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Tenager arrested over killing of two police officers in gun attack

Aaliyah Aamir September 8, 2025

Turkey A 16-year-old teenager was arrested on Monday over the killing of two police officers in a shotgun attack on a police station in western Turkey, the country’s interior minister said. The assault took place in the Balcova district of Izmir, Turkey’s third largest city. Local authorities

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Over 1,000 killed in western Sudan village

Aaliyah Aamir September 2, 2025

Sudan At least 1,000 were killed in a landslide that destroyed a village in the Marra Mountains area of western Sudan, leaving only one survivor, The Sudan Liberation Movement/Army said on Monday. The landslide struck on August 31 after days of heavy rainfall, the group led by Abdelwahid Mohamed Nour said in a statement. The […]

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Nigerian president orders shoot at sight on Fulani bandits after 200 killed in Benue north

admin June 19, 2025

Nigeria Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday directed security agencies to hunt down the perpetrators of a weekend attack that killed at least 200 people in the country’s northcentral, as he faces growing pressure over a worsening security crisis. Tinubu visited Benue state, the site of the recent deadly attacks, seeking to calm tensions and promise […]