Protests turn deadly in Nigeria

  Police fired tear gas and opened fire on members of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) as they marched in the city, the group’s spokesman Abubakar Abdulrahman said. “The police threw two canisters at us and immediately followed it by shooting at our members. […]

India succeeds in Asia’s space race

  The country’s latest lunar mission, Chandrayaan-2, which means “moon vehicle” in Sanskrit, is set to take off from the Satish Dhawan Space Center at Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh state at 2:43 p.m., Monday local time (5:13 am ET). The launch was originally scheduled for […]

Analysis: Hong Kong is teetering on the edge

On Friday, police raided a nondescript warehouse in an industrial area of the city, seizing a large cache of high-powered explosives, petrol bombs and other weapons. Three men, all in their twenties with alleged links to a pro-independence group, have been arrested in connected with […]

Iran detains 17 citizens accused of spying

An Intelligence Ministry document sent to CNN claims Iran had broken up a CIA spying ring and captured 17 suspects, all of whom confessed to acting as spies for the CIA. “Defendants serving their sentences in prison mentioning tempting promises of CIA officers including emigration […]