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Dinosaur Tracks Found In China, Say Scie...

Dinosaur Tracks Found In China, Say Scientists

The tracks were found on a rural mountain road in Longjing city in August 2015, Xinhua news agency quoted the scientists from China, South Korea and the US as saying. read more »

Indonesia making no progress against haz...

Indonesia making no progress against hazardous haze

Pekanbaru, Indonesia | Reuters — Indonesia has sent nearly 21,000 personnel to fight forest fires raging in its northern islands, the disaster management agency said on Tuesday, but smoke cloaks much of the region with pollution readings in the “very unhealthy” region in neighbouring... read more »

France opens war crimes inquiry against ...

France opens war crimes inquiry against Assad regime

French authorities have launched a criminal probe against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s regime for alleged war crimes committed between 2011 and 2013, sources said. Paris prosecutors opened a preliminary war crimes inquiry on September 15, a source close to the case told AFP. A... read more »

NATO Troops Reach Kunduz to Support Afgh...

NATO Troops Reach Kunduz to Support Afghan Forces

KABUL, AFGHANISTAN: NATO said Wednesday its special forces have reached Kunduz to support Afghan troops after the Taliban seized the northern city, repelled a counter-attack and advanced on the airport to shore up their biggest victory in 14 years. Heavy fighting was underway near the outlying... read more »

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At least 62 children killed, 30 injured in Yemen over the past week: UNICEF

United Nations: At least 62 children have been killed and 30 injured in Yemen over the past week as fighting has escalated, the United Nations children’s agency UNICEF has... read more »

Buhari wins in Nigeria, defeating Goodluck Jonathan

ABUJA: Amid anger over an Islamic insurgency that has claimed thousands of lives, Nigerians threw out the incumbent and elected a 72-year-old former military dictator in a historic transfer... read more »

World’s oldest person Misao Okawa dies in Japan

The world’s oldest living person, Japan’s Misao Okawa, has died from heart failure at the age of 117. She died in a nursing home in Osaka, the city she was born in on 5 March... read more »

Buhari Leads in Nigeria Presidential Vote as Protests Endure

Former Nigerian military ruler Muhammadu Buhari took a lead in the presidential race with half of the 36 states reporting results from the March 28-29 general elections. Buhari led with... read more »

Singapore’s Lee Kuan Yew wanted India in leadership role in...

SINGAPORE: Singapore’s former Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew, who personally knew many Indian leaders, wanted India to take a leadership role in South East Asia. Lee, who died this week at the age... read more »