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Boko Haram ‘to sell’ Nigerian abducted girls from Chibok
Nigerian Islamist militant group Boko Haram has threatened to “sell” the hundreds of schoolgirls it abducted three weeks ago. Militant leader Abubakar Shekau sent a video, in which he said… Read more
13 killed, others missing after Mount Everest avalanche
KATHMANDU, April 18- An avalanche swept the slopes of Mount Everest early Friday morning, killing at least 13 Nepalese guides and leaving three others missing, officials said, in what is… Read more
Ukrainian forces launched operation to take back Sloviansk police HQ
KIEV, April 13- Ukrainian forces have launched an operation against pro-Russian activists who seized a police station on Saturday, the interior minister says. Arsen Avakov announced on his Facebook page… Read more
Barack Obama in Saudi Arabia for talks on U.S role in Middle East
RIYADH, Mar 29- U.S. President Barack Obama and Saudi King Abdullah discussed “tactical differences” in their approach to some issues during a meeting in Riyadh on Friday, but agreed both… Read more
Former Bangladesh premier Khaleda Zia indicted over graft
DHAKA, Mar 19- Former Bangladeshi premier Khaleda Zia and her fugitive son were today charged with corruption by a court here for allegedly collecting nearly USD 1 million in donations for charities named after… Read more
Hijacking theory gives relatives hope in missing Malaysian Airlines Flight 370
MALAYSIA, Mar 16- The possibility that Malaysia Air Flight 370 was hijacked has heartened the relatives of passengers who are holding out hope that the missing plane landed in some remote location,… Read more
Search for missing Malaysia Airlines jet continues
KAULA LUMPUR, MAR 08- Planes and ships from south-east Asian states have joined forces to search the South China Sea for a Malaysia Airlines jet, missing with 239 people on… Read more
Knife-wielding men kill 27, injure 109 in China train station
BEIJING, MAR 01- A group of knife-wielding men attacked a train station in southwestern Chinese city of Kunming on Saturday, leaving at least 27 people dead and 109 injured, China’s… Read more
Crisis threatens to split Ukraine
KIEV, FEB 22- The crisis in Ukraine threatened to split the country along East-West fault lines as President Viktor Yanukovych fled Kiev for pro-Russian Kharkiv accusing the opposition of staging… Read more
Plane with 18 people on board goes missing in Nepal
KATHMANDU, FEB 16- A Nepal Airlines small plane carrying 18 people, including a foreigner, went missing today while on its way from a popular tourist resort to a town in… Read more
