13 policemen, 10 militants killed in Afghan checkpoint fighting

6 years ago

KUNDUZ, Afghanistan – At least 13 police officers and 10 Taliban militants were killed and 20 police personnel were wounded following a fierce fighting in Afghanistan's northern province of Kunduz...

strong 6.9 magnitude earthquake struck New Zealand's

6 years ago

WELLINGTON – A strong 6.9 magnitude earthquake struck New Zealand's remote Kermadec Islands on Wednesday but authorities said there was no tsunami threat.  The quake struck at 4.19pm...

Plane crash kills 19 in South Sudan: regional official

6 years ago

JUBA –Nineteen people were killed on Sunday when a small plane crashed into a lake in the centre of South Sudan, while four survived, a regional official told AFP.  ...

Moldova president injured in car crash

6 years ago

CHISINAU – The President of Moldova, Igor Dodon was hospitalised with slight injuries after his car turned over Sunday, the Eastern European country's security services said.  The accident...

North Korea holds 70th anniversary parade, without ICBMs

6 years ago

PYONGYANG –Thousands of North Korean troops paraded through Pyongyang Sunday as the nuclear-armed country celebrated its 70th birthday, followed by artillery and tanks, but it refrained from displaying the intercontinental...

Several bodies, including children, found in Australia home

6 years ago

SYDNEY – The bodies of up to five people, including children, were found in a Western Australia home by police on Sunday.  Investigators went to the house in...

Kosovo Albanians block roads for Serbian president's visit

6 years ago

MITROVICA, Kosovo – Kosovo Albanians on Sunday blocked roads and burned tires on a planned route by Serbia's president in the former Serbian province, further fueling tensions between the two...

Wasteland makeovers bring creative cool to Paris suburb

6 years ago

  BOBIGNY, France – Music throbs from a bar set up on a patch of scrubland and artists toil in what was once a tyre factory. This is...

Toll from Japan quake rises to 18 as hopes fade for survivors

6 years ago

TOKYO –Japanese rescue workers with bulldozers and sniffer dogs scrabbled through the mud Friday to find survivors from a landslide that buried houses after a powerful quake, as the...

Ecuador hit by 6.2 magnitude quake: USGS

6 years ago

QUITO –A deep 6.2 magnitude earthquake struck Ecuador on Thursday night, USGS said.  The quake hit at 9:12 pm local time (0212 GMT on Friday) at a depth of...

9 die in rain-related incidents in northern India

6 years ago

NEW DELHI –At least nine people have been killed in rain-related incidents in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh in the past 24 hours, officials said Thursday.  ...

Japan quake, landslides leave at least 8 dead

6 years ago

TOKYO – A powerful 6.6-magnitude quake rocked the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido Thursday, killing at least eight people, collapsing homes, and triggering landslides that left dozens missing.  ...

Twin blasts turn regular Kabul wrestling session into massacre

6 years ago

KABUL –The wrestling mats were spattered with blood, the sports bags and water bottles still strewn across the floor Thursday, hours after a double bombing ripped through the Maiwand sports...

S.Korean president's envoys meet DPRK top leader in Pyongyang: Blue House

6 years ago

SEOUL –South Korean President Moon Jae-in's special envoys met Wednesday with Kim Jong Un, top leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), in their one-day visit to...

Indian girl aged nine gang-raped and murdered

6 years ago

SRINAGAR, India –Indian police have arrested a woman and four others after her nine-year-old stepdaughter was allegedly gang-raped, murdered and mutilated, in the latest horrific crime to shock the...