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Pontiff says politicians need to be bold in tackling the root causes of the economic crisis

Two car bombs exploded minutes apart in a popular picnic area in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar on Friday evening, killing nine people and wounding more than 50.

A suicide car bomb targeted a foreign military convoy in Kabul on Thursday, killing at least 16 people including six NATO personnel and two children in the deadliest attack in the Afghan capital for nearly a year.

At least 37 people were killed in violent clashes between Christian and Muslim mobs in central Nigeria’s Taraba state on Friday, prompting a round-the-clock curfew, according to police.

A Pakistani anti-terrorism court on Saturday ordered former military ruler Pervez Musharraf to remain in custody for a further two weeks ahead of his trial for unlawfully sacking judges during his rule, officials said. a

Ten days after the horrifying collapse of a garment-factory building, life has become still more gruesome for crews working to recover bodies at the site

Five members of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) were killed by a roadside bomb in southern Afghanistan on Saturday, the ISAF said in a statement.

The Liberian government denied on Friday it had violated its own laws in awarding resource contracts and pledged to implement the recommendations of an independent audit into the deals.

The line of army pickup trucks rumbled into the dusty streets of Um Rawaba, a once placid city in the heart of Sudan that days ago became a new front in the war of attrition between government and rebels.

Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta, who faces charges of crimes against humanity at the International Criminal Court, is expected to visit London at Britain’s invitation next week for a conference on Somalia.