Islamic State audio vows more attacks following Saudi mosque bombing
Saturday, 8 August 2015, 11:30
Last update: about 10 years ago
Associated Press
The Islamic State group has released an audio recording purporting to feature the suicide bomber who killed 15 people at a police compound mosque in Saudi Arabia. The audio, along with a photo of...
Peace talks between Libyan factions to take place in Geneva
Saturday, 8 August 2015, 06:44
Last update: about 10 years ago
Associated Press
Planned peace talks next week between Libyan factions will take place in Geneva, instead of Morocco, Libyan officials said Friday. Libya is bitterly divided between rival governments in its east...
Italian police: Migrant survivors say 200 died in latest shipwreck
Friday, 7 August 2015, 15:29
Last update: about 10 years ago
Associated Press
Italian police say some of the nearly 370 migrants who survived the capsizing of a fishing boat told investigators that about 200 people likely perished because smugglers kept them inside the...
Youth camp resumes on isle four years after Norway massacre
Friday, 7 August 2015, 09:50
Last update: about 10 years ago
Associated Press
Hundreds of political youth are joining a summer camp on Utoya for the first time since a right-wing extremist killed 69 people in a murderous rampage on the Norwegian island four years...
Egypt unveils Suez Canal extension with pomp-filled ceremony
Friday, 7 August 2015, 07:55
Last update: about 10 years ago
Associated Press
In a defining moment of his young presidency, Egypt's Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi presided Thursday over the unveiling of a major extension of the Suez Canal that he hailed as a historic feat needed to...
Search for migrants from overturned boat off Libyan coast goes on
Thursday, 6 August 2015, 13:26
Last update: about 10 years ago
Associated Press
Military vessels and aircraft from a multi-nation operation are searching waters off Libya for a second day for any more survivors from an overturned boat crowded with migrants. With seas warm...