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UKRAINE accused pro-Russian separatists Monday of using mortars and a tank to fire on government positions near the eastern port of Mariupol in clashes that lasted several hours, violating a nearly month-old

NIGERIA on Monday urged Indonesia to spare the lives of three of its citizens facing execution after being convicted of drug trafficking there. The three Nigerians are on death row in a

WARPLANES from Libya’s internationally recognised government attacked the last functioning airport in Tripoli; the capital controlled by a rival administration, Monday, officials said. Extending a series of tit-for-tat strikes, the attack

RUSSIAN President, Vladimir Putin, has revealed he planned the annexation of Crimea four days before unidentified gunmen appeared in the region. Russia denied instigating the revolt against Ukraine, but in a forthcoming

AT least 14 people have been killed in US-led coalition air strikes on an oil refinery in northern Syria run by Islamic State (IS), activists say. Refinery workers and jihadist militants were

ISRAELI Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu denies reneging on a 2009 speech in which he acknowledged the need for the creation of a Palestinian state, a spokesman said on Monday. Over the weekend

AN Indian mother was fatally stabbed in a Sydney park during a brutal attack as she was on the phone to her distraught husband back home, police said Monday. Prabha Arun Kumar,

THAI police on Monday accused a network of “Red Shirt” supporters of the toppled government of trying to destablise the kingdom after the second small bomb attack to hit Bangkok in recent

PHILLIPPINE troops have killed 56 Islamic militants including one described as “foreign-looking” who may be among terror suspects sought by the United States, the military said Monday. The military launched the operation

TWO Australian brothers intercepted at Sydney airport are suspected of attempting to join Islamic State (IS). The boys, aged 16 and 17, raised suspicions as they attempted to pass through customs, Immigration