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Russian air strikes in Syria ‘directly enabling’ IS: US

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- Russian air strikes in and around the city of Aleppo against opponents of the Syrian regime…

Female suicide bombers kill over 60 people in northeast Nigeria -officials

DIKWA, Nigeria (Reuters) -- Two female suicide bombers killed more than 60 people at a camp for people displaced by…

Kurds, allies seize key air base in north Syria: monitor

BEIRUT, Lebanon (AFP) -- Kurdish forces backed by Arab rebel groups captured a strategic air base and the adjacent town…

Japan announces fresh N. Korea sanctions after rocket launch

  TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- Japan announced fresh sanctions against North Korea on Wednesday for its latest rocket launch, including a…

Researchers in Singapore develop test kit for Zika virus

  (Reuters) -- Researchers in Singapore have developed a test kit for the Zika virus that could be used in…

Three killed, one missing in Indonesia military plane crash

(Reuters) -- An Indonesian military aircraft crashed into a house in a densely populated area in Malang on Wednesday (February…

S. Korea beefs up border propaganda broadcasts to North

SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) -- South Korea's military said Wednesday it had stepped up border propaganda broadcasts targeting North Korean…

Ten dead as commuter trains collide in Germany

BAD AIBLING, Germany (AFP) -- German authorities were on Tuesday investigating how two commuter trains collided head-on, leaving at least…

South Korean parliament passes resolution denouncing the North’s rocket launch

SEOUL, South Korea (Reuters) -- South Korea's parliament on Wednesday (February 10) passed a resolution condemning North Korea's rocket launch.…

Even staple food demonstrates Nigeria’s economic vulnerability

IBADAN, Nigeria (AFP) -- Cassava, the starch rusty-coloured root that is a staple in Nigeria, is a paradigm of the…

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