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Published on 31/03/2018
» MINGORA, Pakistan: In the Pakistani hometown of Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai, reminders are frequent of the daughter of scenic northwestern Swat Valley who survived a gun attack -– and so are memories of harsh rule by the Taliban.
AFP, Published on 31/03/2018
» FREETOWN - Voters in the West African state of Sierra Leone were called out to vote on Saturday in the final round of a presidential campaign marked by verbal sparring, sporadic violence and a last-minute legal battle.
Reuters, Published on 30/03/2018
» YANGON: Prominent human rights lawyer Amal Clooney has joined the legal team representing two Reuters reporters jailed in Myanmar, who are accused of possessing secret government papers, her office said on Thursday.
AFP, Published on 30/03/2018
» GAZA CITY (PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES) - Israeli shelling killed a Palestinian farmer in Gaza early on Friday, the enclave's health ministry said, just hours before the launch of mass protests along the border.
AFP, Published on 28/03/2018
» JERUSALEM - Israel has warned that its soldiers could use live fire if Gaza Palestinians try to breach the border with Israel during a mass rally planned for Friday.
Reuters, Published on 28/03/2018
» YANGON: Lawyers for two Reuters reporters jailed in Myanmar asked a court on Wednesday to throw out the case, saying there was insufficient evidence to support charges against the pair, who are accused of possessing secret government papers.
AFP, Published on 27/03/2018
» PARIS - Two people have been charged with the murder of an 85-year-old French Jewish woman, who was stabbed and whose body was then set alight in a crime being treated as anti-Semitic, a judicial source said Tuesday.
AFP, Published on 27/03/2018
» WELLINGTON - Deteriorating weather forced a Volvo Ocean Race yacht to abandon its search for a British crew member washed overboard in the hostile Southern Ocean Tuesday, with organisers admitting hopes of finding the man alive were fading.
AFP, Published on 27/03/2018
» WELLINGTON - A high-seas search was underway Tuesday after a Volvo Ocean Race crew member washed overboard amid gale-force winds in the hostile Southern Ocean, race organisers said.
AFP, Published on 26/03/2018
» PARIS - The mother of a French policeman killed after taking the place of a hostage during a jihadist gunman's attacks last week called for tolerance Monday as the country prepared a national tribute for the officer.