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UN probe: 8 massacres by Syria regime, 1 by rebels

UN probe: 8 massacres by Syria regime, 1 by rebels

Sep 11, GENEVA — Evidence confirms at least eight massacres have been perpetrated in Syria by President Bashar Assad’s regime and supporters and one by rebels over the past year and a half, a U.N. commission said Wednesday. Calling Syria a battlefield where armed forces are getting away with large-scale murder, the U.N. commission investigating […]

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Suicide bomber kills district governor in Afghanistan’s Kunduz province

Suicide bomber kills district governor in Afghanistan’s Kunduz province

Aug 30, – A suicide bomber has killed a district governor and six others at a memorial service in the northern Afghan province of Kunduz, officials say. Sheikh Sadi, governor of Archi district, was killed along with one bodyguard and five civilians. Ten others were wounded. The group was attending the memorial service of a […]

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Eight killed as heavy rains pummel flooded Philippines

Eight killed as heavy rains pummel flooded Philippines

Aug 20, – More than 200,000 flood-battered residents of the Philippine capital fled their homes on Tuesday as relentless monsoon rains, which have killed eight people, submerged more than half of Manila. Streets turned into rivers with water rising above two-metres (seven feet) in some parts of the megacity of 12 million people, while vast […]

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Non-veiled but devout women defend choice

Non-veiled but devout women defend choice

Aug 03, Manama: “I will be at the Qiyam prayers,” Rasha said, referring to the midnight group prayers Muslims hold during the last ten days of Ramadan, the month of fasting. Ahmad could not believe his ears. He had not expected her answer and felt utterly confused, unable to respond. The thought that Rasha, the […]

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