AFP, HERAT: At least 11 people, most of them children, were killed in a series of explosions at an Afghan gas storage facility, which triggered a massive…

AFP, HOLOT DETENTION CENTRE:Israel released hundreds of African migrants from a desert detention centre Tuesday after a court order, but asylum seekers were left with few options after being barred from two cities. Detainees leaving the facility waited at bus stops for rides and wondered where they…

AFP, ADEN: At least 40 people have been killed in more than 24 hours of Saudi-led coalition air strikes and fighting in Yemen's central province of Baida, military sources said on Tuesday. The fighting and air raids in Mukayris, a town seen as a gateway to southern provinces recently recaptured…

AFP, COLOMBO: The US warned Sri Lanka on Tuesday that reconciliation with ethnic Tamils after the island's separatist war will not be easy, as it praised the new reformist government elected last week. Two senior US diplomats pledged to work with Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe's government…

AFP, KIEV: Ukraine and pro-Russian rebels on Tuesday reported the deaths of five people in clashes in the east that raged despite a new EU push to end one of Europe's bloodiest conflicts in decades. A spokesman for the army in Kiev said four servicemen were killed and 12 injured in mortar fire exchanges…

BBC, NEW DELHI: Tens of thousands of people of Gujarat's Patel community have attended a rally in India's Ahmedabad city to demand affirmative action for better access to jobs and education. The meeting was addressed by Hardik Patel, a 21-year-old controversial community leader. Patels comprise…