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22 children dead in Nile boat accident in Sudan
AFP, Published on 15/08/2018
» KHARTOUM - At least 22 children drowned on their way to school when their boat capsized in swollen waters of the Nile river north of the Sudanese capital on Wednesday, official media said.
Aquarius ship arrives in Malta after migrant-sharing deal
AFP, Published on 15/08/2018
» VALLETTA - The Aquarius rescue ship arrived in Malta on Wednesday after EU countries thrashed out a deal to take in the 141 migrants onboard, defusing another diplomatic standoff in the Mediterranean.
At least 25 killed as suicide attacker targets school in Kabul
AFP, Published on 15/08/2018
» KABUL - At least 25 people, many believed to be students, were killed when a suicide blast ripped through a school in a Shiite area of Kabul Wednesday, officials said, the latest assault on Afghanistan's war-weary capital.
22 children dead in Nile boat accident: Sudan media
AFP, Published on 15/08/2018
» KHARTOUM - At least 22 Sudanese children drowned on Wednesday when their boat sank in the Nile while they were on their way to school, official media said.
A day in the life of seven migrants crossing Mexico
AFP, Published on 15/08/2018
» CóRDOBA (MEXICO) - From the southern border with Guatemala to the northern border with the United States, AFP spent 24 hours traveling with migrants who are crossing Mexico to chase their American dreams.
Driver of smashed B24m Ferrari cheats death
Prasit Tangprasert, Published on 15/08/2018
» NAKHON RATCHASIMA: The driver of a brand-new Ferrari car was slightly injured on Wednesday afternoon in Sikhiu district when he swerved to avoid an accident in front of him, plunged off the wet road and slammed into a tree.
Amnesty says Turkey chair to be released from Izmir jail
AFP, Published on 15/08/2018
» ISTANBUL: An Istanbul court on Wednesday ordered the release of Amnesty International's Turkey chair who has spent more than a year in jail over alleged links to the 2016 failed coup, the rights group said.
At least 25 killed in Kabul suicide attack: officials
AFP, Published on 15/08/2018
» KABUL: At least 25 people were killed when a suicide attacker struck an education centre in a minority Shiite area of western Kabul Wednesday, officials said, the latest assault in Afghanistan's war-weary capital.
Ghazni residents emerge after Taliban pushed from city
AFP, Published on 15/08/2018
» GHAZNI (AFGHANISTAN) - Afghan forces appeared to have finally pushed Taliban fighters from the strategic city of Ghazni on Wednesday, as shopkeepers and residents warily returned to the streets after days of intense ground fighting and US airstrikes.
Brunson: pastor at centre of Turkey-US row and market turmoil
AFP, Published on 15/08/2018
» ISTANBUL - Only weeks ago it would have seemed fanciful to draw a link between the fate of an American pastor in Turkey, a crisis between two NATO allies and turmoil on global financial markets.