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A court in Algeria has sentenced a man to two years in prison for dangling his baby out of a window in order to attract “likes” on Facebook. The father posted a picture of himself holding the baby out of a window in a high-rise building with the caption: “1,000 likes or I will drop him.” It prompted other social ...

Bangui – Aid workers say heavy fighting has erupted between armed groups in Central African Republic only hours after a peace deal was signed in Rome. Thirteen of the 14 armed groups signed the agreement that called for an immediate cease-fire. However, Doctors Without Borders says fighting already resumed early on Tuesday in the town of Bria. Mumuza Muhindo Musubaho, ...

US President Donald Trump has called North Korea a “brutal regime” after the death of a US student who had been jailed there for more than 15 months. North Korea returned Otto Warmbier, 22, to the US last week, saying he had been in a coma for a year and that it was acting on humanitarian grounds. His parents said ...

Beirut – An American fighter jet has for the first time downed a Syrian warplane that Washington accused of attacking US-backed fighters, in a new escalation between the United States and regime forces. The incident further complicates the country’s six-year war and comes as a US-led coalition and allied fighters battle to oust the Islamic State group from its Syrian ...

London – One man died and 10 people were injured after a van drove into a crowd of Muslim worshippers near a mosque in London in the early hours of Monday. London Mayor Sadiq Khan called it a “horrific terrorist attack” and counter-terrorism police are leading the investigation, as Muslim leaders linked the incident to a rise in Islamophobic crime. ...

Saylorsburg – Pennsylvania State Police are trying to figure out how a 4-year-old boy got hold of a gun before fatally shooting himself in the face. Troopers in Monroe County haven’t charged anyone in the death on Sunday of Bentley Thomas Koch at a home in Chestnuthill Township. The district attorney also is investigating. An autopsy has been scheduled for ...

New Delhi – India’s ruling party on Monday named a lawyer from the lowest Dalit caste as its candidate for president, a move seen as an attempt to reach out to the marginalised community. Ram Nath Kovind, 71, is likely to take up the largely ceremonial post when the term of Pranab Mukherjee ends in July, becoming the second Dalit ...

Paris – A car exploded and burst into flames after it crashed into a police van on the Champs-Elysees avenue in Paris on Monday , police and investigators said, adding that the driver was armed. A source close to the investigation said the driver had in the meantime died. Police said earlier that the driver was “on the ground… unconscious.” ...

A man has died and 10 people have been injured after a man drove a van into worshippers near a north London mosque. The van mounted the pavement and struck a group of people just after midnight BST near Finsbury Park Mosque in Seven Sisters Road. A 48-year-old man has been arrested. Prime Minister Theresa May said police were treating ...

Carmaker Jaguar Land Rover is to hire 5,000 staff to enhance its expertise in autonomous and electric technology. The firm said it would hire 1,000 electronic and software engineers and 4,000 workers across other sectors, including manufacturing. Most of the jobs will be based in the UK, with recruitment taking place over the coming year. The carmaker, which is owned ...