Suicide attack kills 18 in Iraq oasis town
Five attackers armed with suicide vests, rifles and grenades killed 18 people in the Iraqi oasis town of Ain al-Tamer, southwest of Baghdad, local officials said today.
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IS suicide bomber kills 54 in Aden attack
A suicide bomber killed at least 54 people when he drove a car laden with explosives into a compound run by local militias in Aden on Monday, Medicins Sans Frontieres said, in one of the deadliest attacks in the southern Yemeni port city.
As Obama heads to Laos, signs of a tilt away from China
The secretive communist government of Laos, a country with a population of less than 7 million, rarely causes a ripple on the diplomatic circuit. And yet its sleepy capital will spring to life next week when global leaders arrive for an Asian summit.
Grief erupts as nation honors, buries dead
Mourners in Italy prayed, hugged, wept and even applauded as coffins carrying victims of the country’s devastating earthquake passed by at a state funeral Saturday, grieving as one nation after three desperate days of trying to save as many people as possible.
World’s oldest man found in Indonesia at the age of 145
A 145-year-old Indonesian man, Mbah Gotho, might just become the world’s oldest man with his documentation suggesting that he was born in 1870. According to a report in The Independent, Gotho’s age is twice the average life expectancy of Indonesians that stands at 70 years.
Kerry, Lavrov meet in Geneva to talk Syria
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov met in Geneva today for an expected push towards resuming peace talks for war-ravaged Syria. The pair sat down in a luxury hotel on the shores of Lake Geneva, launching into talks expected to centre heavily on Syria’s devastating conflict. The UN special Read More
Strong aftershocks rattle devastated earthquake zone in Italy
Strong aftershocks rattled residents and rescue crews alike Friday as hopes began to dim that firefighters would find any more survivors from Italy’s earthquake. The first funerals were scheduled to be observed for some of the 267 dead.
China now a major player in the AfPak-Central Asia theater
China has quietly decided to exercise leadership in plugging the roots of instability in Afghanistan, Tajikistan and Pakistan, following Washington’s diminishing role in the region, and compulsions of its One Belt One Road (OBOR) initiative, says a senior Chinese researcher.
Italy quake death toll hits 247 as rescuers hunt for survivors
The death toll in the earthquake that shook central Italy rose to 247 on Thursday, officials said, as rescuers desperately searched for survivors in the rubble of devastated mountain villages.Hundreds were injured, some critically, and an unknown number were trapped under the ruins of collapsed buildings after Wednesday’s pre-dawn quake.
North Korea leader says missile test ‘greatest success’
North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un declared a submarine-launched missile test the “greatest success,” state media said on Thursday, as the United Nations weighed a condemnation of the launch which appears to advance Pyongyang’s nuclear strike capability.