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Nigerian Igbos form a running club in the UK to strengthen ties Danai Nesta Kubimba/BBC In London’s famous Hyde Park at around 11:00 on a sweltering Saturday morning, runners gather at some benches – some tall and lean, others broad and strong. A few are logged into the Strava app, but there is one common […]

Syrian musicians await their future under the rule of Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham Seen experience Syria has a thriving electronic music scene and many are now wondering what comes next Amid the scramble for a new Syria, the country’s musicians are warily watching the leadership of the Islamist rebels and hoping to build on hard-won achievements

In the face of turmoil, Trudeau remains defiant for now Getty Images It has been one of the worst weeks of his political career, and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was at his best. At the Liberal Party’s annual holiday meeting, Trudeau put on a party face, despite being shocked a day earlier by the

Five unanswered questions from the trial Giselle Bellico: “I have never regretted the decision to make the trial public” Rape survivor Giselle Bellico walked out of a court in southern France for the final time on Thursday after her ex-husband was sentenced to 20 years in prison for drugging and raping her and inviting dozens

Video shows the arrest of the German suspect in the Christmas market attack Footage broadcast by German channel MDR shows police confronting a man lying on the ground next to a car after a car ran over people at a Christmas market in the German city of Magdeburg. The suspect is believed to be a

Reports say a car plowed into a crowd of people at a German Christmas market A car crashed into a crowd of people at a Christmas market in eastern Germany, local media reported. At least one person was killed and several others were injured in the accident that occurred in Magdeburg, according to German public

Suspected “witches” arrested for trying to “bewitch” Zambia’s president Two men have been arrested in Zambia on charges of “witches” who were tasked with trying to charm the president. Police said they arrested Justin Mabulisi Kandonde and Leonard Phiri in the capital, Lusaka. The police statement issued on Friday said their “alleged mission was to

BBC enters a Syrian prison holding ISIS detainees The fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime did not free all Syrian prisoners. China’s prison houses more than 5,000 detainees in the northeast of the country, which is under Kurdish control. These prisoners, including some Britons, are suspected of being fighters and supporters of the so-called Islamic State.

Malaysia agrees to resume the search for the missing passenger plane The Malaysian government said it had agreed in principle to resume the search for a passenger plane that disappeared 10 years ago in one of aviation’s biggest mysteries. Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 disappeared in March 2014 while en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing

The Trump-backed bill to keep the US government running failed Getty Images House Speaker Mike Johnson said negotiations were a “long process.” The US House of Representatives voted against a funding measure backed by Donald Trump, bringing the government closer to a shutdown this weekend. The revised spending plan failed to get the required two-thirds