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Heavy clashes in Aden airport
Local fighters battling the rebel Houthi militia in Yemen\'s port of Aden stormed areas around the airport on Sunday in an operation ...Italy says 10 migrants die, 4,500 rescued in ongoing mission
Nearly 4,500 migrants were plucked from boats off the coast of Libya over the weekend and 10 bodies were recovered, Italy\'s coast ...Ukrainian soldier and civilian killed in intensifying clashes
A Ukrainian soldier and a civilian were killed in the past 24 hours in Ukraine\'s separatist-held east amid a marked increase in ...Red tape delays Nepal quake disaster aid as death toll crosses 7,000
The UN\'s humanitarian chief has said she is "extremely concerned" that Nepal\'s customs authorities are slowing the delivery of earthquake aid, as ...Floyd Mayweather beats Manny Pacquiao in Las Vegas
Floyd Mayweather shrugged off the jeers which greeted his victory over Manny Pacquiao and wasted no time in taunting his detractors.Nigeria frees more hostages, fate of Chibok girls uncertain
Nigeria\'s army has rescued nearly 700 hostages from Boko Haram captivity over the past week, but uncertainty remained on Saturday over the ...Pakistani air strikes kill 44 militants
Pakistani air strikes on Saturday killed at least 44 militants in the country\'s lawless tribal areas bordering Afghanistan, the military said, part ...Nepal earthquake aid held up at customs as death toll climbs
Some of the relief material for survivors of Nepal\'s devastating earthquake was being held up at the country\'s only international airport because ...Nepal quake toll passes 6,200; needs $2 bln to rebuild
The death toll from Nepal\'s devastating earthquake rose steadily past 6,200 on Friday as fresh aftershocks and the stench of rotting bodies ...Earthquake of magnitude 7.1 strikes off Papua New Guinea
An earthquake of magnitude 7.1 struck off Papua New Guinea on Friday, 128 km south-south-west of Rabaul, at a depth of 61 ...