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'Reasonable chance' of finding MH370 in new search: Australia PM
Aug 20, 2014 (AFP)
A new underwater hunt for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 had a "reasonable chance" of finding the plane, Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott said Wedn...
Displaced Iraq Yazidis left hungry and desperate
Aug 17, 2014 (AFP)
Scores of Yazidis, mainly children, who fled as jihadists overran their villages in northern Iraq are now sheltering in an abandoned construction site on the ou...
Turkey calls for help with Syria refugees as tensions rise
Aug 15, 2014 (AFP)
Turkey's relief agency said Friday it was time for the world to start "sharing the burden" of the 1.2 million Syrian refugees it is hosting, after tensions betw...
Australia makes its first airdrop to stranded Yazidis in Iraq
Aug 14, 2014 (AFP)
Australia has carried out its first airdrop to refugees in northern Iraq, Prime Minister Tony Abbott said Thursday, joining a growing international effort to de...
Long-neglected Gaza heritage wilts in war
Aug 14, 2014 (AFP)
The Israeli missile tore through the vaulted ceiling and pulverised age-old sandstone. One direct hit destroyed the Omari mosque in Jabaliya and dealt another b...
Fresh suicides fuel military service concerns in S. Korea
Aug 12, 2014 (AFP)
South Korea's military said Tuesday that three conscripts were found dead in apparent suicides, the latest in a series of incidents fuelling concern over young ...
Britain aborts second Iraq aid drop over safety fears
Aug 11, 2014 (AFP)
Britain was forced to abort a second airdrop of humanitarian aid to refugees in northern Iraq on Monday because of fears of injuring people on the ground, a mil...
Chinese media keep to Beijing's script for quake reports
Aug 11, 2014 (AFP)
He was one of the first Chinese reporters to reach the earthquake epicentre, but the rows of hastily wrapped bodies at the roadside held no news value for the t...
Tibet bus accident kills 44 people, injures 11: Xinhua
Aug 09, 2014 (AFP)
A tour bus plunged into a Tibetan valley on Saturday after hitting two vehicles, killing 44 people and injuring 11, China's official news agency Xinhua reported...
India calls off landslide rescue after 151 bodies found
Aug 07, 2014 (AFP)
Rescue workers at the site of a huge landslide in western India last week said Thursday they had called off their search after finding 151 bodies. Only eight su...
Australia hires Dutch firm to continue MH370 search
Aug 06, 2014 (UPI)
It's been almost five months since Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 disappeared over the Indian Ocean without a trace. Evidence of the jetliner itself or the 239 pa...
Nepal says 156 people killed in landslide, ends search
Aug 06, 2014 (AFP)
Nepal rescuers said Wednesday 156 people were presumed killed in a landslide that struck on the weekend, as they called off their search for remaining bodies bu...
Sudan cabinet holds emergency meeting after 39 die in floods
Aug 05, 2014 (AFP)
Sudan's cabinet met in emergency session on Tuesday after flooding killed 39 people, destroyed thousands of homes and sparked complaints of government negligenc...
Nepal landslide toll climbs to 23, scores still missing
Aug 04, 2014 (AFP)
Rescuers on Monday discovered 14 more bodies buried under tonnes of mud and trees following a massive landslide in northeast Nepal that is feared to have killed...
Italy navy rescues 2,700 migrants, recovers two bodies
Aug 04, 2014 (AFP)
The Italian navy said Monday it had rescued over 2,700 migrants from boats attempting to cross the Mediterranean from North Africa over the weekend, and recover...
China blames safety violations as plant blast toll rises
Aug 04, 2014 (AFP)
A car parts plant in China where 75 workers were killed in an explosion committed multiple violations of regulations, the country's work safety chief said Monda...
'No hope' of survivors in deadly Nepal landslide: official
Aug 03, 2014 (AFP)
Rescuers on Sunday ruled out finding any more survivors of a landslide in northeast Nepal feared to have buried at least 100 people under tonnes of mud and rock...
Myanmar frees 91 child soldiers from armed forces: UN
Aug 01, 2014 (AFP)
Myanmar's army has freed 91 children and young people from its armed forces, the United Nations said on Friday, in the country's latest move towards ending the ...
Philippines to spend nearly $4bn rebuilding after Haiyan
Aug 01, 2014 (AFP)
The Philippine government plans to spend nearly $4 billion to rehabilitate areas devastated by Super Typhoon Haiyan last year, a senior adviser to President Ben...
Australia says MH370 survey ships making progress
Jul 31, 2014 (AFP)
Two ships surveying the sea floor where Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 is thought to have crashed are making steady progress with a deep-water search to get und...
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