42 dead, hundreds wounded as multiple bombings rock Kabul
AFP, Kabul :Multiple bombings rocked Kabul Friday, killing at least 42 people and wounding hundreds more in the deadliest day in the Afghan capital since...
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Yemeni forces take last rebel-held army base in south
AP, Sanaa :Pro-government forces have retaken the last military base in the country’s south that was held by Shiite rebels known as Houthis, Saudi-backed Yemeni...
UN Council approves Syria chemical weapons probe
AFP, United Nations :The UN Security Council voted unanimously Friday to set up a panel to identify who is behind deadly chlorine gas attacks in...
Ex-S Korea 1st lady returns from North without meeting Kim
AFP, Seoul :The widow of late South Korean president Kim Dae-Jung returned home today from a rare trip to North Korea but her hoped-for meeting...
Typhoon heads to China after killing six in Taiwan
AFP, Shanghai :Typhoon Soudelor moved towards China on Saturday, weaker but still packing a punch, after killing at least six people and leaving a trail...
UN condemns `shameful` migrant conditions in Greece
AFP, Geneva :The United Nations warned Friday that migrants landing in Greece were facing “shameful” conditions, with the crisis-hit country claiming it was unable to...
Defiant Donald Trump dominates US Republican TV debate
AFP, Cleveland :Donald Trump continued to dominate the Republican race for US president by causing further controversies in the first debate.The tycoon’s refusal to rule...
Blast in Gaza kills four of a family
AP, Gaza City :A Palestinian health official said at least four Palestinians from the same family were killed and 13 people were injured in the...
Mahinda Rajapaksa vows to win general election
BBC, Colombo :Sri Lanka’s former president Mahinda Rajapaksa has vowed to win an outright majority in parliamentary elections due on 17 August.Mr Rajapaksa told BBC...
IS kidnaps 230 civilians in central Syria
AFP, Beirut :The Islamic State group has abducted 230 civilians, including at least 60 Christians, in a central Syrian town hours after it captured it,...
Indian forces fire at protesters, wound 2 in Kashmir
AP, Srinagar :Government forces have fired tear gas and bullets at anti-India protesters who broke from a funeral procession of a suspected insurgent killed in...
Rousseff now Brazil`s most unpopular elected president
AFP, Sao Paulo :Dilma Rousseff is now Brazil’s most unpopular democratically elected president since a military dictatorship ended in 1985, says a poll out Thursday...