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The inside of a damaged school dormitroy where local police say 18 girls, ranging from 5 to 12 years old, died in a fire

Thai school reopens after dormitory fire killed 17 girls

Some have withdrawn their children from the school out of safety concerns.

31 May 2016 8:40 AM GMT

Civilians are increasingly caught in the crosshairs of Afghanistans worsening conflict. (Photo: AFP)

Number of Afghans fleeing war doubles to 1.2 million, says amnesty

Civilians are increasingly caught in the crosshairs of Afghanistan's worsening conflict as Taliban step up their annual...

31 May 2016 8:38 AM GMT

Ansari is on a five-day visit to two North African countries - Morocco and Tunisia. (Photo: PTI)

Africans are our guests, attacks on them despicable: VP Hamid Ansari

Ansari said, "Attack on anyone - whether own person or guest, it is despicable."

31 May 2016 8:36 AM GMT

Ivory Coasts former first lady Simone Gbagbo. (Photo: AP)

Ivory Coast's ex-first lady on trial for crimes against humanity

She faces allegations of crimes against prisoners of war, crimes against the civilian population and crimes against...

31 May 2016 7:38 AM GMT

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Japan rescuers struggle with lack of clues for missing boy

Two hunters joined more than 100 rescuers, police and local town officials after they found fresh bear droppings in the...

31 May 2016 7:36 AM GMT

Malaysia soldiers carried coffins draped with Australia flags to the tarmac

After decades, 32 Australians' remains return from Malaysia

Australia deployed more than 60,000 military personnel to the Vietnam conflict between 1962 and 1973, of whom 521 were...

31 May 2016 7:20 AM GMT

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Four Bangladeshis plead guilty in Singapore to terrorist financing

Items seized from them included manuals on bomb-making and how to use a 0.50 calibre sniper rifle.

31 May 2016 6:33 AM GMT

Afghan refugees gather for renewal of their family cards at the Chamkany registration center on the outskirts of Peshawar. t

1.2 million Afghans internally displaced by war: Amnesty International

The report says many of the internally displaced live in horrific conditions on the brink of survival.

31 May 2016 6:27 AM GMT

Rai de Souza, 22, a gang rape suspect is escorted by officers as he leaves a police station

Gangrape happened but tests are not proof, says Brazilian police

The rape kit tests were done five days after the incident, well beyond the recommended 72-hour window, says Rio police...

31 May 2016 5:55 AM GMT

The seven, aged from 24 to 27, face up to 10 years in jail if found guilty of taking part in an Islamist recruitment network

Brother of Paris attacker on trial over militant training

Bataclan concert hall attacker, Foued Mohamed-Aggad’s brother Karim Mohamed-Aggad, is among the seven accused.

31 May 2016 5:53 AM GMT

Behind India was China (3.39 million), Pakistan (2.13 million), Bangladesh (1.53 million) and Uzbekistan (1.23 million).

Over 18 million Indians trapped in slavery, number highest in the...

Modern slavery refers to exploitation in which a person cannot leave because of threats, violence, coercion or abuse of...

31 May 2016 5:25 AM GMT

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (Photo: AP)

Ban Ki-moon ‘baffled’ by South Korea presidency...

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon denied on Monday that his current South Korea visit was testing the waters for an...

30 May 2016 11:50 PM GMT