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  40 children killed in Yemen bus strike

  Agence France-Presse . Yemen | Updated at 01:14pm on August 14, 2018

  Forty children were among 51 people killed in a Saudi-led coalition air strike on a bus in rebel-held northern Yemen, the Red Cross said...

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  At least 40 killed by paramilitaries in eastern Ethiopia

  Reuters | Updated at 10:39am on August 14, 2018

  At least 40 people were killed by paramilitary forces in eastern Ethiopia over the weekend, a senior regional official said on Monday, in the latest...

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  Trump signs defence policy bill with watered-down China measures

  Reuters | Updated at 10:58am on August 14, 2018

  US president Donald Trump signed a $716 billion defence policy bill on Monday that authorizes military spending and includes watered-down controls on US government contracts...

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  Fire at Taiwan hospital kills 9, injures 15

  Reuters | Updated at 10:38am on August 13, 2018

  A fire at a hospital in Taiwan killed nine people on Monday and injured 15, authorities said. Premier William Lai was overseeing rescue efforts and...

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  Pedestrians hurt as car hits barrier at UK parliament, man arrested

  Reuters . London | Updated at 02:29pm on August 14, 2018

  A number of people were injured when a car collided with security barriers outside London’s parliament building on Tuesday and the driver was...

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  Why has Turkey's currency fallen so sharply?

  Agence France-Presse. Istanbul, Turkey | Updated at 02:18am on August 14, 2018

  Turkey's lira has bled value against the dollar, leaving the country under President Recep Tayyip Erdogan facing its most serious economic challenge since a financial crisis in 2001.....

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  Lanka gets US military funding as China vies for influence

  Agence France-Presse . Colombo | Updated at 12:45am on August 14, 2018

  The United States announced Monday it would grant Sri Lanka $39 million to boost maritime security as China develops its strategic hold on the Indian Ocean island....

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  Ex-Lok Sabha speaker Somnath Chatterjee dies

  New Age Desk | Updated at 12:05am on August 14, 2018

  Former Lok Sabha speaker Somnath Chatterjee died on Monday morning at the age of 89, reports The Times of India. The veteran parliamentarian suffered a massive heart attack on Monday and breathed his last at 8.10am....

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  North, South Korea agree on third summit to be held in Pyongyang

  Reuters . Seoul | Updated at 01:17pm on August 13, 2018

  North and South Korea agreed to hold a summit in Pyongyang in September, the latest step forward in cross-border ties this year after more...

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  Reunited post-Aleppo battle, Syria medics mete out 'hope'

  Agence France-Presse | Updated at 10:52am on August 13, 2018

  Her scarred hands wrapped in gloves, Malakeh Harbaliyya lifted an infant out of an incubator at a hospital in Syria's rural north, holding him gently...