86 killed as Boko Haram hits NE Nigeria village
AP, Dalori :A survivor hidden in a tree says he watched Boko Haram extremists firebomb huts and heard the screams of children burning to death,...
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Syria peace talks hit trouble after Damascus blast kills 71
Reuters, Geneva :Syria’s main opposition group met U.N. mediator Staffan de Mistura for the first time on Sunday, but the peace process ran straight into...
Swiss doctors separate 8-day-old conjoined twins
AFP, Geneva :Swiss doctors have separated eight-day-old conjoined twin sisters fused at the liver and chest – the youngest separated successfully, a Swiss newspaper reported...
WHO mulls global health emergency declaration on Zika
AFP, Geneva :The World Health Organization’s emergency committee will on Monday debate whether a Zika virus outbreak suspected of causing a surge in serious birth...
Violence in Afghanistan forces Obama to rethink troop levels
AP, Washington :Fifteen years into the war that few Americans talk about any more, conditions in Afghanistan are getting worse, preventing the clean ending that...
Turkey accuses Russia of violating its airspace
AFP, Ankara :Turkey on Saturday accused Russia of a fresh violation of its airspace, warning Moscow it would “face consequences” as relations between the two...
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Homeless Gazans struggle during harsh winterAFP, Khan YunisAzza al-Najjar struggles in vain to keep her two-year-old warm by wrapping him in blankets in her prefabricated...
Trump, Hillary lead in final Iowa poll
Agencies, Des Moines :Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are on leading the field in the final Iowa poll released before the caucuses.On the Republican side...
Stage is set for Syria peace talks as opposition arrives in Geneva
Reuters, Geneva :A delegation from Syria’s main opposition group arrived in Geneva on Saturday to join U.N.-mediated peace talks, demanding President Bashar al-Assad’s government be...
French protesters call for end to state of emergency
Reuters, Paris :Several thousand people marched in French cities on Saturday to protest against a state of emergency introduced after November’s attacks in Paris and...
Demolition of Babri mosque shamed India: Mukherjee
Dawn.com, Karachi :From the controversial and fateful storming of the Golden Temple in Amritsar to the aftermath of Indira Gandhi’s assassination to the demolition of...
Race for Zika vaccine gathers momentum as virus spreads
Reuters, Washington :Companies and scientists are racing to create a Zika vaccine as concern grows over the mosquito-borne virus that has been linked to severe...