At least 18 people died and 76 others were rescued Friday when an Italian coast guard discovered a raft packed with illegal migrants 100 miles (160 kilometers) off the coast of Lampedusa, officials said. One survivor remains in critical condition. “We mourn these...

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said in an interview published on Thursday he expected his country's conflict to be long and difficult but vowed to defeat the insurgents battling to oust him and said he would not be driven from power....

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At least 50 people were killed in multiple blasts and sporadic gunfire in and around a prominent mosque in Nigeria's northwestern Kano State as Muslims observed Friday prayers, an emergency official has said. "I cannot tell you at the moment how many people died in total, but...