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March 27, 2017 6:13 AM

Germany: Angela Merkel's party wins state election in Saarland

German Chancellor Angela Merkel's party easily won a state election in Saarland, which was closely watched ahead of September's national vote. <br/><br/>Her centre-right Christian Democrats took 40.7 per cent, comfortably seeing off a challenge by the Social Democrats, who secu...

March 27, 2017 6:13 AM

Sudan opens humanitarian corridor for famine-hit South Sudan

Sudan has said that it will open a humanitarian corridor for delivering food aid to thousands of people suffering from famine in South Sudan, which split from the north in 2011.<br/><br/>South Sudan, the world's youngest nation, has declared famine in parts of Unity State, saying 10...

March 27, 2017 2:34 AM

Bulgaria's Socialists concede defeat in parliamentary election

Bulgaria's Socialists (BSP) conceded defeat in today's parliamentary election. But the party's leader said it would look at options for forming a government should the centre-right GERB party find it cannot do so. <br/><br/>Kornelia Ninova told reporters in Sofia that they...

March 27, 2017 2:33 AM

Six aid workers killed in ambush in South Sudan: UN

The UN said today that six aid workers have been killed in an ambush in South Sudan. It is the latest such attack in the country suffering a famine blamed on brutal civil war. <br/><br/>A humanitarian source working in the country told a news agency that the victims, three Kenyans and th...

March 27, 2017 2:33 AM

Pakistan starts building fence along disputed Afghan border

Pakistan says it has started building a fence along the Afghan border in areas where it says militants have launched cross-border attacks on security posts in recent weeks. <br/><br/>Gen. Qamar Javed Bajwa, the head of Pakistan's armed forces, announced the construction of fencing i...

March 27, 2017 2:30 AM

US-backed forces say taken control of Tabqa military airport from IS

US-backed local forces fighting Islamic State in Syria said today they had taken full control of a former Syrian army airport near the city of Tabqa along the Euphrates River. <br/><br/>The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), an alliance of Kurdish and Arab militias supported by a US-led int...

March 27, 2017 2:30 AM

Humanitarian ships rescue almost 1,200 migrants crossing Mediterranean Sea

Humanitarian ships rescued almost 1,200 migrants who were crossing the Mediterranean Sea at the weekend on an array of small, tightly packed boats, Doctors Without Borders said today. <br/><br/>A young woman was found unconscious on one of the vessels and later died, the group said. <...

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