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Israeli strike on Gaza school kills over 100
Reuters, Published on 10/08/2024
» CAIRO - More than 100 Palestinians were killed and dozens wounded in an Israeli strike on a Gaza school sheltering displaced people, the official Palestinian news agency said on Saturday, while the Israeli army said it had hit a Hamas command centre.
Israeli forces step up bombing of Rafah as tanks try to push west
Reuters, Published on 07/06/2024
» CAIRO - With no sign of progress in mediators' efforts to reach a ceasefire in the Gaza war, Israeli forces pounded Rafah from the air and ground overnight as tanks tried to advance further west, residents said.
Myanmar monk militia: Buddhist clergy backing junta
Reuters, Published on 08/12/2022
» YANGON: In a monastery in central Myanmar, a Buddhist monk, Wathawa, rallies his militia with a cry: "What's our spirit like?"
Bombings kill 9, wound dozens in Philippine south
Reuters, Published on 24/08/2020
» MANILA: Twin bombings in a town on a restive southern Philippines island killed nine people and wounded dozens on Monday, among them soldiers and civilians, the military said, with Islamist militants suspected of being behind the attack.
Putin mixes politics, sport to open World Cup
Reuters, Published on 14/06/2018
» MOSCOW: Russia welcomed the world to the World Cup on Thursday as cheerful fans streamed into Moscow and 10 other cities and President Vladimir Putin's government derided Western efforts to isolate him.
Uighur jail escapees detained in Malaysia
Reuters, Published on 08/02/2018
» KUALA LUMPUR: Eleven ethnic Uighur Muslims from China, missing since their dramatic escape from a Thai jail last year, have been detained in Malaysia and Beijing wants them back, sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.
Singapore worries, and prepares, for militant attack
Reuters, Published on 04/02/2018
» SINGAPORE: Armed officers patrol a train station where television screens and giant posters warn of the threat from militants. Nearby, fake gunmen storm a shopping mall in one of many recent terror attack simulations.
Scandal-hit Dhammakaya temple helps stage Myanmar event
Reuters, Published on 21/01/2018
» MANDALAY: Thousands of Buddhist monks gathered in Myanmar's second largest city on Sunday for an event partly organised by the scandal-hit Dhammakaya temple whose abbot is wanted for questioning on money-laundering allegations.
IS claims attack on spy agency centre in Afghan capital
Reuters, Published on 18/12/2017
» KABUL: Islamic State claimed responsibility for an attack near a training facility of Afghanistan's main intelligence agency in the capital, Kabul, on Monday as gunmen exchanged fire with security forces.
Martial law in Philippines' south extended
Reuters, Published on 13/12/2017
» MANILA: Philippine lawmakers on Wednesday overwhelmingly backed President Rodrigo Duterte's plan to extend martial law for all of next year on the southern island of Mindanao, a move the government says aims to thwart Islamist and communist rebels.