Powerful Typhoon Vongfong churns towards Japan
AFP, Tokyo :Powerful Typhoon Vongfong churned towards Japan on Saturday, injuring at least 20 people as it pounded the southern Okinawan islands with ferocious winds...
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Stampede at PTI rally kills seven
Dawn.com, Multan :A stampede at a Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) political rally in Multan on Friday left at least seven people dead and 42 others injured,...
Ten Chinese among 27 hostages freed in Cameroon
Reuters, Yaounde :Twenty-seven hostages seized by suspected militants from Boko Haram in Cameroon this year, including 10 Chinese workers, have been released, the Cameroon presidency...
Ebola fears grow worldwide
AFP, Madrid :The death toll from Ebola has passed 4,000, the World Health Organization said Friday, while a Madrid nurse was fighting for her life...
Ebola ‘entrenched’ in W Africa
BBC Online :The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that Ebola is now entrenched in the capital cities of all three worst-affected countries and is...
Mexico finds mass graves of missing students
AFP, Mexico :The case of 43 Mexican students missing since an attack by gang-linked police took another grim turn Thursday with the discovery of new...
29 killed by toxic liquor in Pakistan
Al-Jazeera.com :Authorities in Pakistan have suspended six senior excise officials and six policemen after 29 drinkers died from consuming methanol-tainted liquor over the Eid public...
HK students call fresh protest
BBC Online :Hong Kong’s student protest leaders have called on supporters to stage a major rally later on Friday after the government cancelled planned talks.The...
Two Koreas ‘exchange land border fire’
BBC Online :North and South Korea have exchanged fire across their land border, South Korean officials say.The incident came as South Korean activists launched balloons...
Kashmir clashes subside: 21 killed so far
AP, Islamabad :Fighting in Kashmir between India and Pakistan subsided on Friday as Pakistan’s prime minister met with advisers and military chiefs to discuss the...
Heavy smog engulfs northern China
BBC Online :Parts of northern China have suffered the worst bout of smog since July, pushing pollution well past healthy levels and reducing visibility.Beijing, Tianjin...
100,000 Libyans flee fighting near Tripoli: UNHCR
Reuters, Geneva :About 100,000 people have fled fighting near the Libyan capital Tripoli in the past three weeks, adding to a growing problem of internal...