All 92 on Syria-bound Russian military jet killed in crash, including 60 from Red Army Choir
By Polina Devitt and Andrew Osborn | MOSCOW
A Russian military plane carrying 92 people, including dozens of Red Army Choir singers, dancers and orchestra members, crashed into the Black Sea on its way to Syria on Sunday, killing everyone on board, Russian authorities said.
The...
UN Security Council Rejects Arms Embargo on South Sudan
The United Nations Security Council has rejected a U.S.-drafted resolution to impose sanctions and an arms embargo on South Sudan.
The measure received seven votes in favor, while eight countries abstained. The resolution needed nine votes to pass, as well as no vetoes by permanent...
Jerusalem: 19-year-old shot protesting home demolition
By:Patrick Strickland
Ahmad al-Kharoubi, 19, killed during protest against home demolition by Israeli forces in occupied East Jerusalem.
Israeli forces have shot dead a Palestinian teen during clashes that erupted when soldiers arrived to demolish the home of an alleged attacker.
Israeli court rules against Palestinian family's...
Battle for Aleppo:Thousands still waiting for evacuation from east Aleppo
Movement of buses out of Syrian city resumes after harsh weather and obstacles disrupted effort on Wednesday.
Thousands of civilians and fighters are still waiting to be evacuated from the last rebelbastion in Aleppo city but difficulties including harsh weather are complicating the finalphase of...
Gambia’s top court adjourns election case until Jan 10
The Gambia's top court on Wednesday said it was adjourning until January 10 a case filed by strongman Yahya Jammeh, who is seeking to annul the results of the country's presidential elections.
The Supreme Court, presided by Nigerian-born Chief Justice Emmanuel Fagbenle, ordered the adjournment...
Burundi president to file a claim against AMISOM unpaid wages
BUJUMBURA – The Burundi head of state, Pierre Nkurunziza, has announced that his government is to open judicial proceedings on the issue of unpaid wages of more than five thousand Burundi military personnel who are in the African Union Peace keeping Mission in Somalia,...
Gambia’s Yahya Jammeh will not face prosecution on leaving office: opposition
Gambian President Yahya Jammeh will not face prosecution on leaving office, a spokesman for the opposition coalition that backed president-elect Adama Barrow told AFP late Tuesday.
Jammeh led the Gambia for 22 years but conceded defeat in polls this month before reversing his position and...
Egypt, Saudi ties worsening
Saudi King Salman ordered the country's officials to stop implementation of all agreements between Riyadh and Cairo until further notice.
Al-Bawaba al-Fajr news website quoted an Egyptian diplomatic source as saying that most agreements signed between Egypt and Saudi Arabia have been suspended at the...
WATCH:Japanese mother and African American father,become the first bi-racial woman to be crowned Miss Japan
With a Japanese mother and African American father, Ariana Miyamoto has become the first bi-racial woman to be crowned Miss Japan. The question of whether a person of mixed race should be eligible to win the competition has since provoked a heated argument on...
WATCH:What is it like being black in India? BBC News
What is it like being black in India?
That's what BBC Pop Up wanted to find out after Benjamin Pratt, a student from Sierra Leone now living in India, told us that many African immigrants are victims of racism and prejudice.
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