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December 28, 2016 8:36 PM

German police arrest Tunisian suspect for links with Berlin truck attacker

German police today detained a Tunisian national on suspicions of having ties to Anis Amri, the suspected Berlin truck attacker, gunned down by Italian police last week, prosecutors said. <br/><br/>The federal prosecutor's office in a statement said that the deceased suspect, Anis A...

December 28, 2016 8:05 PM

Japan culling 90,000 more birds to contain avian flu

Japan began killing some 90,000 chickens today to contain another outbreak of a highly contagious strain of avian flu. The new drive means more than a million farm birds will be killed in seven mass culls this season as officials work to prevent the spread of the virulent H5 strain, which has been d...

December 28, 2016 6:14 PM

11 migrant bodies wash up on Libyan beaches

The bodies of 11 migrants who died trying to make the perilous journey to Europe have washed up on beaches around Libya's capital Tripoli. The bodies were recovered at the Hay Al Andalus beach in the capital and in another area about 15 kilometres west of the city. <br/><br/>People ...

December 28, 2016 5:47 PM

Dozens of Boko Haram fighters surrender in southern Niger

Dozens of Boko Haram fighters have given themselves up to authorities in southern Niger, the interior minister said, days after the Islamist group suffered key losses over the border in Nigeria. Minister Mohamed Bazoum wrote on Twitter that thirty one young people from Diffa, who were enrolled a few...

December 28, 2016 5:29 PM

China begins to transport water from Tibet by charter trains

China today started transporting bottled water to other parts of the country by charter trains from the Himalayan rivers in Tibet, known for its rich water resources. <br/><br/>A train full of Tibetan bottled water left Lhasa, the provincial capital of Tibet Autonomous Region, and headed...

December 28, 2016 5:22 PM

Turkey, Russia reach ceasefire deal for all of Syria

Turkey and Russia have agreed upon a ceasefire plan for all of Syria that should come into force at midnight, the state-run Anadolu news agency said today.<br/><br/>The plan aims to expand a ceasefire in the city of Aleppo, brokered by Turkey and Russia earlier this month to enable the e...

December 28, 2016 5:06 PM

Russian plane crash: Second flight recorder recovered

The Russian Defense Ministry says search teams have recovered another flight recorder from a military plane that crashed in the Black Sea, killing all 92 aboard. <br/><br/>The second recorder was lifted from the seabed today. The first flight recorder was found yesterday and experts have...

December 28, 2016 5:01 PM

Russian plane crash: Search teams recover second recorder

The Russian Defense Ministry says search teams have recovered another flight recorder from a military plane that crashed in the Black Sea, killing all 92 aboard. The second recorder was lifted from the seabed today. The first flight recorder was found yesterday and experts have started analyzing its...

December 28, 2016 1:09 PM

3 wounded by bomb blast in Kabul

In Afghanistan, at least three people have been wounded by a roadside bomb blast in the capital Kabul today.<br/><br/>Deputy Interior Ministry Spokesman Najib Danish said that the bomb was placed under a bridge and the target might have been an Afghan parliamentarian.<br/><br/&g...

December 28, 2016 11:38 AM

China launches 2 high-res remote sensing satellites

China today successfully launched two high-resolution remote sensing satellites to get commercial images. State-run Xinhua news agency reported, the satellites were launched from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Centre in Shanxi Province .<br/><br/>The satellites launch followed release of a...

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