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WORLD

Oil tanker with 22 Indian crew missing off Benin's coast

Associated Press, Published on 05/02/2018

» NEW DELHI: India has sought the help of the Nigerian and Benin navies to find an oil tanker that has gone missing with 22 Indian crew members off Benin's coast.

WORLD

'Some' missing Nigerian schoolgirls rescued after Boko Haram attack

AFP, Published on 22/02/2018

» DAMATURU, Nigeria: The families of dozens of girls missing for several days after a Boko Haram attack on their school in northeast Nigeria on Thursday faced an anxious wait for their return after confirmation some had been rescued.

OPINION

The theory of Hawking as a parallel Thai

News, Kong Rithdee, Published on 17/03/2018

» Had Stephen Hawking been born here, the fate of astrophysics would likely have been different: no Theory of Everything, just a Hypothesis of Nothing. Had he been born here, the starburst of his extraordinary life would have been sucked into a black hole, a metaphorical black hole, and the proof that the universe can be so unkind to some people would have been concluded.

WORLD

Abducted Nigeria schoolgirls 'brought back' by Boko Haram: parents

AFP, Published on 21/03/2018

» LAGOS - Boko Haram Islamists who kidnapped more than 100 schoolgirls in Dapchi, northeast Nigeria, just over a month ago have returned the students to the town, two parents told AFP on Wednesday.

WORLD

Suspected IS gunman takes hostages in France

AFP, Published on 23/03/2018

» PARIS - A gunman claiming allegiance to the Islamic State group fired shots and took hostages at a supermarket in southwestern France on Friday, a local prosecutor said.

WORLD

Two dead as IS supporter takes hostages in France

AFP, Published on 23/03/2018

» TREBES, France: At least two people were killed after a gunman claiming allegiance to the Islamic State group opened fire and took hostages at a supermarket in southwest France on Friday.

WORLD

What we know about the gunman in France

AFP, Published on 24/03/2018

» PARIS - The gunman who killed three people in southwest France on Friday before being shot dead by police was a 25-year-old small-time drug dealer with a history of minor crimes.

WORLD

French officer who swapped himself for hostage dies

Associated Press, Published on 24/03/2018

» TREBES, France: A French police officer who offered himself up to an extremist gunman in exchange for a hostage has died of his injuries, the interior minister said Saturday.

WORLD

Fresh raids pound Syrian rebels as talks falter

AFP, Published on 07/04/2018

» BEIRUT: Deadly bombardments pounded the last opposition holdout in Syria's Eastern Ghouta on Saturday, after regime troops resumed a military blitz to pressure rebels to withdraw.

WORLD

Deadly missile strikes hit Syria airbase

AFP, Published on 09/04/2018

» DAMASCUS - Deadly missile strikes hit a Syrian military airbase on Monday, state media said, but Washington and Paris denied carrying them out in response to an alleged poison gas attack.