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CIVILIANS are increasingly falling victim to fighting between government forces and pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine, with at least 224 killed and more than 540 others hurt in the final three weeks

FRENCH counter terrorism police arrested eight people with alleged links to jihadist cells in Lyon and the Paris suburbs yesterday morning, French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said at a Paris press conference.

CANADA’S foreign minister said the release of Al-Jazeera journalist Mohamed Fahmy from a prison in Egypt is “imminent.” Fahmy, a dual Egyptian-Canadian citizen, has relinquished his Egyptian citizenship as prerequisite to

IN an historic move, MPs have voted in favour of the creation of babies with DNA from two women and one man. The UK is now set to become the first country

THE World Health Organization said Tuesday it had appointed its assistant director-general Bruce Aylward to head its overall response to the deadly Ebola outbreak. It also said an independent commission was being

THE United Nations for Relief and Work Agency (UNRWA) on Tuesday announced it received 13.5 million dollars from Saudi Arabia for victims of last summer’s Israeli offensive on the Gaza Strip. Adnan

ONLY eight out of China’s 74 biggest cities passed the government’s basic air quality standards in 2014, the environment ministry has said. The most polluted cities were in north-eastern Hebei, the province

LURID details of lunchtime sex parties emerged Tuesday as an ex-prostitute nicknamed “Jade” took the stand in a French trial over a high-end prostitution ring that landed former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn

THE U.S. military has performed another U-turn and will publicly release information about its aid for Afghan forces, after coming under criticism for declaring the data top secret, officials said Monday. The

FOUR Pakistani troops were killed when their vehicle struck a roadside bomb planted by the Taliban in a restive northwestern tribal area Tuesday, officials said. The bomb exploded in the village of