ABUJA, Nigeria – A Nigerian security official says the Islamic extremist rebels of Boko Haram are trying to spread their violent campaign across Nigeria including Lagos, the country’s largest city. Tony Opuiyo, spokesman of the Department of State Services, Nigeria’s intelligence agency, said Sunday there has been a sudden influx …
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The first American-made Abrams tanks arrived in Ukraine months ahead of schedule, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced Monday. The tanks arrived in Ukraine in time to assist with the country’s ongoing counteroffensive against Russian forces, an effort whose window is closing due to the impending winter. Zelenskyy did not clarify …
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Israeli soldiers said they found an ISIS flag among the belongings of a Hamas operative, drawing a connection between the two terrorist groups. ISIS, also ISIL or the Islamic State, is a terror group that rose to prominence in 2014 when it declared a caliphate in Iraq and Syria. It …
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LONDON – The former school principal of the man who became “Jihadi John” says he was a relatively hardworking student who showed no signs of radicalization. Jo Shuter, former head teacher at Quintin Kynaston school in London, told BBC Radio on Monday that Mohammed Emwazi was a “hardworking and aspirational …
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BOGOTA, Colombia – A new report by Human Rights Watch says gangs still operate freely in the crime-plagued port city of Buenaventura, with criminals carrying out murders and dismembering victims at an alarming rate a year after Colombia created a special task force to curb violence there. President Juan Manuel …
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PARIS – The head of the U.N.’s cultural agency says the deliberate destruction of cultural heritage like that at an archaeological site in Nimrud, Iraq, amounts to a “war crime.” UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova appealed in a statement Friday to people around the world — “especially youth” — to protect …
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ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast – An Ivory Coast court has sentenced former first lady Simone Gbagbo to 20 years in prison for her part in post-election violence that killed more than 3,000 people four years ago. Her lawyer called it a “purely political decision.” Former President Laurent Gbagbo awaits trial for …
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LONDON – Oil prices have further to drop with no signs of slowing production in the U.S., according to a global energy agency. The International Energy Agency, a watchdog group based in Paris that represents the world’s main oil-importing nations, said in its monthly report Friday that the recent stabilization …
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YANGON, Myanmar – The death toll in a weekend ferry accident off Myanmar’s northwestern coast has increased to 59 as more bodies were recovered, state-run media reported Tuesday. The Myanma Ahlin newspaper said that rescuers pulled 23 more bodies out from inside the ship in about 30 meters (90 feet) …
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WARSAW, Poland – Poland’s foreign minister says his government will reciprocate if Russia continues to bill for Poland’s diplomatic buildings. Grzegorz Schetyna spoke Wednesday after the Arbitration Court in St. Petersburg allowed bailiffs to evict Poland’s consulate there, saying Poland owes some $1 million in rent. The decision is seen …
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