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'Nigeria to keep fighting Boko Haram'
Nigeria's president says military operations against the Takfiri Boko Haram militants could be extended beyond a previous deadline.

Nigeria's president says military operations against the Takfiri Boko Haram militants could be extended beyond a previous deadline.

Concerns are rising in the West over the spread of what is known as “lone wolf attacks”.

Crude oil futures have plunged to their lowest level in nearly seven years amid rising concerns over a growing supply glut.

FBI is investigating allegations against Sepp Blatter over his role in $100million FIFA bribes.

The US vice-president says Moscow should return the Crimea peninsula to Ukraine.

Syria urges the UN to take action over the US-led airstrikes that killed three soldiers.

Tehran and New Delhi are in talks to build an undersea gas pipeline as part of efforts to export natural gas to India.

Many Americans are stocking up on weapons after the massacre in San Bernardino, California, the worst US mass shooting in three years.

A senior Iranian official says the IAEA must close the so-called PMD file for Tehran to implement the JCPOA.

Austria begins works on erecting a fence on the border with Slovenia to curb the flow of refugees.

A sweeping blaze in a slum in India's financial capital kills one person and destroys about 1,000 shanties.

EU president Donald Tusk says he expects a deal at a summit in February to keep Britain in the bloc.

The Iraqi PM orders the country's Air Force to be on alert as a deadline issued to Turkey over the illegal deployment of its troops approaches.

A top Iranian official says Hezbollah’s fight against Takfiri groups in Syria has curbed extremism in Lebanon.

Iranian athletes win four silver medals at the REDtone 9th Kuala Lumpur International Junior Open Squash Championships in Malaysia.

China's capital is hit by severe smog, prompting officials to announce a red alert.

The rise of the Daesh (ISIL) terrorist group is the direct outgrowth of US policies in the Middle East, a writer and activist in Boston says.

A US envoy has denied reports that the American-led coalition in Syria has killed a number of Syrian soldiers.