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U2 singer Bono and guitarist the Edge joined Yoko Ono and various dignitaries on Ellis Island on Wednesday for New York City’s inaugural John Lennon Day.

“This is a big responsibly on us. This is all our responsibility to carry on jihad until we establish the Islamic state”.

The Afghan Taliban on Friday praised their new leader, saying he was one of the most “trusted” associates of the late Mullah Mohammad Omar, a acknowledgment likely meant to rally followers behind the leadership at a time of a deeply fractured insurgency.

The Afghan government said he died in a Pakistani hospital more than two years ago.

He served as the aviation minister in the Taliban government in the late 1990s.

The adviser said that that the Taliban have confirmed the death of Mulla Mohammad Omer – founder and supreme leader of the group – and they have elected a new leader – Mullah Akhtar Mansoor.

The Taliban on Thursday confirmed in that Mullah Omar died of an illness some time ago and asserted they elected Mansoor as his successor. For its part, the Afghan government believes it can seize the on the crisis it has created by announcing that Mullah Mohammad Omar has been...

The contradictory reports come a day after the Taliban confirmed that its founder Mullah Mohammed Omar had some time ago, signifying a major shift in Afghanistan’s militant leadership.

THE Taliban has elected Mullah Akhtar Mansoor as its new leader, Taliban sources have told Al Jazeera, as the group confirmed the death of their founder, Mullah Omar.

Baghdad: A series of bombings Sunday across the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, killed at least 29 people and wounded 81, police officials said. Police were searching the area after receiving information about two bomb threats.

The move marks a significant step in peace talks between the two sides that began in November 2012 but have been hampered in recent months by an uptick in violence.

The de-escalation agreement puts a halt to months of uncertainty regarding the peace talks, which have been going on since 2012 and are widely considered the country’s best chance in years of ending its longstanding conflict with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia,...

“The national government, from July 20, will launch a process of de-escalation of military action in response to the suspension of offensive actions by the FARC”, the statement read, referring to a unilateral ceasefire announced by FARC leaders earlier in the week.