ADEN, (APP/AFP) – A car bomb hit a crowd of young men queueing up to enlist in the Yemeni army in the southern port city of Aden on Monday, causing dozens of casualties, a security official said. The official was not immediately able to give a precise casualty toll from the bombing outside the Badr […]
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Dozens of casualties as bomb hits in Yemen
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Landslide kills 10 in India
NEW DELHI, (APP/AFP): A landslide triggered by strong winds killed at least 10 construction workers in northern India on Monday, police said. Five more labourers were injured in the disaster in the Himalayan state of Uttarakhand, where they were building a road. “We have recovered 10 bodies and shifted injured to the hospital,” said Sadanand […]
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Obama praises ‘strengthening ties’ between US and Vietnam
HANOI, (APP/AFP) – Barack Obama praised “strengthening ties” between the United States and Vietnam at the start of a landmark visit Monday, as the former wartime foes deepen trade links and share concerns over Chinese actions in disputed seas. The visit to the dynamic and rapidly growing southeast Asian nation is Obama’s first — and […]
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India’s mini space shuttle blasts off
BANGALORE, India,(APP/AFP) – India successfully launched its first model space shuttle on Monday, a top official claimed, as New Delhi joined the race to develop a reusable rocket to make space travel easier and cheaper. The winged shuttle blasted off on a rocket from the southeastern spaceport of Sriharikota at about 7:00am (0130 GMT), with […]
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17 girls dead in fire at school dormitory in Thailand
BANGKOK, (APP/AFP) – Seventeen young girls died after a fire swept through the dormitory of a school for children of hill tribes in northern Thailand, officials said Monday, adding several others were injured in the blaze. The fire started late at night, meaning many of the children at the charity-run Christian school were asleep and […]
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Obama confirms Taliban leader’s death in US strike
HANOI, (APP/AFP): President Barack Obama on Monday confirmed that Taliban chief Mullah Akhtar Mansour was killed in a US air strike, hailing his death as an “important milestone” in efforts to bring peace to Afghanistan. “We have removed the leader of an organisation that has continued to plot against and unleash attacks on American and […]