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Many hospital medics forced to flee embattled Afghan city, jeopardising care - officials 06 Oct 2016 - 10:49 am

KUNDUZ, Afghanistan: Fighting in the northern Afghan city of Kunduz has forced many hospital staff to leave for safety, officials said on Thursday,...

Bomb kills at least 25 Turkish-backed rebels in north Syria - monitors, witnesses 06 Oct 2016 - 10:42 am

BEIRUT: A bomb blast at a Syria-Turkey border crossing killed at least 25 Turkish-backed rebel fighters and wounded dozens more on Thursday, witnesses...

Moscow is bankrolling Ukraine rebels: ex-separatist official 06 Oct 2016 - 09:04 am

MOSCOW: A former senior official from breakaway eastern Ukraine said Russia directly finances pensions and public sector salaries in the two pro-Russian regions...

Replacement Samsung Note 7 phone emits smoke on US plane -family 06 Oct 2016 - 09:00 am

LOUISVILLE, Ky.: A replacement model of the fire-prone Samsung Note 7 smartphone began smoking inside a U.S. plane on Wednesday, the family that...

Six killed in suspected Islamist attack in Kenya - regional governor 06 Oct 2016 - 08:54 am

NAIROBI: Suspected Islamist militants from the Somali group al Shabaab killed six people in an attack in northeast Kenya on Thursday, a regional...

India says it foils attack on Kashmir base, kills three militants 06 Oct 2016 - 08:23 am

Srinagar, India: Indian soldiers shot dead three suspected militants who tried to raid an army base in northern Kashmir on Thursday, police said,...

Syrian army warns rebels and families to leave eastern Aleppo 06 Oct 2016 - 08:04 am

BEIRUT: Syria's army has said that anybody who remains in the city of Aleppo after offering those who wish to leave an opportunity...

Israeli navy seizes Gaza-bound aid ship 05 Oct 2016 - 08:27 pm

GAZA CITY, Palestine: The Israeli navy has seized the Zaytouna-Oliva, a Gaza-bound aid ship, according to the initiative’s organizers and reports in the...

Railway line between Ethiopia and Djibouti inaugurated 05 Oct 2016 - 05:29 pm

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia: The longest railway line so far in Africa, which links Addis Ababa to Djibouti, was inaugurated in the Ethiopian capital...

Irish Data Protection Commissioner examining Yahoo email scanning report 05 Oct 2016 - 05:17 pm

DUBLIN: Ireland's Data Protection Commissioner is examining a report that Yahoo Inc scanned emails for U.S. intelligence officials and said it would view...

Hong Kong activist deported from Thailand 'at China's request' 05 Oct 2016 - 05:09 pm

Hong Kong: Hong Kong democracy campaigner Joshua Wong returned home Wednesday after being deported from junta-run Thailand, where he was due at events...

Congo demands deportation of S. Sudan rebels by U.N. mission 05 Oct 2016 - 04:33 pm

KINSHASA: Authorities from the Democratic Republic of Congo have issued an ultimatum to the country's U.N. peacekeeping mission to deport South Sudanese rebels...

US government sets goal of zero traffic deaths in 30 years 05 Oct 2016 - 04:10 pm

WASHINGTON: The Obama administration is setting a goal of eliminating traffic fatalities and injuries in the United States within the next 30 years....

Duterte set to talk peace with fugitive Moro leader 05 Oct 2016 - 04:01 pm

ZAMBOANGA CITY, the Philippines: The Philippines president is expected to soon meet and hold talks with fugitive Moro leader Nur Misuari in the...

U.S. citizen killed when vehicle hit by stone-throwers in Ethiopia 05 Oct 2016 - 03:51 pm

NAIROBI: A U.S. citizen was killed on the outskirts of Ethiopia's capital when the vehicle she was in was struck by rocks thrown...

Crowds attack Turkish-owned factory in Ethiopia as protests rage 05 Oct 2016 - 03:35 pm

ADDIS ABABA: Crowds attacked and partially destroyed an Ethiopian factory run by Turkish textile firm Saygin Dima, its manager said, as a wave...

New images capture Med's never-ending migrant tragedy 05 Oct 2016 - 02:59 pm

ABOARD THE ASTRAL, Italy: The stomach-churning horror, raw terror and delirious joy experienced during life-or-death rescues of crammed migrant boats have been captured...