Six killed in Mali resort attack
On November 29, 2015, terrorists attacked the Radisson Blu Hotel also in the capital killing 20.
Jun 19, 2017, 13:27 PM ISTResort outside Mali's capital under attack
Security has gradually worsened in Mali since French forces pushed back allied Islamist and Tuareg rebel fighters in 2013 from swathes of the north they had occupied the previous year.
Jun 18, 2017, 23:55 PM ISTPM Narendra Modi expresses grief over loss of lives in Portugal forest fire
More than 100,000 hectares of the country`s mainland was devastated by a series of fires last year.
Jun 18, 2017, 23:23 PM ISTAt least 62 killed in forest fire still raging in Portugal
The government declared three days of mourning and sent two army battalions to help the emergency services.
Jun 18, 2017, 19:36 PM IST31 Egyptians get death sentence for killing top prosecutor
The ruling is set to be sent to the Egyptian Mufti, an Islamic scholar and legal expert, although his opinion is non-binding.
Jun 17, 2017, 18:19 PM ISTJihadists kill two, kidnap others in Mali army camp attack
MINUSMA began operations in 2013, providing security to and assisting Malian troops in a region which fell to jihadist groups linked to Al-Qaeda in March 2012.
Jun 17, 2017, 17:03 PM ISTNo link between Palestinian Jerusalem attackers and any armed group: Israeli police
No connection has been found between three Palestinians who carried out a fatal attack in Jerusalem on Friday and any organisation, Israeli police said on Saturday, after Islamic State had claimed
Jun 17, 2017, 14:10 PM ISTAt least 31 civilians killed in hotel attack in Somalia's capital
Police say nearly 40 people were wounded in the assault that began when a car bomb exploded outside the Pizza House restaurant in Mogadishu.
Jun 15, 2017, 18:12 PM ISTSeveral people killed in crash on Bollore-run railway in Benin
Several people were killed in a crash of a train operated by a subsidiary of French industrial group Bollore in Benin.
Jun 14, 2017, 20:31 PM ISTTeenagers rescued after three-day ordeal in Paris catacombs
Two teenagers were rescued from the catacombs beneath Paris on Wednesday after getting lost in the pitch-black tunnels of the underground burial ground for three days.
Jun 14, 2017, 16:35 PM ISTSuspected diarrhoea kills 279 people in Sudan: UN
Hundreds of people suffer from water-borne diseases every year across Sudan given the lack of access to clean drinking water.
Jun 12, 2017, 23:34 PM ISTKenya foils terror attack planned by Somali militants
Kenya has faced a constant security challenge from across the border ever since it sent its troops into Somalia in late 2011, to help defeat the al Shabaab militants and restore order.
Jun 12, 2017, 13:14 PM ISTHamas denies it built tunnel under UN schools in Gaza
Over the years, Gaza`s Hamas rulers have built a labyrinth of tunnels, some passing under the border into Israel which they used to launch attacks during their last conflict in 2014.
Jun 10, 2017, 19:41 PM ISTSouth Sudan rebels say they carried out deadly road ambush
Gabriel claimed the ambush destroyed four military vehicles and nine private ones and killed more than 40 people including civilians "caught in crossfire".
Jun 09, 2017, 19:46 PM ISTThree 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. Guinean and Chadian soldiers make the majority of those at the Kidal camp.
Jun 09, 2017, 16:38 PM ISTSouth Sudan rebels claim responsibility for deadly convoy attack
South Sudan`s rebels have claimed responsibility for an ambush on a convoy of buses and other vehicles travelling on a major highway that killed at least 14 people.
Jun 09, 2017, 15:09 PM ISTSomalia's president vows revenge on al Shabaab after deadly attack
Somalia`s president said late Thursday night the country`s army was in "hot pursuit" of Islamist group al Shabaab fighters after the insurgents` assault on a military base in the Puntland region that
Jun 09, 2017, 11:53 AM ISTBus accident in Zimbabwe leaves 43 dead
According to local media reports, the driver failed to negotiate a curve as he might have been speeding.
Jun 08, 2017, 19:19 PM ISTAl Shabaab takes over Somali town, claims killing 61 in military base attack
Al Shabaab militants captured a town in Somalia`s semi-autonomous Puntland region on Thursday.
Jun 08, 2017, 15:01 PM ISTSouth Africa Oppon ex-leader Zille faces suspension over tweet
South Africa's main opposition party, the Democratic Alliance, said Saturday its former leader Helen Zille faced being suspended over a tweet in which she said colonialism brought benefits to the
Jun 03, 2017, 21:49 PM IST