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Turkey has shelled a Kurdish militia in northern Syria and demanded it retreat from territory it has seized, Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said. The US urged Turkey to stop the shelling and focus on fighting the group Islamic State (IS). Meanwhile Turkey’s foreign minister said Turkey was mulling a ground invasion of Syria with Saudi forces. On Thursday world powers ...

Cuba returned to the United States an inert Hellfire missile that had been wrongly shipped to Havana in June 2014. The missile, which did not contain explosives, had been shipped to Spain for a Nato training exercise, the Wall Street Journal said. It was then taken to Germany and eventually to Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris for onward delivery ...

At least nine people were killed and scores more injured, police say, after two passenger trains collided in the German state of Bavaria. The head-on crash happened near Bad Aibling, a spa town about 60km (37 miles) south-east of Munich. The trains’ operator said both trains had partially derailed and were wedged into each other. Emergency teams, some winched in ...

Over 90 people have been injured, and 54 arrested, following clashes in Hong Kong’s Mong Kok district, police say. Violence erupted overnight as police cleared illegal food stalls set up on a busy junction for Lunar New Year celebrations. Angry protesters threw bricks and bottles at police, while police used batons and pepper spray and fired two warning shots into ...

An Indian soldier who was buried after an avalanche struck the Siachen glacier in Indian-administered Kashmir six days ago has been found alive. Lance Naik (Corporal) Hanamanthappa Koppad was buried under 8m of snow at a height of nearly 6,000m on the Siachen glacier along with nine other soldiers who all died. The critically ill soldier has been airlifted to ...

A satellite sent into space by North Korea is in orbit but it is not yet clear whether it is working, South Korea’s defence ministry has said. The North has said the Kwangmyongsong-4 is a communications satellite and that Sunday’s launch was a complete success. But the move was internationally condemned as North Korea is banned under UN sanctions from ...

Police in Taiwan are questioning the developer of a building which collapsed in Saturday’s earthquake. At least 39 people inside the Weiguan Jinlong (Golden Dragon) apartment complex in Tainan were killed when it collapsed. Two others died elsewhere. About 320 people have been rescued but more than 100 people may still be trapped under the debris. It was one of ...

Tokyo shares fell sharply in Tuesday trading, following tumbling markets across Europe and the US. The Nikkei 225 closed down 5.4% or 918.86 points at 16,085.44. It was its worst one-day fall since mid-2013. Earlier, US and European shares were pulled down by big falls among banking and technology stocks. Deutsche Bank led the fallers, dropping 9.5%. The Dow Jones ...

An urgent global race is under way to establish how and why the Zika virus could be causing a devastating spike in cases of babies being born with underdeveloped brains in South America. Brazil has reported around 4,000 cases of microcephaly since October – an unprecedented number. The World Health Organization has declared a global public health emergency in response. ...

Contents: HWPL Peace Delegation’s peace tour in Philippines has been proceeding for eight full days, reaching its curtain call today on January 29. HWPL Chairman Man Hee Lee and the peace delegation had peace talks with Mayor Ronnel Rivera of General Santos City at the Green Leaf Hotel. “The Mindanao Peace Agreement which was concluded in General Santos City was ...