38 dead, 92,000 left homeless by Niger floods
At least 38 people have been killed and more than 92,000 left homeless since June in disastrous floods in Niger, the United ...Nepal criticized for not stopping child marriages
Traditional practices, poverty, last year\'s massive earthquake and Nepal\'s ongoing political instability mean child marriages remain a serious problem in the country, ...Frenchwoman who received first face transplant dies
The world\'s first face transplant recipient, Frenchwoman Isabelle Dinoire, died in April "after a long illness", a hospital said Tuesday.Swedish Nobel judges fired in Karolinska medical scandal
The assembly that awards the Nobel Prize for medicine will demand the resignation of two of its judges as a result of ...Taliban attack in Afghan capital Kabul kills at least 24
A Taliban suicide attack in a busy area near the defence ministry in Kabul on Monday killed at least 24 people and ...Multiple bomb blasts in Syrian cities kill at least 48
A string of bomb attacks hit across mostly government-controlled areas of Syria on Monday, killing several dozen people including at least 35 ...Israeli tank fire targets Hamas post in response to shooting
Israeli tank fire targeted a Hamas post on the Gaza Strip border overnight after gunfire at Israeli forces in the area, with ...Pope declares Mother Teresa a saint
Mother Teresa, the nun whose work with the dying and destitute of Kolkata made her a global icon of Christian charity, was ...Uzbekistan buries late strongman Karimov
Uzbekistan bade farewell to President Islam Karimov at a high-security funeral on Saturday, after his death plunged the country into the greatest ...Turkey-backed rebels clear Syria border villages of IS: army
Syrian rebels supported by Turkish and coalition air strikes pushed further west into areas held by Islamic State in northern Syria as ...
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