4 Palestinians die in two separate incidents, Israel hit by 3 rockets
By Jay Jackson, Vancouver Star
Bomb explodes at wedding ceremony in Afghanistan capital
KABUL, Afghanistan - A suicide bomber has detonated explosive devices at a wedding in the capital of Afghanistan, Kabul, causing ...
North Korea test-fires new weapon, Kim personally guides test
SEOUL, South Korea - North Korean leader Kim Jong-un personally guided the test-firing of a new weapon on Friday.Kim "guided ...
India and Pakistan remain at odds over Kashmir after UN meeting
NEW YORK, New York - The UN Security Council met to consider the volatile situation surrounding Kashmir on Friday, addressing ...
Three humanitarian workers die in Syrian airstrike
DAMASCUS, Suyria - Three humanitarian workers have been killed in the southern Syrian Idlib province in yet another attack on ...
Hundreds of prisoners in U.S. jails commit suicide each year
Jeffrey Epstein's suicide in New York's Metropolitan Correction Center on Aug. 10 has brought new attention to the troubling reality ...
Government in eastern Libya denies abducting Seham Sergewa
TRIPOLI, Libya - An international human rights group has called on the Interim government in eastern Libya to exert all ...
North Korea Fires More Weapons; Criticizes South Korea
SEOUL - North Korea has launched a fresh round of short-range weapons into the sea off its east coast, South ...
Gang that stole scores of motor bikes in NYC rounded up
NEW YORK, New York - A motorcycle stealing racket in New York City has been taken down.The 11 members of ...
Number of people dead after oil tanker explosion in Tanzania hits 89
DODOMO, Tanzania - The number of people who were killed when an overturned fuel tanker exploded last Saturday has been ...
People should not fall under spell of Boko Haram says former captee
To mark next week's International Day of Remembrance of and Tribute to the Victims of Terrorism, UN News travelled to ...
DDCA to name stand after Virat Kohli at Feroz Shah Kotla
New Delhi [India], Aug 18 (ANI): Delhi and District Cricket Association (DDCA) on Sunday announced that there will be a ...
Gibraltar Rejects U.S. Request Over Closely Watched Iranian Tanker
Shipping and other international authorities continue to monitor an Iranian supertanker cleared for release after a month in custody in ...
Russia Says Will Not Deploy New Missiles If U.S. Does The Same
Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said on August 18 that Moscow would not deploy new missiles so long as U.S. ...
Super Saturday hat-trick for SA Rugby celebrated
Cape Town - South African rugby players - men and women, schoolboys and adults - were congratulated for Saturday's national ...
India face 1-2 defeat against New Zealand at Olympic Test Event
Tokyo [Japan], Aug 18 (ANI): The Indian men's hockey team suffered a defeat at the hands of world number eight ...
Myths about disaster survivors stall the global response to climate change
The 2018 report from the the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), a United Nations body that assesses climate change ...
WFP Warns of 'Unprecedented' Food Emergency in Burkina Faso
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND - The World Food Program warns that millions of people in Burkina Faso are facing what it calls ...
Pakistan not in position to fight war against India: Ayesha Siddiqa
London [UK], Aug 18 (ANI): Pakistan and its Army are not in a position to fight a war against India ...
Hockey India congratulates Kothajit Singh on featuring in 200th match
New Delhi [India], Aug 18 (ANI): Hockey India congratulated defender Kothajit Singh Khadangbam for featuring in his 200th international match ...
Stokes and Buttler keep Australia at bay
London - England's Ben Stokes and Jos Buttler batted through a rain-shortened first session on the final day of the ...
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Abbott Ireland announces expansion plans, new jobs
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