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This year's Belt and Road Forum is being closely watched by African scholars, with a researcher from Zimbabwe suggesting the program is helping promote the unification of Africa. Phyllis Johnson,…

Sri Lanka's president is banning two groups allegedly linked to the Easter bombings under emergency powers that came into effect on Tuesday. The office of President Maithripala Sirisena said in…

At least 60 Palestinian demonstrators were injured on Friday afternoon during clashes with Israeli soldiers in the eastern Gaza Strip close to the border with Israel, medics said. The clashes…

Sudan's opposition Freedom and Change Alliance on Saturday said it has reached a primary deal with the Transitional Military Council (TMC) to form a joint sovereignty council, with the issue…

One person died and three were injured at a synagogue shooting in San Diego, California, on Saturday, San Diego County authorities confirmed. A man has been detained for questioning in…

Hundreds of flights have been canceled on Saturday as a rare late winter storm hit Chicago area. The U.S. National Weather Service issued a winter storm warning for the upper…

Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena banned the National Thawheed Jammath (NTJ) and another radical group suspected to be behind the Easter Sunday explosions which killed over 250 people and injured…

Fifteen people including six children have died during a Sri Lankan security forces operation in the aftermath of the Easter attacks, as three cornered suicide bombers blew themselves up and…

  Sri Lanka's special forces were engaged in a severe gun battle with suspected terrorists in Kalmunai city, in the Eastern Province on Friday evening, the military said. In a…

  Two gunmen and four suspected suicide bombers were killed when Sri Lankan forces engaged in a gun battle with suspected terrorists in Kalmunai city in Eastern Sri Lanka on…