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Sri Lanka Deploys More Troops As Flood Toll Climbs To 180
At least 180 people have now been confirmed dead in the worst flooding to hit Sri Lanka for 14 years. More than half a...
Egypt President Approves Contentious NGO Law
Egypt's president has signed into law a contentious new bill to regulate non-governmental organisations, the official...
Somalia’s Al-Shabab Court Stones Man To Death For Adultery
A court run by militant Islamists in southern Somalia has stoned a married man to death for adultery. Dayow Mohamed...
Saudi Activist ‘deported’ From Qatar
Qatar has deported a Saudi human rights activist who was on his way to Norway where he hoped to seek asylum, a watchdog...
UN Warns 200,000 At Grave Risk In Last Stages of Mosul Battle
Up to 200,000 civilians caught between fanatical jihadists and advancing Iraqi forces are in grave danger in the final...
N. Korea ‘disrespects’ China With Latest Missile Test
President Donald Trump on Monday called North Korea's latest missile test a slap in the face for its main ally China,...
Sri Lanka Deploys More Troops As Flood Toll Climbs To 177
Thousands of Sri Lankan troops battled Monday to get relief supplies to nearly half a million people displaced by the...
Macron Hosts Putin In Latest Diplomatic Test
French President Emmanuel Macron hosts Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Monday in their first meeting since he...
China Calls For Dialogue After N.Korea Missile Test
China pleaded again for dialogue on Monday to ease regional tensions after North Korea launched its latest missile test...
UN Honours 2 Ghanaian Peacekeepers Posthumously
The United Nations has posthumously conferred its highest awards, the Dag Hammarskjold Medals on two Ghanaian...
North Korea Fires Third Test Missile In Three Weeks
North Korea has fired a short-range ballistic missile, the third apparently successful test in as many weeks. The Scud...
In China, Maggots Finish Plates, and Food Waste
Thousands of voracious white maggots wiggle frenetically while tearing through trayfuls of leftover meat, vegetables...
Sri Lanka Monsoon Toll Climbs To 164
Sri Lanka's monsoon toll climbed to 164 with the discovery of more bodies of people buried in landslides triggered by...
North Korea Test-Fires Another Ballistic Missile, US and South Korea Say
North Korea fired a short-range ballistic missile Monday morning that landed in the ocean, the US military said. South...
N. Korea Fires Ballistic Missile
North Korea fired a ballistic missile on Monday, the South's military and Japan said, a move that ratcheted up tensions...
French Hostage Freed In DR Congo
A Frenchman who was abducted nearly two months ago in the Democratic Republic of Congo has been freed, the office of...
Sri Lanka Steps Up Relief As Monsoon Toll Exceeds 150
Emergency teams rushed food and water Sunday to half a million Sri Lankans displaced by the island's worst flooding for...
Iraq Mosul Offensive: Civilians ‘in Grave Danger’
Civilians are being hit hardest as Iraq's military assault on Mosul enters its final phase, the country's UN...
Group Blamed For 2012 Attack On US Mission Disbands
A group of militant Islamists in Libya, blamed by the US for the 2012 attack on the US mission in Benghazi which killed...