Parents are being urged to keep a constant eye on young children around water following…
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Vic hospitals cancel 1300 operations
As Victoria's hospital funding stoush continues, three Melbourne hospitals are reportedly canning elective surgery for…
Suspected Islamist gunmen kill 18 in northeast Nigeria
(Reuters) - Suspected Islamist gunmen fired on residents of a market town in northeast Nigeria,…
Zimbabwe Vice President Nkomo dies
Harare - Zimbabwean Vice President John Nkomo has died after a long battle with cancer,…
Death mask French soldier ‘unacceptable’
Paris - The French army regards a photograph of one of its soldiers in Mali…
Eritrea: Asmara calm after ‘information ministry raid’
Eritrea's capital is calm a day after mutinous soldiers reportedly stormed the information ministry, sources…
Algeria hostage crisis: claims of Canadian leader raises fears
News that the attack at In Amenas was apparently led by a Canadian appeared to…
Kenya begins construction of ‘silicon’ city Konza
Kenya's president has launched a $14.5bn (£9.1bn) project to build a new city intended to…
Kabul police headquarters attacked
Militants have attacked the traffic police headquarters in the Afghan capital, Kabul, taking control of…
Dreamliner: Japan and US probe battery maker
US and Japanese authorities have begun a joint investigation into GS Yuasa, the Japanese battery…