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UN undertakes polio vaccination campaign in Iraq

Last Updated: Tuesday, August 19, 2014, 00:49

The United Nations on Monday said it was undertaking a mass polio vaccination campaign in Iraq, hoping to reach millions of children as the highly contagious virus crosses from Syria into neighboring countries.

Iran begins answering nuclear allegations: IAEA

Last Updated: Tuesday, August 19, 2014, 00:41

Iran has begun to answer long-held allegations of efforts to develop nuclear weapons ahead of an August 25 deadline, the UN atomic watchdog`s chief said on Monday.

Growing unrest sets back Liberia`s Ebola fight

Last Updated: Tuesday, August 19, 2014, 00:29

Authorities in Liberia urgently searched today for 17 people who fled an Ebola medical center over the weekend when it was attacked by looters who stole blood-stained sheets and mattresses and took them into an enormous slum.

Pope says legitimate for world to stop Islamist aggression in Iraq

Last Updated: Tuesday, August 19, 2014, 00:24

Pope Francis said on Monday the international community would be justified in stopping Islamist militants in Iraq, but that it should not be up to a single nation to decide how to intervene in the conflict.

Ukraine says rebels killed fleeing civilians as talks fail

Last Updated: Monday, August 18, 2014, 23:01

Ukraine on Monday accused pro-Russian rebels of killing dozens of civilians fleeing the war-torn east, as crisis talks between Kiev and Moscow failed to halt months of bloodshed.

10 dead in Boko Haram attacks in Nigeria: Witnesses

Last Updated: Monday, August 18, 2014, 22:52

Suspected Boko Haram gunmen killed 10 people who had fled their homes to escape repeated attacks by the insurgents, after hunting them down in a nearby village, witnesses said on Monday.

6 killed in mystery airstrikes in Libyan capital

Last Updated: Monday, August 18, 2014, 22:45

Airstrikes launched by an unknown party targeting Islamist-led militias in Libya`s capital killed six people on Monday, authorities said, as the interim government vowed to investigate the strikes amid raging street battles.

Fate of Gaza truce in balance as toll tops 2,000

Last Updated: Monday, August 18, 2014, 22:42

The Gaza death toll rose over 2,000 on Monday as the clock ticked towards a midnight deadline and negotiators in Cairo strove to hammer out a decisive end to weeks of bloodshed.

One-year-old among 35 Afghan Sikh stowaways

Last Updated: Monday, August 18, 2014, 22:29

Footage of the group of Afghan Sikh stowaways rescued from a shipping container from a UK port shows at least 13 children, including one as young as one-year-old.