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Bombs in former Daesh strongholds in Iraq kill 1, wound 16

Police say two bombs have exploded in former Daesh (ISIS) strongholds in central Iraq killing one person and wounding at least 16. The first blast occurred in the city of Fallujah west of Baghdad when a parked car exploded wounding two security men, three civilians and causing material...

Melania Trump rounds off Africa tour in Egypt

U.S. First Lady Melania Trump held talks in the Egyptian capital Saturday on the final leg of a solo four-nation tour of Africa that will also see her visit the Pyramids. The low-key tour, during which she has made no comment to reporters, has contrasted with the political tumult back...

Yemen rebels detain dozens of student protesters: activists

Yemeni rebels on Saturday detained dozens of students protesting in the capital Sanaa against poverty in the war-torn country, activists and witnesses said. Local activists, asking not to be named, told AFP that the Shiite Houthi movement detained at least 55 students, including 18...

Thousands join German forest demo after court reprieve

Thousands of anti-coal demonstrators descended on Germany's Hambach forest Saturday, celebrating an unexpected court victory that suspended an energy company's planned razing of the woodland for a growing open-cast mine. The ancient forest near Cologne has been occupied by activists for...