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Civilians suffer as Taliban battlefront expands

[2015-06-10 07:40]

Mauludeen lifts the shirt of his writhing, shrieking infant daughter to reveal a gunshot wound, highlighting the plight of tens of thousands of Afghans caught in the crossfire on the Taliban's expanding northern battlefront.

UN team proposes unity government

[2015-06-10 07:40]

United Nations negotiators have handed Libya's warring factions a draft proposal for forming a unity government in an attempt to end a conflict that threatens to push the North African country into becoming a failed state.

UN keeps Israel and Hamas off blacklist of children's rights

[2015-06-10 07:40]

The United Nations on Monday left Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas off its blacklist of states and armed groups that violate children's rights during conflicts, but criticized Israel over its military operations last year.

G7 leaders seek global support over carbon emission reductions

[2015-06-10 07:40]

Leaders of the G7 ended their two-day summit on Monday with a pledge to take action on issues ranging from climate change and world trade to the Ukraine conflict.

IN BRIEF (Page 12)

[2015-06-10 07:40]

John Foley appreciates the fact that his son James, the US journalist beheaded in Syria by the Islamic State group last year, has been honored on a memorial to journalists who lost their lives while reporting the news.

Progress in China's Human Rights in 2014

[2015-06-09 07:31]

The Information Office of the State Council, or China's Cabinet, issued a white paper on Progress in China's Human Rights in 2014 on Monday. Following is the full text:

In Laos, women's rugby flourishes on unsuitable grounds

[2015-06-08 07:47]

Diving into tackles on the lush green grass at the Southeast Asian Games is a rare treat for the Laos rugby sevens teams who are more used to sidestepping motorbikes during training on a gravelly car park in Vientiane.

Big brother plants a kiss on royal baby

[2015-06-08 07:47]

The first photos of Britain's Princess Charlotte together with Prince George, who is pictured giving his baby sister a kiss, were released by Kensington Palace on Saturday.

India-Bangladesh border pact hailed

[2015-06-08 07:47]

Thousands living near the border of India and Bangladesh celebrated the signing of a historic agreement on Sunday that will allow them to choose their nationality after decades of stateless limbo.

Voters decide on president's legacy, vision

[2015-06-08 07:47]

Turks began voting on Sunday in the closest parliamentary election in more than a decade, one that could pave the way for President Tayyip Erdogan to amass greater power or end 12 years of single-party rule for the Justice and Development Party he founded.

Quake on mountain peak kills climbers

[2015-06-08 07:47]

Rescuers on Malaysia's highest peak searched on Sunday for six climbers after recovering 16 dead from a strong earthquake that had trapped scores of trekkers. One survivor said she waited for a rescue helicopter that never came.

S. Korea vows 'all-out' effort to curb outbreak as death toll reaches 5

[2015-06-08 07:47]

South Korea reported its fifth death from MERS on Sunday as the government vowed "all-out" measures to curb the outbreak, including tracking mobile phones of those in quarantine.

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