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Boko Haram jihadists overran a military base in northeast Nigeria after a ferocious firefight, security sources said Sunday, the second major assault on the country's forces in two days. The militants invaded a base holding hundreds of soldiers in Yobe state -- where they abducted over 100 girls from a school earlier this year -- in an hours-long onslaught Saturday night, a military source told … [Read more...] about Boko Haram overruns Nigeria military base in second attack in days

A suicide attacker blew himself up in front of a government ministry in Kabul on Sunday as workers were leaving their offices, killing at least seven people and wounding more than 15, officials said, in the latest deadly violence in Afghanistan. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the explosion that police spokesman Hashmat Stanikzai said happened at the rural rehabilitation and … [Read more...] about Seven dead in suicide attack at Afghan ministry: officials

Hundreds of Syrian rebels and their relatives left the southern city of Daraa on Sunday under a deal to bring the "cradle" of the country's uprising back under government control. The transfers came as Russian-backed government forces advanced in the neighbouring province of Quneitra, with air strikes pounding rebel positions perilously close to the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights. After … [Read more...] about Syria rebels begin evacuating ‘cradle’ of uprising in Daraa

A ceasefire between Israel and Gaza's dominant Hamas Islamists appeared largely to be holding on Sunday, ending the most intensive flare-up in violence around the Palestinian enclave since a 2014 war. In a day of fierce fighting on Saturday, Israel carried out dozens of air strikes in Gaza, killing two teenage boys, and militants fired more than 100 rockets across the border, wounding three … [Read more...] about Gaza ceasefire largely holding after day-long flareup

France and Malta have agreed to host 50 people each, responding to a request for help sent by Italy after it took part in the rescue of 450 migrants from an overcrowded ship in the Mediterranean, Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said. Other European countries will also take some of the asylum seekers, Conte added in a message posted on his official Facebook profile on Saturday. "This is … [Read more...] about Italy says France, Malta agreed to host some rescued migrants

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban on Sunday denounced European Union sanctions imposed on Russia, during a visit to President Vladimir Putin in Moscow ahead of the Moscow World Cup final. Hungary has unusually warm ties with Russia for an EU member state, and Orban and Putin visit each other regularly. "Because of these measures (sanctions imposed over Russian activity in Ukraine) we are … [Read more...] about Hungary denounces EU sanctions on Moscow

The choice of Helsinki for Monday's first summit between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin is a reminder of the Finnish capital's Cold War history when it hosted a number of key tete-a-tetes. Finland shares a 1,340-kilometre (832-mile) border with Russia, and has long chafed at its neighbour's dominance. A hotbed of spies during the Cold War, Helsinki lies just three hours by train from Saint … [Read more...] about Helsinki: the right fit for Trump-Putin summit

Aerospace firms are setting out wares from luxury jets to lethal drones at back-to-back British air shows this week, hoping trade tensions will not deter airlines from buying jetliners even as geopolitical uncertainty allows them to sell more weapons. The quintessentially English atmosphere of the Royal International Air Tattoo, where straw-hatted VIPs watch fighters thunder over picturesque … [Read more...] about Planemakers plot course through trade, Brexit worries to air show deals

Protesters stormed the provincial government building in the Iraqi city of Kerbala on Saturday as protests over poor public services and corruption across southern Iraq entered their sixth day. Demonstrations also took place in the cities of Najaf and Basra, where security forces announced city-wide curfews amid reports of skirmishes between protesters and local militia groups. In Basra, seven … [Read more...] about Iraqi protesters storm local govt building amid anger over graft