
NIGERIA
Bomb blasts kill 13 in NE Nigeria
Triple bomb explosions rock Nigeria’s Chibok, leaving at least 13 people dead and over 30 others wounded.

Triple bomb explosions rock Nigeria’s Chibok, leaving at least 13 people dead and over 30 others wounded.

Israel's Supreme Court refuses to release hunger-striking Palestinian journalist.

Iranian cyclist Amir Hossein Jamshidiyan snatches a bronze medal at the 36th edition of the Asian Cycling Championships in Japan.

France’s foreign minister says President Rouhani’s Paris visit is geopolitically and economically important and facilitates tackling regional crises.

Iran is drawn along with Greece and Mexico in Group A of the 2016 FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Italy.

Saudi Arabia beheads an Egyptian national after sentencing him to death on charges related to robbery and murder.

The US and China have agreed to move ahead with a UN resolution against North Korea following Pyongyang's fourth nuclear test earlier this month.

A roadside bomb blast kills at least five Kenyan police officers in Lamu near the border with Somalia.

Human Rights Watch says Europe’s response to the refugee crisis has resulted in a crackdown on basic freedoms of refugees.

A new report says that race hate crimes on Britain’s railway networks have risen by 37% in the past five years.

A series of terror attacks kill at least four Iraqi security forces in the western province of Anbar.

A former British official says demanding Muslims to abandon their culture to suit Britain is “the deepest form of disrespect.”

Turkey is pitching a series of plans to attract more tourists from Iran as the number of visitors from Russia and Europe is shrinking.

Turkish prosecutors demand life terms for two opposition journalists.

At least one Saudi soldier is killed in a Yemeni retaliatory shelling attack against a military base in Saudi Arabia's region of Jizan.

China is planning to build a floating nuclear power station, a senior official says.

Qatar’s emir changes seven ministers in the country’s 20-member cabinet.

The United States is determined to draw Russia into a major conflict, says an analyst.