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Nigeria botched air strike may have killed up to 236 people
Jan 21, 2017 (AFP)
As many as 236 people may have been killed in the botched Nigerian air strike against Boko Haram that hit a camp for civilians displaced by the unrest, a local ...
Lice, lung troubles plague migrants in freezing Serbia
Jan 21, 2017 (AFP)
They cough, suffer from frostbite and are infested with body lice: hundreds of young migrants remain in appalling conditions in derelict Belgrade warehouses in ...
NOAA satellites aided the rescue of 307 people in 2016
Jan 20, 2017 (UPI)
NOAA satellites aided the rescue of 307 people in 2016, the highest total in more than five years. In 2007, NOAA satellites helped save 353 lives. NOAA satellit...
Rescuers seek trapped miners in Peru
Jan 20, 2017 (AFP)
Rescuers in Peru were working Friday to save seven miners trapped for nearly four days by a landslide, the emergency services said. An avalanche of mud and rock...
BHP, Vale agree date to settle Brazil mine disaster claim
Jan 19, 2017 (AFP)
Mining giants BHP Billiton and Vale said Thursday they have struck a deal with Brazilian prosecutors to negotiate by June 30 the settlement of a 155 billion rea...
Nigeria plans inquiry into botched air strike
Jan 19, 2017 (AFP)
Nigeria on Thursday gave details of a formal probe into a botched air strike that killed at least 70 people, as aid workers feared the bloodshed could affect vi...
Death toll in botched Nigeria air strike soars to 70
Jan 18, 2017 (AFP)
The death toll from a botched air strike on Boko Haram fighters in northeast Nigeria rose to 70 on Wednesday, as aid agencies indicated more people could die wi...
Brazil calls up army to quell prison violence
Jan 17, 2017 (AFP)
Brazil's government Tuesday ordered the armed forces to help secure the country's overcrowded jails as police fought to separate rival gangs of inmates in one p...
Fukushima 'voluntary' evacuees to lose housing support
Jan 17, 2017 (AFP)
Thousands of Japanese evacuees from Fukushima should keep getting free housing, supporters said Tuesday, as the local government readies to yank support offered...
Nepal sacks quake reconstruction chief
Jan 11, 2017 (AFP)
Nepal on Wednesday sacked the chief of its earthquake reconstruction body, a move seen by critics as politically motivated and likely to further delay rebuildin...
Memory of lost Cyprus home haunts three generations
Jan 09, 2017 (AFP)
More than four decades have passed since the Kyriakou-Savva family fled their hilltop village home in Cyprus overlooking the Mediterranean as Turkish troops app...
Six climbers die of cold climbing Guatemala volcano
Jan 09, 2017 (AFP)
Six climbers scaling a volcano in Guatemala died on the weekend when they got caught in a sudden cold spell at altitude, rescue officials said Monday. The six, ...
Debt traps threaten Nepal quake victims
Jan 06, 2017 (AFP)
Victims of Nepal's 2015 earthquake are at risk of slipping into debt as they face a second winter in temporary shelters, according to a monitoring group which s...
Rebuild hearts as well as homes, pope tells quake victims
Jan 05, 2017 (AFP)
Pope Francis stressed the importance of rebuilding "hearts as well as homes" on Thursday, as he welcomed to the Vatican several thousand people affected by Ital...
Natural disaster damage hits 4-year high: Munich Re
Jan 04, 2017 (AFP)
Natural disasters including storms and earthquakes caused $175 billion of damage in 2016, German reinsurance giant Munich Re said Wednesday, the highest level s...
Number of displaced in Mosul op passes 125,000: UN
Jan 04, 2017 (AFP)
More than 125,000 Iraqis have been displaced since the start in October of an offensive to retake Mosul from jihadists, the United Nations said Wednesday. "Foll...
'I am not a miracle worker': new UN chief
Jan 03, 2017 (AFP)
The new United Nations chief, Antonio Guterres, warned Tuesday that the world body faces "very challenging times" and asked for support of reforms to make it be...
Cyprus urges Turkey to face up to responsibilities
Dec 31, 2016 (AFP)
Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades on Saturday urged Turkey to live up to its responsibilities and help to reunify the divided island when crucial peace talks...
A 2016 love story: the Macedonian cop and the Iraqi refugee
Dec 30, 2016 (AFP)
The scene was hardly conducive to romance: she was a sick Iraqi in a wave of refugees trying to enter Serbia, while he belonged to the stern Macedonian police f...
US prosecutors ask Alexa: whodunit?
Dec 29, 2016 (AFP)
Amazon's connected personal assistant Alexa may have witnessed a murder. But will she talk? Investigators in Arkansas recovered the Amazon Echo speaker infused ...
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