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US-led air strikes have targeted oil refineries controlled by the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group in eastern Syria for a third day, US officials say. Saudi…
Myanmar releases 100+ child soldiers
Yangon – Myanmar’s army released 109 children from its military ranks yesterday in its single biggest discharge of child soldiers, but boys are still being illegally recruited from poor families,…
Qatar quits Asian Games in hijab row
Qatar has pulled out of the women’s basketball competition at the Asian Games after refusing to abide by international regulations preventing them from wearing hijabs. The Qatari players had been…
Ebola death toll nears 3,000
GENEVA – The exponential spread of the Ebola outbreak that has now killed almost 3,000 people in West Africa may have been checked in Guinea, the World Health Organisation said…
Cyprus in search for 300 stranded at sea
NICOSIA – A search and rescue operation was underway off Cyprus yesterday for 300 people stranded at sea who authorities suspect may be refugees from Syria. Authorities said they received…
Mexican lawmaker killed, burned
Guadalajara – A Mexican federal lawmaker was killed and burned after being abducted in broad daylight, authorities confirmed on Wednesday, shocking his ruling party amid government assurances that violence is…
Judge delays Boston bomber trial
Boston – A judge granted a two-month trial delay on Wednesday for Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, but denied a defence request to move his trial from Boston. Judge…
India’s Mars orbiter sends first image
India’s space agency has released a blurry image of Mars pockmarked with giant craters, taken by the country’s first interplanetary spacecraft after it began orbiting the red planet. The image…
Council to demolish illegal structures
Patrick Chitumba Senior Reporter THE Bulawayo City Council is planning to demolish all illegal structures in an operation that would mainly target Killarney and Ngozi Mine where unapproved land developments…
Speeding car knocks cyclist dead
Oswell Moyo Chronicle Reporter A Bulawayo security guard employed at Securico Security Company yesterday died on the spot after he was hit by a car while trying to cycle across…