New Taliban leader says insurgency will continue
The Taliban has released an audio message from new leader Mullah Akhtar Mansoor, intended to reassure Taliban leaders, elders, clerics and scholars th
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Kurd suicide bombing kills 2 soldiers in Turkey
Kurdish rebels launched a suicide attack Sunday at a military police post in eastern Turkey, killing two soldiers and wounding 24 others. The local go
Burundi presidential aide Nshimirimana killed in attack
A close aide of Burundi’s President Pierre Nkurunziza has been killed in an attack on his car in the capital, Bujumbura. Gen Adolphe Nshimiriman
2016 Olympics: South Sudan will compete after IOC inclusion
South Sudan will compete at Rio 2016 after becoming the 206th member of the Olympic movement. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) unanimously ap
Zimbabwe seeks second American ‘lion killer’
Zimbabwe says it is seeking a second American over the illegal killing of a lion, as the outcry over the death of famed animal Cecil continues. The Na