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Central African Republic will have 7,600 UN peacekeepers

Last Updated: Wednesday, August 20, 2014, 09:07

The initial UN force that takes over peacekeeping duties in Central African Republic from an African force on September 15 will have 7,600 soldiers and police, the UN envoy to the conflict-wracked country has said.

Liberia imposes curfew as Ebola crisis grows

Last Updated: Wednesday, August 20, 2014, 09:01

Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf imposed a nighttime curfew from Wednesday and quarantined two affected neighbourhoods in a bid to stem the Ebola epidemic rampaging through West Africa.

At least 18 dead in Japan landslide: Report

Last Updated: Wednesday, August 20, 2014, 08:56

At least 18 people were killed and another 13 were still missing after a huge landslide engulfed homes in western Japan, reports said Wednesday.

Over 6,000 fighters joined IS in July alone: Report

Last Updated: Wednesday, August 20, 2014, 08:54

A total of 6,300 rebel fighters joined the Islamic State (IS) militant group last month alone, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported has said.

Fresh protests in violence-shaken Ferguson after another black man shot dead

Last Updated: Wednesday, August 20, 2014, 10:28

Protesters hit the streets of the US town roiled by days of unrest over the killing of an unarmed black teen, hours after police shot dead a knife-wielding man just a few miles away.

8 dead, 13 missing in Hiroshima landslide

Last Updated: Wednesday, August 20, 2014, 06:59

Eight people died and at least 13 were missing after rain-sodden hills in the outskirts of Hiroshima gave way early on Wednesday in at least five landslides.

Liberia fights Ebola in capital, W. Africa toll tops 1,200

Last Updated: Wednesday, August 20, 2014, 06:08

The epidemic of the hemorrhagic disease, which can kill up to 90 percent of those it infects, is ravaging the three small West African states of Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea, and also has a toehold in Nigeria, Africa`s biggest economy.

Islamic State jihadists claim execution of US journalist, release video

Last Updated: Wednesday, August 20, 2014, 11:10

Jihadist group the Islamic State posted a video purportedly showing the execution of American journalist James Foley and threatened to kill another US journalist unless the United States gets out of Iraq.

Obama strategist jumps aboard controversial Uber app

Last Updated: Wednesday, August 20, 2014, 05:00

A political strategist who ran US President Barack Obama`s winning campaign in 2008 has hopped on board at controversial smartphone car-hailing service Uber.

Gaza ceasefire has `collapsed`: Chief Palestinian negotiator

Last Updated: Wednesday, August 20, 2014, 04:48

A temporary ceasefire in Gaza has `collapsed` after a deadline passed with no agreement to extend a truce and Israel and Hamas resumed hostilities, a senior Palestinian official has said.