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Road transport authorities have come up with a series of initiatives to bring down the increasing number of road accidents on national and state highways in West Godavari.

Kenya: 19 killed after bus collides with 2 trucks while trying to...

In December, a tanker smashed into several other vehicles before exploding, killing at least 40 people.

13 May 2017 3:22 PM IST

Nigerias President, Muhammadu Buhari, left, meets with Chibok school girls recently freed from Nigeria Extremist captivity in Abuja (Photo: AP)

Nigeria presidency releases names of 82 freed Chibok girls

Nigerians gathered in front of newsstands Monday looking at the list published in local papers.

8 May 2017 4:56 PM IST

Indian Ships INS Mumbai & INS Aditya. (Photo: ANI Twitter)

India's INS Mumbai, INS Aditya to leave today after interacting with...

This visit would go a long way in enhancing co-operation and understanding between the two countries.

8 May 2017 11:10 AM IST

Rabindranath Tagore

India to celebrate Tagore's 156th birth anniversary with cultural fest...

Rabindranath Tagore was the first non-European to win this prestigious award, in recognition for his collection of...

7 May 2017 2:11 PM IST

Local officials believe that an oil leak caused by the bus crashing into a roadside guard rail may have caused the fire.

26 killed after 2 buses collide, catch fire on Nigerian highway

Police said the 2 buses were trying to overtake other vehicles on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway and ended up striking each...

7 May 2017 9:00 AM IST

Human rights advocates believe others could be among the young girls who have been used to carry out suicide bombing attacks. (Photo: AP)

83 Chibok schoolgirls taken by Boko Haram freed after 3 years:...

A Nigerian military official, part of the rescue operation, said the 83 girls were found near the town of Banki in Borno...

7 May 2017 8:07 AM IST

The accident happened when the bus was descending on a steep hill in rainy conditions. (Photo: Representational/AP)

Tanzania: 32 school students, 2 teachers killed after minibus falls...

More than 11,000 people were killed in road accidents in Tanzania between 2014 and 2016, according to government data.

6 May 2017 8:32 PM IST

The Boko Haram extremist group, which has ties to the Islamic State group, has increasingly used girls and young women to carry out attacks on marketplaces, checkpoints and other targets. (Photo: AP)

5 dead after women suicide bombers attack in Nigeria

Some young women who escaped Boko Haram have said girls are drugged and forced to carry out suicide missions.

5 May 2017 8:32 PM IST

Egypt: ISIS chief tells Muslims to avoid govt places, Christian gatherings

Egypt: ISIS chief tells Muslims to avoid govt places, Christian...

ISIS is increasingly targeting religious minorities, challenging President al-Sisi, who promised to protect them from...

5 May 2017 3:14 PM IST

Abbas Abdullahi Sheikh Siraji. (Photo: Gen Mohamed Adanâ€/Twitte

Mistaken identity: Somalia minister thought to be militant, shot by...

An official said security forces on patrol saw a car blocking the street and believing it was being driven by militants,...

4 May 2017 1:12 PM IST

Qasim al-Rimi (above) succeeded Nasir al-Wuhayshi, who was killed in a US drone strike nearly two years ago. (Photo: Twitter)

Yemen: Al-Qaeda chief claims group fought alongside US-backed forces

Qasim al-Rimi leads the group considered by Washington to be the most dangerous offshoot of the global terror network.

1 May 2017 8:46 PM IST

Tanzanian President John Magufuli said that the posts would be filled by qualified persons as soon as possible and called on local media to publish the names of those fired.

Tanzanian president Magufuli fires 10,000 civil servants over 'fake...

A government investigation started last October, found that 9,932 people had faked their secondary school...

28 April 2017 9:23 PM IST