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Clinton: ISIL killings are ‘genocide’
US Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton says she now believes the persecution of religious and ethnic groups by Daesh is “genocide.”

US Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton says she now believes the persecution of religious and ethnic groups by Daesh is “genocide.”

India adopts severe traffic restrictions in New Delhi to tackle worsening air pollution.

An assailant kills one tourist and injures 11 others in the Dagestan Republic of Russia’s North Caucasus region.

The deaths of blacks by the hands of police are “gaining a horrendous reputation for the United States,” says Abayomi Azikiwe, editor at the Pan-African News Wire.

Bahrain’s High Criminal Court jails 29 over their alleged involvement in bomb attack in 2014.

Turkey’s brokerage and advisory firm Unlu Yatirim says it is in talks with an Iranian company for a joint venture in the country.

People in the Central African Republic are going to the polls to vote in much-delayed elections.

Iraq war veteran Vincent Emanuele says US policies in Iraq have helped create the Daesh (ISIL) terrorist group.

Saudi Arabia denounces the recent killing of the leader of the so-called Jaysh al-Islam terrorist group in Syria.

Yemeni counterstrikes kill two members of Saudi military.

Yemeni forces launch missile attacks on military bases in Saudi Arabia’s border city of Najran.

Indonesia women hail female-only transportation service in the country.

Israeli forces kill a total of 142 Palestinians since the beginning of October, says the Palestinian Ministry of Health.

The United States has accused Russia of killing hundreds of Syrian civilians since September 30.

Police in Cleveland, Ohio are reviewing last year’s fatal shooting of a black boy to determine if the officers involved in the shooting would face disciplinary action.

The US continues spying on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu despite claims to curtail hacking its allies, says a report.

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Top Nigerian Shia cleric Sheikh Ibrahim al-Zakzaky has been charged with "criminal conspiracy and inciting public disturbances."