International

OPTIMISM  National unity government has been formedTunisians celebrated their 56th independence day on Tuesday as they were swaying between hopes for an economic recovery and fears of high unemployment and political division.

The militant sect Boko Haram sect responsible for bombings in northern Nigeria has said it will no longer hold talks with the government after attempts to mediate in the lingering crisis hit a deadlock last weekend.

A car bomb has exploded in the heart of the Somali capital Mogadishu, injuring two people and prompting police to open retaliatory fire.

The 13-year-old daughter of U. S. President Barack Obama, Malia Obama, is safe in Mexico following a strong earthquake there, a White House spokesperson has said.

Shock  Gunman killed four people
Police in the French city of Toulouse have surrounded a man suspected to be behind Monday’s killing of four people outside a Jewish school and that of three soldiers a few days earlier.

Japan is planning to deploy ballistic missile interceptors on southern Okinawa and Ishigaki islands ahead of Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK)’s rocket launch, according to local media citing a senior defense official.

Empowering female farmers in developing countries is crucial to solving the world’s food problems as an era of food price spikes looms, the chair of a panel which advises governments and donors on agricultural development in Sub-Saharan Africa told Reuters.

The Executive Committee of the African Parliament has awarded the Guinean president, Alpha Conde, the “African prize for the search of democracy” for the “positive work he had done in the last 15 months” to restore good governance in the West African country.