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Nigerian Military Claims to “Rescue Nearly 300 Women”, Girls

YoopyaApr 29, 2015July 1, 20230

LAGOS—Nigeria on Tuesday said it has rescued nearly 300 girls and women from a Boko Haram stronghold in the country’s northeast, but it remained unclear

Survey: Islam Will Become World’s Largest Religion in 2070

YoopyaApr 29, 2015July 3, 20230

At a youthful 1,400 years, Islam is the youngest of the world’s major religions — and it’s on track to be the largest sometime this

We are hungry: Aid reaches epicenter, Nepal toll tops 5000

YoopyaApr 29, 2015July 8, 20230

GUMDA, Nepal (AP) — Hands pressed together in supplication, the Nepalese women pleaded for food, shelter and anything else the helicopter might have brought on

National Guard called in to keep the peace in Baltimore

YoopyaApr 29, 2015July 8, 20230

BALTIMORE (AP) — National Guardsmen took up positions across the city and hundreds of volunteers began sweeping the streets of broken glass and other debris

Rescuers struggle to reach many in Nepal quake, fear worst

YoopyaApr 28, 2015July 8, 20230

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — The death toll from Nepal’s earthquake soared past 3,300 Monday, and how much higher it would rise depended largely on the

Bashir Easily Wins Sudan Election

YoopyaApr 27, 2015June 22, 20230

Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir won another term in office, taking 94 percent of the vote in an election boycotted by the opposition. Election officials announced

Reports: 2 “Burundi Protesters” Killed in Clashes With Police

YoopyaApr 27, 2015July 8, 20230

Police in Burundi’s capital, Bujumbura, clashed Sunday with protesters demonstrating against President Pierre Nkurunziza, who is seeking a controversial third term, killing two people, the

Obama devotes “Earth Day” speech to climate change

YoopyaApr 22, 2015July 8, 20230

President Obama marks Earth Day on Wednesday by traveling to the Florida Everglades to promote his climate change agenda. Obama is looking to add some

Families mourn Mali desert crash victims as military stand by

YoopyaApr 22, 2015July 3, 20230

GOSSI (AFP) – Relatives of 116 people killed in an Air Algerie crash in July visited the scene of the disaster in remote hazardous northern

Egyptian Court Sentences “Mohamed Morsi” to 20 Years in Prison

YoopyaApr 22, 2015July 3, 20230

CAIRO — Mohamed Morsi, the deposed president of Egypt, was sentenced to 20 years in prison by an Egyptian court on Tuesday, in the first