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WikiLeaks founder Assange jailed 50 weeks for skipping bail

Daily Dispatch May 1, 2019

A Southwark Crown Court in London has sentenced Julian Assange, WikiLeaks founder to 50 weeks in jail for breaching bail conditions. Assange had jumped bail seven years ago and sought refuge at the Ecuadorian embassy, over fears of extradition to the United States. He was arraigned before the

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Burkina Faso: Terrorists kill Pastor, 4 churchgoers

Daily Dispatch April 29, 2019

Suspected terrorists have killed a pastor and four churchgoers in northern Burkina Faso, a state-owned radio station reported on Monday. The attack on a Protestant church occurred in the village of Silgadji in the northern province of Soum, said the broadcaster. The motive behind the attack remained unclear on Monday, but Burkina Faso regularly suffers […]

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Four dead in suspected Boko Haram attack in Cameroon

Daily Dispatch April 28, 2019

Jihadists from Nigeria’s Boko Haram killed at least four people and badly wounded four others in an attack on Kofia, a Cameroonian island on Lake Chad, an official source told AFP on Sunday. The attackers also destroyed part of a military post and vandalised shops in the attack late Saturday, the source said, adding three […]

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Father, two brothers of Sri Lanka suicide bomber killed

Daily Dispatch April 28, 2019

The father and two brothers of the suspected mastermind of Sri Lanka’s Easter Sunday bombings were killed when security forces stormed their safe house two days ago. NAN reports that police sources and a relative of the suicide bombers revealed this to Reuters on Sunday. Zainee Hashim, Rilwan Hashim and their father, Mohamed Hashim, who […]

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Sri Lanka Easter Sunday attack leader killed

Daily Dispatch April 26, 2019

Facts have emerged how the suspected leader of the Easter Sunday bombings in Sri Lanka, Mohamed Zahran died. Authorities said Zahran died in the Shangri-La hotel, one of six hotels bombed in an attack which ISIS had claimed responsibility. Three churches were targeted in the attacks that killed over 300 people. Police said Zahran, leader […]

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Woman wakes from coma 27 years after

Daily Dispatch April 23, 2019

A woman in the United Arab Emirates has regained full consciousness after being in a vegetative state since 1991. Munira Abdulla suffered a severe brain injury in a car crash 28 years ago in the city of Al Ain. The mother, who was 32 at the time, was hugging her son to protect him as […]