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Israel Plans New Syria Hospital, Ups Aid Missions
Israel plans a new field hospital along the demarcation line with Syria to treat patients from the war-hit country, the...
Three Kenyans Jailed For Life For Stripping Woman
A Kenyan court on Wednesday sentenced three men to life for stripping and sexually assaulting a woman they believed was...
UN To Close Five Peacekeepers’ Bases In Eastern DRCongo
Five UN peacekeepers' bases in the Democratic Republic of Congo are to close at the end of July, the UN mission there...
Trump Delays Jason Day’s Arrival For Open At Birkdale
Jason Day is hopeful he can figure prominently at this week's British Open despite arriving at Royal Birkdale later...
30 Civilians Dead In Anti-IS Strikes In Syria
At least 30 civilians were killed Wednesday in separate bombing raids by the US-led coalition and pro-regime warplanes...
Saudi Police Release Snapchat ‘model In Skirt’ Without Charge
Saudi police have released without charge a woman who was filmed in a miniskirt at a historic site in the...
Hong Kong Holds Memorial For Chinese Nobel Laureate Liu
Hundreds turned out in Hong Kong Wednesday night to pay their respects to late Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo, the...
World’s First Child Double Hand Transplant A ‘success’
The first child in the world to undergo a double hand transplant is now able to write, feed and dress himself, doctors...
US Says Must Have More ‘fair, Reciprocal’ Trade With China
The US launched its first round of trade talks with China since Donald Trump took office in an unusually blunt manner...
Palestinian Civilians Urge ICC To Speed Up ‘war Crimes’ Probe
Palestinian lawyers and civil society groups Wednesday urged the International Criminal Court to speed up inquiries and...
Opposition Infighting In Syria’s Idlib Kills 14
Infighting between two of the most powerful factions in Syria's opposition-held Idlib province has killed at least 14...
Chinese Villager Pleads Guilty To Killing 19 People
A man admitted killing 19 people, including his parents and three children, when he went on trial in southwest China on...
Israel Denounces EU Criticism As ‘anomaly’
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday denounced Brussels' repeated criticism of Israel as an "anomaly" and...
India’s Ageing Trains Get Green Makeover With Solar Panels
India has added solar panels to the roof of a train in a national first as it tries to reduce its massive carbon...
S.Sudan Clashes Force Patients, Doctors To Flee Hospital
Thouk Reath, 19, was recovering from a leg amputation after being shot in fighting in northeastern South Sudan when the...
Maldives President Arrests Nephew Amid Power Struggle
The nephew of Maldives president Abdulla Yameen has been arrested for allegedly bribing politicians to challenge the...
US New Home Construction Jumps In June
Construction of new US homes rebounded in June to its highest level in four months, a sign that homebuilders may...
‘Rule of Law’ Issues Cloud Philippine Prospects
Former US secretary of state Madeleine Albright warned Wednesday that "rule-of-law" issues could harm investments in...
Liverpool’s 75 Mn Euros Keita Bid Rejected By Leipzig
Red Bull boss Dietrich Mateschitz has confirmed RB Leipzig have rejected an offer of 75 million euros (£66m, $86.4m)...