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West warns Russia over Ukraine as aid waits in limbo

Last Updated: Sunday, August 17, 2014, 01:06

Ukraine`s crisis entered dangerous new territory on Saturday with Kiev claiming its forces destroyed a Russian military convoy, while the US warned Moscow over its "provocative" efforts at destabilisation.

Kenya bars travellers from worst-hit Ebola countries

Last Updated: Sunday, August 17, 2014, 01:04

Kenya is closing its borders to travellers from Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, the three countries worst hit by the Ebola outbreak, the government said on Saturday.

`German security recorded at least one Kerry conversation`

Last Updated: Sunday, August 17, 2014, 00:57

Germany`s foreign intelligence agency recorded at least one phone conversation held by US Secretary of State John Kerry, a German magazine said on Saturday, potentially embarrassing Berlin which has reprimanded Washington for its surveillance.

China`s Xi calls for a political solution to ease Ukraine crisis

Last Updated: Sunday, August 17, 2014, 00:40

China`s President Xi Jinping on Saturday called for a political solution for the Ukraine crisis to avoid confrontations, the official Xinhua news agency reported.

Ex-Seleka fighters massacre `at least 34` in Central Africa villages

Last Updated: Sunday, August 17, 2014, 00:36

Suspected ex-rebels from the Central African Republic`s Seleka movement massacred at least 34 people in several northern villages over the past three days, an officer in the African peacekeeping force MISCA told on Saturday.

Israelis, Palestinians poised to resume Cairo talks

Last Updated: Sunday, August 17, 2014, 00:30

Israeli and Palestinian negotiators are poised to resume indirect talks with Egyptian mediators on reaching a more permanent ceasefire before a current truce expires at midnight on Monday.

Suicide bomber attacks U.N. base in northern Mali, kills one

Last Updated: Sunday, August 17, 2014, 00:27

A U.N. peacekeeper was killed and five others injured, two seriously, in a suicide attack on a patrol base in northern Mali, the U.N. peacekeeping mission (MINUSMA) said on Saturday.

Islamic State jihadists killed more than 700 Syria tribe members in 2 weeks: NGO

Last Updated: Sunday, August 17, 2014, 00:22

Among the members of the Shaitat tribe killed were 100 fighters, but the rest were civilians, the Britain-based monitoring group said.

Syria clashes as jihadists advance on rebel bastions

Last Updated: Saturday, August 16, 2014, 22:26

Syrian rebels on Saturday were defending Marea, one of their main strongholds in the north, against a rapid advance by Islamic State jihadists, a monitoring group and an activist said.