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Jihadist corpses poison life in Iraq's Mosul
Jan 22, 2018 (AFP)
The rare few who dare to venture into Mosul's historic centre do so with their nose and mouth firmly covered with masks or scarves to keep out the stench. Amid ...
World Bank signs $300m loan for Nepal quake reconstruction
Jan 21, 2018 (AFP)
Nearly 9,000 people died when a 7.8-magnitude quake struck in April 2015, destroying more than half a million homes. Only one in ten of those homes has been reb...
Fukushima operator releases fresh images of reactor wreckage
Jan 20, 2018 (AFP)
Tokyo Electric Power Co (TEPCO) inserted a special camera into one of the plant's three melted-down reactors on Friday, a company spokesman said, as part of its...
Assad regime promotes Syria as a 'tourist' destination
Jan 20, 2018 (AFP)
Buildings were flattened, those who survived were left terrorised, hungry and filled with despair, and the stench of dead bodies rose up from the rubble as fami...
10 Syrians die of cold trying to flee into Lebanon: officials
Jan 19, 2018 (AFP)
"They died of the cold. They included two children, six women and two men," said Georges Abou Moussa, head of operations at the Lebanese civil defence. He told ...
France to clear decade-old airport protest camp
Jan 17, 2018 (AFP)
The decision by President Emmanuel Macron's government brings an end to half a century of bitter debate over the proposed airport near the city of Nantes. But i...
Astrosat and DroneSAR form partnership to enhance Search and Rescue capabilities
Jan 16, 2018 (SPX)
The RAPID system is designed to provide intelligent situational awareness and support in the context of disaster scenarios to aid, inform and support decisions ...
Tracing how disaster impacts escalate will improve emergency responses
Jan 15, 2018 (SPX)
Naturally occurring extreme space weather events or man-made cyber security attacks affect critical infrastructure through shared points of vulnerability, causi...
Hurricane-hit Puerto Rico launches new drive for US statehood
Jan 11, 2018 (AFP)
Puerto Rico's more than three million residents are US citizens, with no obstacles to living and working on the mainland. Yet the US commonwealth in the Caribbe...
Scores of migrants missing in Mediterranean: Libyan Navy
Jan 10, 2018 (AFP)
The inflatable boat was carrying more than 100 people when it went down, according to navy spokesman Ayoub Kacem, who said rescuers had saved just 17 people, in...
When humans wage war, animals suffer too: study
Jan 10, 2018 (AFP)
More than 70 percent of the continent's protected natural areas has been touched by war between 1946 and 2010, triggering a "downward spiral" for many populatio...
Teachers in Iraq's Mosul learn to cope with traumatised pupils
Jan 09, 2018 (AFP)
Dozens of Iraqi teachers -- many battling trauma themselves -- have gathered at a university, where instructor Nazem Shaker seeks to guide them in helping child...
2017 the costliest year in US history for natural disasters
Jan 08, 2018 (AFP)
In 2017, a total of 16 disasters cost $1 billion or more, and led to at least 362 deaths, said the report by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration...
Blocks from White House, a freezing tent is home
Jan 06, 2018 (AFP)
Yet Jin isn't going anywhere, even as dangerously cold wind chills are forecast to sweep across the eastern United States this weekend. Jin, a US citizen origin...
UN's Guterres issues year-end 'red alert' for a world divided
Dec 31, 2017 (AFP)
"When I took office one year ago, I appealed for 2017 to be a year for peace," he said in his New Year's message. "Unfortunately, in fundamental ways, the world...
Sierra Leone mudslide survivors living back in danger zone
Dec 31, 2017 (AFP)
Kamara is one of hundreds of Sierra Leoneans recently kicked out of three government camps set up in the wake of the August 14 disaster, when heavy rains caused...
Italy to send troops to Niger to stem migrant flow: PM
Dec 28, 2017 (AFP)
Agadez, the main city in central Niger, has become a revolving door for economic migrants seeking to reach Europe via Libya, winning notoriety as Africa's peopl...
Displaced Syrians survive war but face battle against cold
Dec 26, 2017 (AFP)
As temperatures drop, tens of thousands of civilians forced out of their homes by Syria's war are spending yet another winter in flimsy plastic tents or abandon...
China, Russia oppose UN criticism of Myanmar over Rohingya
Dec 24, 2017 (AFP)
A resolution put forward by the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) was adopted by a vote of 122 to 10 with 24 abstentions. China, Russia, Cambodia, Laos,...
French judges finish probe into attack that sparked Rwanda genocide
Dec 21, 2017 (AFP)
The missile strike on a plane near Kigali's airport in April 1994 killed Rwandan president Juvenal Habyarimana, triggering 100 days of bloodshed that left an es...
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