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Mexico mothers dig through nation’s dirt for missing children

VERACRUZ, Mexico, Sep 19 - Martha Gonzalez used to have the soft hands of a homemaker. But they have grown callused and leathery since she started digging up bodies in search of her son, Alberto, one of Mexico's tens of thousands of missing people. Gonzalez

Five key dates in the Rohingya crisis

Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, Sep 19 - The Rohingya refugee crisis is worsening daily as new arrivals from Myanmar join more than 410,000 from the Muslim minority who have fled to Bangladesh since late August, overwhelming camps short of food, water and shelter.Here

World leaders anxious to hear Trump as UN assembly kicks off

United Nations, United States, Sep 19 - World leaders open their annual debate at the United Nations on Tuesday, eager to hear US President Donald Trump deliver his maiden address amid global anxiety over North Korea and Iran.Trump takes the podium at

Hamza bin Laden: the heir to Al-Qaeda?

Paris, France, Sep 19 - A photo montage published by Al-Qaeda to mark the 16th anniversary of 9/11 shows the face of Osama bin Laden in the flames of the Twin Towers.At his side is his son Hamza, the "crown prince of jihad".The young man, now 28, has

UN seeks $10 million as Nigeria cholera outbreak worsens

Maiduguri, Nigeria, Sep 18 - At least 44 people have now died in a cholera outbreak in northeast Nigeria, the United Nations said Monday, calling for nearly $10 million to keep the disease from spreading."To date, the outbreak has claimed at least 44

Tillerson meets Russia’s Lavrov ahead of UN assembly

NEW YORK, United States, Sep 17 - US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson met his Russian counterpart Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in New York on Sunday ahead of the UN General Assembly, officials said. After the meeting, at the Russian delegation to the

India calls Rohingya a security threat to back deportation case

New Delhi, India, Sep 18 - The Indian government told the country's top court on Monday that the Muslim Rohingya who have fled Myanmar are a serious security threat as it sought to justify moves to deport up to 40,000 of the refugees.Mukesh Mittal, a

US flies bombers over Korean peninsula for drill: Seoul

Seoul, Korea, Republic of, Sep 18 - The US flew four F-35B stealth fighter jets and two B-1B bombers over the Korean peninsula on Monday in a show of force after North Korea's latest nuclear and missile tests, South Korea's defence ministry said.The

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