
ISIS urges followers to attack in Russia, Middle East, Asia, West...

The audio clip was distributed on Monday on ISIS's channel on Telegram, an encrypted messaging application.

13 Jun 2017 8:45 AM IST

One man openly smoking a cigarette -- this is also deemed unacceptable during Ramadan daylight hours -- held a placard in French that asked: \Why does it bother you if you fast and I eat?\ (Photo: AFP)World
Tunisians stage protest, demand right to eat, drink during Ramadan

Demonstrators also protested against the arrest of people who were not fasting.

12 Jun 2017 11:18 AM IST

A family waits for food assistance to be distributed in Thonyor, Leer County, one of the areas in which famine has been declared, in South Sudan. (Photo: AP)World
Somalia: 14 civilians dead in clash between soldiers over food aid

Somalia is 1 of 4 countries singled out by the United Nations in a $4.4 billion aid appeal to avert catastrophic hunger...

9 Jun 2017 7:52 PM IST

The first United Nations humanitarian summit will be held in Istanbul later this month. (Representational Image)World
3 peacekeepers killed in northern Mali attack: UN

The attack is just the latest to target the 12,000-strong force in the west African nation.

9 Jun 2017 4:50 PM IST

Huge waves slam into the promenade during heavy storms in the Sea Point neighborhood of Cape Town, South Africa. (Photo: AP)World
8 dead as storm brings rain to drought-hit Cape Town

Cape Town workers said they had taken measures to protect some poor residents, who live in sprawling neighbourhoods of...

7 Jun 2017 9:17 PM IST

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