Seven dead, 11 injured in bus crash in Turkey

Posted on   2:05 pm

At least seven people were killed and 11 others injured on Saturday when a passenger bus rear-ended a stationary truck on a main highway in Turkey’s southeastern Osmaniye province, semi-official Anadolu Agency reported.

Sudanese paramilitary drone attack kills 50 in Kordofan

Posted on   2:04 pm

A drone attack by the Sudanese paramilitary forces hit a kindergarten in south-central Sudan, killing 50 people, including 33 children, a doctors’ group said. Paramedics on the scene in the town of Kalogi in South Kordofan state were targeted in “a second unexpected attack,” Sudan Doctors’ Network said in a statement late Friday.

Soldiers announce apparent military coup in Benin

Posted on   2:00 pm

A group of soldiers has appeared on Benin’s state TV announcing the dissolution of the government in an apparent coup, the latest of many in West Africa. The group, which called itself the Military Committee for Refoundation, on Sunday announced the removal of the president and all state institutions.