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Kabul: Gunmen Shot Intercontinental Hotel Diners – Eyewitness
An eyewitness has told the BBC of the terrifying moment gunmen burst into Kabul's Intercontinental Hotel restaurant on Saturday.
The man, who is not being named for security reasons, said he was spared after saying he was an Afghan. "Where…
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DR Congo: Several Deaths in Anti-Kabila Protests
At least five people have been killed in widespread protests in the Democratic Republic of Congo, United Nations sources say.
Protesters are demanding that President Joseph Kabila - whose expected term of office expired more than a year…
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Turkish Ground Troops Enter Syria Enclave
Turkish ground troops have crossed into northern Syria as part of Ankara's campaign to rid the border area of Kurdish fighters, Turkey's PM says.
Binali Yildirim said the aim was to establish a 30km (19-mile) "safe zone" deep inside Syria,…
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Kenya Investigates ‘Sex Attacks’ On New Mothers at Hospital
Kenya's health minister has ordered an investigation into claims new mothers were sexually assaulted at a flagship hospital in the capital Nairobi.
Social media posts alleged that male staff members targeted the women when they went to…
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Turkey Bus Crash: Eleven Killed in Motorway Accident
Eleven people have been killed after a bus taking families on a school holiday skiing trip crashed while travelling on a motorway in north-western Turkey, local officials say.
Some 46 others were injured in the accident, they add.
The…
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Kabul: Gunmen ‘Attacking Intercontinental Hotel’
At least four gunmen have launched an attack on Kabul's Intercontinental Hotel, Afghan officials say.
Special forces were battling the gunmen, interior ministry spokesman Najib Danish said.
An official at the Afghan spy agency told AFP…
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Syria: Turkey War Planes Launch Strikes on Afrin
Turkish war planes have launched air strikes on Kurdish positions in northern Syria, in a move likely to cause tensions with the US.
Turkey wants to oust these Kurdish fighters from Syria's Afrin region, which lies near its southern…
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Far from Home, Mexican Migrants Eager to Influence Presidential Race
Tijuana native Alma Martinez will cast her first-ever vote for a Mexican president this July, but from across the country’s northern border, where she is among hundreds of thousands of co-nationals whose participation could be decisive in a…
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German Election Would Further Harm SPD, Schulz Warns
The leader of Germany’s Social Democrats on Friday urged members of his center-left party to endorse coalition talks with Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives or risk facing new elections that could further damage the party.
The SPD…
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In Russia, Trump Inauguration Euphoria Leaves Lasting Hangover
A year ago on Saturday, Russian nationalists partied in central Moscow to celebrate Donald Trump’s inauguration as the 45th president of the United States.
Euphoria has given way to dismay as the man they expected to end U.S. sanctions…
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