Somalia executes al-Shabab journalist
A Somali journalist who helped al-Shabab kill five fellow reporters has been executed by firing squad. Hassan Hanafi was sentenced to death last month
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Bomber ‘kills 12 police recruits’ in Afghanistan
At least 12 people have been killed and dozens wounded by a bomb targeting police recruits in eastern Afghanistan, officials say. The blast happened i
N Korea senior intelligence officer defects
A senior North Korean military officer who oversaw spying operations has defected, say South Korean officials. The officer has not been named, but the
Spanish envoy removed ‘for absenteeism’
The Spanish ambassador to Belgium has been removed from his post amid claims he was often absent from work and “abused” his position. No o
Iran gets Russian S-300 air defence missiles
Russia is reported to have started delivering S-300 surface-to-air missiles to Iran, under a deal opposed by Israel, the US and Saudi Arabia. Iran&rsq