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Watch: Surfer fights off shark attack mid-competition

Australia's triple surf champion Mick Fanning walked away shaken but uninjured after having a close-encounter with a shark mid-competition in South Africa.

Algeria

Algerian military confirms deadly attack on army patrol

The Algerian military has confirmed in a statement (in French) that nine soldiers were killed and two injured on Friday in an ambush by what it calls

Egypt

ISIL affiliate claims attack on Egypt military in Sinai

A group linked to the self-proclaimed Islamic State organisation has claimed it carried out attacks in Egypt’s Sinai region which killed five members

Kenya

Kenya's Westgate shopping mall re-opens after massacre

Kenya’s Westgate shopping centre in Nairobi has re-opened almost two years after the four-day siege and massacre in which at least 67 people died

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Nigeria

Nigeria: Suicide blasts kill at least 13 as worshippers mark Eid

At least 13 people were reported dead in suicide attacks in Nigeria on Friday. Conflicting accounts say that twin or triple blasts killed up to 13

Somalia

US drone attack in Somalia takes out Al-Shabaab leaders

World News

ISIL claims rocket attack on Egypt navy boat in Mediterranean Sea

The SITE intelligence group reports a rocket attack on an Egyptian navy frigate in the Mediterranean Sea has been claimed by the group calling itself

Afghanistan

Top ISIL commander Hafez Saeed 'killed in US air strike'

Afghanistan’s top ISIL commander has been killed by a US air strike in the east of the country, officials claim. Hafez Saeed would be the fourth

Turkey

{Watch} Thai consulate in Istanbul attacked in protest over treatment of Uighar Muslims

Turkish protesters have attacked the Thai honorary consulate in Istanbul in protest at Bangkok’s expulsion of nearly 100 Uighar Muslims back to

Nigeria

Nigerian troops arrest alleged mastermind of deadly bombings

The alleged mastermind behind deadly bombings in central Nigeria has been arrested. The defence ministry announced that the suspect, behind attacks

Pakistan

First official attempt at peace talks to end conflict in Afghanistan

The first official peace talks have been held between the Taliban and the government.

Niger

Nigeria: 25 killed in suspected Boko Haram suicide blast

A suspected Boko Haram suicide bomber has killed at least 25 people in northern Nigeria. The attack on a local government building at Zaria in Kaduna

Kenya

Al Shabaab kills quarry workers in Kenya gun attack

The Islamist group Al Shabaab says its gunmen were behind an overnight attack that killed at least 14 people, mostly quarry workers, at a residential

World News

Dawn Fraser apologises for racist attack on Kyrgios and Tomic

United Kingdom

Victim of London bombings worried that people are forgetting what happened

A minute of silence has been held in memory of the victims of the 2005 London bombings

Kenya

Al Shabab gunman kill quarry workers in northeast Kenya

At least fourteen people have been killed and several others wounded in a gun attack on a residential complex in northeast Kenya.

United Kingdom

London remembers: 10 years on after 7/7 bombings

The 52 victims: along with survivors and their families will be in the hearts and minds of Londoners and the rest of the UK today as the city marks

Nigeria

Nigeria: Scores killed in Jos in attacks blamed on Boko Haram

Emergency services rushed to retrieve the injured after suspected Islamist militants killed at least 44 people in attacks on a restaurant and mosque

Tunisia

Tunisia: State of emergency declared after Islamist terror attack on tourists

Just over a week after the sands of Sousse were turned red with the blood of tourists, a state of emergency has been declared in Tunisia, giving the

Yemen

Saudi-led strikes target Houthi strongholds in Sana'a

Houthi militia say at least 16 are killed in the bombings. The EU and US appeal for a pause in fighting to ensure aid is delivered to local residents.