5 wounded in Al-Shabab attack on Kenyan police
Al-Shabab gunmen attacked Kenyan police vehicles near Somalia's border, injuring at least five officers and burning five cars, police said on Tuesday.
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Iraq troops launch counter-offensive to retake Anbar
Iraqi forces have launched a counter-offensive to retake areas of Anbar province recently captured by fighters from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, ISIL.
Court jails trader 5yrs for dealing in hemp
(Nigeria) A Federal High Court in Lagos on Tuesday sentenced a 21-year-old petty trader, Okechukwu Anekwe, to five years imprisonment for dealing in hemp.
Russia-Iran S-300 air defense system contract to be finalised
A contract on the delivery of Russia’s S-300 air defense missile systems to Iran is still being finalized, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov said on Tuesday.
Russia's surprise air force drills dwarf rival NATO's in Arctic
Russia's Defence Ministry said Tuesday that more than 100 military planes were participating in a surprise test of combat readiness, dwarfing a similar exercise by North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, NATO in the Arctic this week.
16 million Yemenis without clean water
Some 16 million Yemenis - or two-thirds of the population - have no access to clean water, British charity Oxfam warned Tuesday, raising fears of diseases spreading in the conflict-hit country.
APC denies zoning Senate President to North-Central
(Nigeria) The All Progressives Congress, APC, has denied report that its National Working Committee, NWC, met on Monday night and decided to zone the Senate Presidency to the North-Central and the Speaker of the House of Representatives to the South-West, saying nothing like that ever happened.