Eleven people died and nine others were injured after a traffic collision in north China's Hebei province, AFP reports quoting a report yesterday. The crash, involving a bus carrying 19 people and a lorry, happened Friday on a national highway in the city of Zhangjiakou, the official Xinhua news…

A German 16-year-old girl suspected of joining the Islamic State jihadists in Iraq was arrested last week in Mosul, AFP reports quoting a German judicial source Saturday. "The Dresden prosecutor confirms that Linda W. was identified in Iraq," where she is receiving German consular assistance,…

An Egyptian court yesterday sentenced 28 people to death for their involvement in the assassination of the country's prosecutor general in 2015, reports AP from Cairo. Saturday's sentences come after consultation with the Grand Mufti, Egypt's top religious authority, over preliminary death…

Medecins Sans Frontiers in Afghanistan on Saturday reopened a small medical clinic in northern Kunduz province where nearly two years ago a US airstrike destroyed their hospital, killing over 40, reports AFP. The new facility, which has one doctor and five nurses, will only provide outpatient treatment…

The Philippine Congress on Saturday voted to extend President Rodrigo Duterte's declaration of martial law in the south until the end of the year…

As clashes drag on in east Ukraine between government forces and Russian-backed rebels, health activist Natalia Gurova is fighting another battle of her…