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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

Following the death of a 32-year-old manual scavenger at a manhole in Mogappair, Chennai Metro Water called off the non-emergency sewage related works for a week. (Representational image)World
Botched vaccine kills 15 children

The UN said the children died of “severe sepsis/toxicityâ€from the contaminated vaccine.

4 Jun 2017 3:03 AM IST

South African President Jacob Zuma. (Photo: AP)World
South African President Jacob Zuma under fire over graft accusations

More than 100,000 leaked documents and emails that showed improper dealings in lucrative government contracts by...

3 Jun 2017 2:39 PM IST

Yusuf Abramjee, donated the money here to two South African charities that assist needy pilgrims traveling for the annual Hajj Pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia.World
South African Indian-origin Muslim man raises Rs 5 crore for Hajj...

Yusuf Abramjee, donated the money here to two South African charities.

3 Jun 2017 4:40 AM IST

The two suicide attackers were also killed in the blasts in Bourvare, a village near the Nigerian border. (Photo: PTI/Representational)World
Cameroon: 7 killed, several injured in twin suicide attacks

Regional Governor Midjiyawa Bakari held the militant group Boko Haram responsible for the attack.

2 Jun 2017 8:12 PM IST

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