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Israel resumes Gaza strikes in response to rocket fire, recalls negotiators from Cairo

Last Updated: Wednesday, August 20, 2014, 00:09

Even as the negotiators from both the sides struggled to make last-ditch efforts to agree on a longer-term truce, the extended ceasefire was violated as Israel reported that three rockets were fired from Gaza on Tuesday.

School teacher `accidentally` posts nude selfie online, asked to resign

Last Updated: Tuesday, August 19, 2014, 22:11

Elena Kornyshonkova, 40, from Tver, in Russia, said she posted the revealing photo by accident on the Russian social network Vkontake.

`No survivors` in Ukraine refugee convoy attack; Govt blames pro-Russia rebels

Last Updated: Tuesday, August 19, 2014, 18:22

An attack on a convoy of refugees in eastern Ukraine`s Luhansk has left no survivors, reports said Tuesday.

Saudi Arabia`s Grand Mufti denounces Iraq`s Islamic State group

Last Updated: Tuesday, August 19, 2014, 18:03

Saudi Arabia`s Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdulaziz Al al-Sheikh, the highest religious authority in the country, said the militant groups Islamic State and al Qaeda were "enemy number one of Islam" and not in any way part of the faith.

Taiwan launches probe into ex-China affairs official

Last Updated: Tuesday, August 19, 2014, 18:01

One of Taiwan`s top negotiators on China policy has resigned and is under investigation over suspicions related to "national security", authorities said Tuesday.

Iraq: Islamic State is `worse than Saddam`, says Kurd commander

Last Updated: Tuesday, August 19, 2014, 17:59

Jihadists targeting minorities are "worse than Saddam", a Kurdish commander says, standing near a sand barrier at a front line in north Iraq, the militants` black flag fluttering in the distance.

Three relatives of pope killed in Argentina accident

Last Updated: Tuesday, August 19, 2014, 17:51

Three relatives of Pope Francis, two great nephews and their mother, have been killed in a traffic accident in Argentina, police said Tuesday.

Libyan militia fire rockets into affluent Tripoli residential district

Last Updated: Tuesday, August 19, 2014, 16:22

Libyan militiamen fired rockets into an affluent district of Tripoli early on Tuesday, moving a battle with a rival armed faction closer to the centre of the capital after fighters on one side came under air attack.

UN announces emergency aid for 500,000 northern Iraqis

Last Updated: Tuesday, August 19, 2014, 16:20

The UN refugee agency said Tuesday it was poised to mount a massive aid operation for 500,000 Iraqis driven from their homes by jihadist rebels.

Afghan Sikh stowaways were trapped in container for 18 hours

Last Updated: Tuesday, August 19, 2014, 16:19

Sikh men, women and children found in a shipping container in Britain were fleeing persecution in Afghanistan and had been trapped in the airless compartment without food and water for 18 hours, their translator said.