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Boat carrying asylum seekers from Myanmar capsizes off Bangladesh

At least two people have died after a boat carrying refugees fleeing Myanmar capsized on its way to Bangladesh on ...

Bangladesh destroys boats ferrying Rohingya from Myanmar

Bangladeshi authorities have destroyed about 20 boats that ferried Rohingya Muslims fleeing violence in Myanmar, ...

Zika vaccine shows promise in early human trial

A DNA-based Zika vaccine from Inovio Pharmaceuticals Inc and South Koreas GeneOne Life Science Inc induced anti-Zika ...

Iraq steps up retaliation against Kurdish independence vote with dollar ban

Iraq stopped selling dollars to leading banks in Kurdistan and banned foreign currency transfers to the autonomous ...

Yemen Houthis say have shot down US surveillance drone

Yemens Houthi forces shot down a U.S. surveillance drone in the capital Sanaa on Sunday, the Houthi-controlled state ...

Egypt`s Hasm militants claim attack targeting Myanmar embassy

Egyptian militant group Hasm claimed responsibility on Sunday for a small explosion at Myanmars embassy in Cairo, ...

World Food Program seeks 75 million dollars for Rohingya crisis

The World Food Program (WFP) appealed on Sunday for 75 million dollars in emergency aid over the next six months to ...

Australia, Indonesia work together on crisis response in Bangladesh

Humanitarian specialists from Australia and Indonesia are working together in Bangladesh on responses to the crisis ...

About 500 french children in jihadi-held areas of Iraq and Syria

Some 700 French adults, one-third of them women, and about 500 children are in jihadi-held areas in Iraq and Syria, an ...

Palestinian officials slam controversial remarks on Israeli occupation by US envoy

Senior Palestinian officials condemned the blatant bias of U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman for suggesting ...

Ghana declares "red alert" on illegal fishing

The Ghanaian government has declared a "red alert" in all forms of illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing methods ...

Saudi king decrees women be allowed to drive

Saudi King Salman on Tuesday ordered that women be allowed to drive cars, ending a conservative tradition seen by ...

EU vows beefed-up measures to prevent food safety crisis

The European Commission and the European Union (EU) member states on Tuesday agreed to take concrete measures to ...

Nigeria nabs Boko Haram commander

A commander of terror group Boko Haram has been arrested in Nigeria, an army spokesman said on Tuesday. Sani ...

US citizen detained in Yemeni capital Sanaa

Yemens Houthi forces have detained a U.S. citizen in the capital Sanaa for reasons that were not immediately clear, ...