BAGHDAD, July 6 (agencies): The first appearance of self-proclaimed "caliph" Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in a video shot in an Iraqi mosque illustrates the extent of his jihadist group's control and confidence. Baghdadi, whose Islamic State (IS) group holds territory in both Iraq and Syria, called for Muslims to "obey" him...
Read moreLEH, July 6 (AFP): The Dalai Lama Sunday reiterated his plea to Buddhists in Myanmar and Sri Lanka to halt violence against Muslims, in a speech to tens of thousands of devotees to mark his 79th birthday. In front of the massive crowd that included Hollywood film star Richard Gere...
Read moreKIEV, July 6 (AFP): Resurgent Ukrainian forces on Sunday pursued retreating pro-Russian rebels after seizing their symbolic bastion in a morale-boosting win that appeared to dim hopes for a ceasefire in the bloody separatist insurgency. Western-backed President Petro Poroshenko called the moment when his troops hoisted the Ukrainian flag over...
Read moreKAMPALA, July 6 (AFP): Ugandan troops have killed 41 attackers in a major battle with tribal gunmen in a western district near the border with the Democratic Republic of Congo, an army spokesman said Sunday. It was not immediately clear what sparked the violence, but the region has been hit...
Read moreHINDI, July 6 (AFP): At least 18 people have been killed in new attacks in Kenya's Lamu coastal region, the same area where some 60 people were massacred last month, the Kenyan Red Cross said Sunday. A spokesman for Somalia's Shebab rebels claimed that the Al-Qaeda-linked group's fighters had carried...
Read moreCourt hands Palestinian-US teen 9 days house arrest JERUSALEM, July 6: A Jerusalem court ordered Sunday that a Palestinian American teenager, who was allegedly beaten in police custody, be released to house arrest for nine days pending an investigation into stone-throwing allegations. Tariq Abu Khder, 15, who holds US citizenship...
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