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PARIS, Aug 9, (Agencies): A French court on Monday remanded in custody a 16-year-old girl accused of planning a jihadist attack in a country on …
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Bangladeshi boy with ‘old man’ illness baffles doctors
DHAKA, Aug 9, (AFP): A four-year-old Bangladeshi boy suffering from a mysterious illness that makes him look like an old man has been admitted to …
Read More »Pakistan ‘hospital’ bomb kills up to 70
QUETTA, Pakistan, Aug 8, (Agencies): A Taleban suicide bomb packed with ball bearings tore through a Pakistani hospital Monday and killed at least 70 people, …
Read More »Clueless women face stress, fear – ‘Life meaningless’
KALPAKKAM, India, Aug 8, (RTRS): Inside her blue-walled house, E. Bhagyam sits with a faded wedding album and talks about how much she misses her …
Read More »Filipinos plead bring us home
JAKARTA, Aug 8, (RTRS): Thousands of Filipino workers stranded in Saudi Arabia due to a massive layoff triggered by a slump in oil prices have …
Read More »At ancient Syria site, IS discovers then destroys treasures
TAL AJAJA, Syria, Aug 7, (AFP): When the Islamic State group captured Tal Ajaja, one of Syria’s most important Assyrian-era sites, they discovered previously unknown …
Read More »IS militants claim capture of US weapons in Afghanistan – Afghan general bans Pakistani rupee in southern province
KABUL, Aug 7, (Agencies): Militants linked to Islamic State have released photos that purport to show weapons and equipment that belonged to American soldiers and …
Read More »Duterte links judges, mayors to drugs
MANILA, Aug 7, (AFP): Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, who is waging a bloody war on drug suspects, on Sunday publicly named over 160 judges, mayors, …
Read More »‘AT LEAST 500 FIGHTERS KILLED IN A WEEK IN ALEPPO BATTLE’ – Rebels break Aleppo regime siege, says Syria opposition
BEIRUT, Aug 6, (Agencies): Syrian rebels claimed on Saturday they broke a threeweek government siege of second city of Aleppo, turning the tables on Russian-backed …
Read More »UK keeps teenager in custody after ‘attack’
LONDON, Aug 6, (AP): A 19-yearold Somali-Norwegian man accused of carrying out a stabbing rampage in London’s Russell Square was remanded into custody Saturday after …
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