UN refugee agency has warned that the number of Syrian refugees in Turkey might reach as high as 1 million by the end of the year. "In case of Turkey, we are already discussing with authorities, if that the number anticipated to be in Turkey by the end of the year might even reach to a million by...

Malian special forces have entered the Radisson Blu Hotel in Mali's capital, Bamako, to end a siege by gunmen. The hotel says 138 people remain inside. The gunmen stormed the US-owned hotel, which is popular with foreign businesses and airline crews, shooting and shouting "God is great!" in Arabi...

More than 6,000 children thought to be enslaved * Some children less than 12 years old * Armed groups sign disarmament deal at weekend (Adds quote from child soldier, details) By Emmanuel Braun BAMBARI, Central African Republic, May 14 (Reuters) - Armed groups in Central African Republic...

The terror sect, Boko Haram, is asking for a ransom of nearly $50million from the Federal Government for the release of the 219 Chibok schoolgirls who were kidnapped by the insurgents two years ago, according to The Sunday Telegraph of London. The paper said it gathered from sources close to th...

Authorities in Myanmar are implementing a five-year project for the development of the electricity sector. The authorities will provide electricity to villages through solar power and wind energy. Electricity generation, without connecting the towns to the grid, is being implemented by spendin...

Myanmar is planning to allow visa free for tourists from Japan and South Korea with a one-year trial period starting from October 1 and Chinese tourists including Hong Kong and Macao can visit Myanmar with visa on arrival in the same period, according to Ministry of Hotel and Tourism. “It should ...

The arrest of a middle-aged drug peddler in an internally displaced persons’ camp in Dikwa, Borno State has become a source of worry to the Nigeria Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, officials said. Baba Haruna, 48, was nabbed by agents of the drug agency while selling illicit drugs, including c...

The Provincial Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa of Elementary & Secondary Education, Mr. Shehram Khan Tarakai, Head of UNHCR’s Sub-Office in Peshawar,

(Corrects to make clear in penultimate paragraph that the merchant ship boarded earlier this year was not hijacked) MOGADISHU, Oct 30 (Reuters) - Somali pirates have freed seven Indian sailors detained for close to four years in exchange for an undisclosed ransom, Somali officials and a maritime ...