Eurasia

The number killed in Kenya’s university massacre rose to 148 people, Kenya’s interior minister said Friday as he declared operations to recover bodies over. The final toll from yesterday’s carnage in the college in the northeastern town of Garissa included 142 students, three police officers and three soldiers, Interior Minister …

Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk, who is currently on a working visit to Berlin, plans to discuss the implementation of the Minsk agreements among other issues during his planned talks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Speaking to German journalists, Yatseniuk said also that Merkel and he would also address economic …

Twenty three new presumed accomplices have been arrested since the terrorist attack against the Bardo Museum, bringing the number of suspects arrested in this attack to 64 individuals. These arrests followed the dismantling of two terrorist cells whose most of its members had taken part in the Bardo attack, whether …

Turkey and Pakistan have called on “all Yemeni groups” for a peaceful solution to the country’s crisis, while pledging support for Saudi Arabia’s actions, Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said on April 3. Turkey and Pakistan agreed to lend “all potential support” to Saudi Arabia in order to defend the …

Yemeni Houthi fighters and their allies seized a central Aden district on April 2, striking a heavy blow against the Saudi-led coalition that has waged a week of air strikes to try to stem advances by the Iran-allied Shi’ite group. Hours after the Houthis took over Aden’s central Crater neighbourhood, …

French President Francois Hollande spoke by phone with President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday and invited him to Paris for discussions on expansion of trade between France and Nigeria. A statement by the French Embassy in Abuja, said the French leader congratulated Buhari on his success and noted the generally smooth …

Algeria-Niger relations have been the focus of a meeting in Niamey between Secretary General of the Foreign Ministry Abdelhamid Senouci Bereksi and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Cooperation, African Integration and Nigeriens Abroad, Aichatou Kane, said Thursday the Foreign Ministry in a statement.

US Secretary of State John Kerry offered his congratulations to the new Nigerian President Mohammadu Buhari on Wednesday, and called on citizens of that country to “reject violence” as they move toward what he called “a new standard for this democracy.” In his statement, Kerry affirmed that “Nigeria is an …

MPs from North Eastern region of Kenya have condemned the terror attack at the Garissa University College they termed a “cowardly attack.” The more than 15 legislators led by Mbalambala MP, Abdikadir Aden under the umbrella of the North Eastern Parliamentary Group said the attack was horrific on innocent students …

Tunisa’s foreign ministry says it has recalled its ambassador to Syria because of the “dangerous” developments in that country. President Bashar Assad’s regime has dramatically escalated the crackdown on a five-month-old uprising since the start of the holy month of Ramadan in August, killing hundreds and detaining thousands.