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December 26, 2016 8:39 AM

Chile officials remove tsunami warning

A tsunami alert issued after a powerful 7.6-magnitude earthquake off the coast of southern Chile has now been lifted. <br/><br/>US Geological Survey said, the quake struck yesterday on the island of Chiloe, about 40km south-west of Quellon. No casualties have been reported. Some 4,000 pe...

December 26, 2016 8:24 AM

Egypt sentences two to life for Red Sea hotel attack

Egypt has sentenced to life two men linked to the Islamic State terror group for plotting an attack on Red Sea resort hotel during which three tourists were hurt. The men armed with knives stormed the restaurant in January last as tourists were having dinner, slightly wounding an elderly Austrian co...

December 26, 2016 8:23 AM

Violence continues unabated in western Mexico

Western Mexico's plague of violence continued on Christmas Day with the discovery of six decapitated heads in one state and the slaying of seven people in another. The Michoacan state prosecutor's office says, the six heads were found near the state of Jalisco in a region that has been a b...

December 26, 2016 8:21 AM

22 civilians killed in DR Congo bloodbath

In Democratic Republic of Congo, 22 civilians were killed in a massacre in the restive North Kivu province over the weekend. The bloodshed happened in Eringeti, a town 55 kilometres north of the regional hub Beni. For the past two years, the region around Beni has been afflicted by a series of massa...

December 26, 2016 7:03 AM

Israel summons US envoy on UN vote issue

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu summoned US Ambassador Daniel Shapiro, two days after Washington abstained in a vote on a UN resolution against Israeli settlements. <br/><br/>The UN Security Council adopted the first resolution since 1979 to condemn Israel over its settlement p...

December 26, 2016 6:05 AM

Chile officials remove tsunami warning after 7.6 magnitude earthquake

A tsunami alert issued after a powerful 7.6-magnitude earthquake off the coast of southern Chile has now been lifted. <br/><br/>US Geological Survey said, the quake struck yesterday on the island of Chiloe, about 40km south-west of Quellon. No casualties have been reported. Some 4,000 pe...

December 26, 2016 6:04 AM

Debris of Russian military transport plane discovered

Rescue helicopters discovered debris of the Russian military transport plane which crashed into the Black Sea yesterday. Most of the passengers on the Tu-154 were members of the famous Alexandrov Ensemble Army choir. <br/><br/>According to preliminary reports, the Tupolev transport plane...

December 26, 2016 1:58 AM

Aleppo: Christians celebrate Christmas for first time in five years

Christians in Aleppo celebrated under a giant Christmas tree lit up for the first time in five years. The city came under the full government control last week. <br/><br/>In the war ravaged St Elias Cathedral located on what was long the frontline in Aleppo's historic Old City, prie...

December 26, 2016 1:56 AM

Debris of Russian military transport plane discovered

Rescue helicopters discovered debris of the Russian military transport plane which crashed into the Black Sea today. Most of the passengers on the Tu-154 were members of the famous Alexandrov Ensemble Army choir.<br/><br/>According to preliminary reports, the Tupolev transport plane had ...

December 26, 2016 12:12 AM

Typhoon slams into central part of Philippines

In Philippines, a typhoon slammed into central part of the country today, bringing strong winds and heavy rains and cutting off power, but there were no immediate reports of casualties, weather officials and radio reports said.<br/><br/>Typhoon Nock-ten was packing maximum sustained wind...

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