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Lowest Monthly Civilian Toll In Russia Syria Strikes
Russian air strikes over the past month have killed 27 Syrian civilians, a monitor said Tuesday, the lowest monthly...
Global Fashion Giants Fret Over India Cow Crackdown
Indian exporters were scrambling Tuesday to assure global clients like Zara and Giorgio Armani their shipments would...
Ministers Paint Stark Picture of Syria Economy
With oil production at its lowest in years, a total halt in phosphate exports and power generation sharply reduced,...
Philippines Warns Islamist Militants To Surrender Or Die
Philippine authorities on Tuesday warned Islamist militants occupying parts of a southern city to surrender or die, as...
UN Rights Council Names Team To Probe Myanmar Rohingya Abuses
The UN rights council on Tuesday named a three-person team to probe alleged atrocities against Myanmar's Rohingya...
Myanmar Military Probing Suspect Civilian Deaths
Myanmar's military said Tuesday it was probing whether troops killed three civilians in the country's violence-wracked...
Norway ‘regrets’ Saudi Activist Deportation From Qatar
Norway says it "regrets" Qatar's expulsion of a Saudi Arabian human rights activist on his way to claim refugee status...
S.Korea’s Moon Orders Probe Into Undisclosed US Missile Launchers
South Korea's new President Moon Jae-In Tuesday ordered an investigation into why his office was kept in the dark about...
C. Africa Violence Forces 88,000 People To Flee Homes In May
Surging violence in Central African Republic has killed hundreds and forced some 88,000 people to flee their homes...
Former Panamanian Dictator Manuel Noriega Dead At 83
Former Panamanian dictator Manuel Antonio Noriega, who was on the CIA payroll, ousted from power by US soldiers in...
India’s Modi Demands Action Over Rickshaw Driver’s Murder
India's prime minister has demanded swift punishment for the murderers of a rickshaw driver beaten to death for trying...
Angolan President Returns Home After Health Checks
Angolan President Jose Eduardo dos Santos, who has been dogged by reports of poor health, has returned to Luanda after...
Baghdad Blasts Kill 27 As Iraq Forces Battle IS In Mosul
Two bombings killed at least 27 people and wounded more than 100 in Baghdad, officials said Tuesday, as Iraqi forces...
Shut-Down For 50th Anniversary of Biafra Declaration
Shops, schools and businesses were shut in southeast Nigeria on Tuesday, 50 years to the day since an independent...
First Japanese To Report Hiroshima Atomic Bomb Dies At 86
Yoshie Oka, the first person to raise the alarm outside Hiroshima that the Japanese city had been hit by an atomic...
S.Sudan Troops Tried For Rape, Murder In Juba Compound Attack
A South Sudan military court on Tuesday opened the trial of 13 soldiers accused of raping foreign aid workers and...
Daughter of S. Korea’s ‘Rasputin’ Set To Return Home From Denmark
The daughter of the woman at the centre of a corruption scandal that led to the ousting of South Korea's president will...
Chess-Playing Robot Star of Taiwan Tech Fair
A chess-playing robot stole the show as Asia's largest tech fair kicked off in Taiwan Tuesday with artificial...
Baghdad Car Bomb Kills At Least Five
A car bomb exploded near one of Baghdad's main bridges on Tuesday, killing at least five people, security and medical...