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Myanmar’s peace efforts substantially inadequate

VIENTIANE, Oct 10 (AFP): Southeast Asian leaders condemned on Thursday Myanmar's efforts to implement a plan to end the country's civil war as "substantially inadequate", according to a draft summit statement seen by AFP.Myanmar's junta agreed on the five-point plan with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) weeks after...

Israeli strike on Gaza school kills 28 people

GAZA, Oct 10 (BBC/AFP/Reuters): At least 28 people have been killed in an Israeli air strike on a school sheltering displaced families in the central Gaza Strip, the Palestinian Red Crescent says.More than 50 others were injured in the attack on Rufaida al-Aslamia school, which the medical organisation said was...

Russian strike on Ukrainian port leaves 8 dead

ODESA, Oct 10 (BBC): Russian missiles have hit a civilian container ship at a port in Ukraine's Odesa region, killing eight people, according to local officials."This is the third attack on a civilian vessel in the past four days," said the region's governor, Oleh Kiper, who described it as "yet...

Iran attack will be deadly, precise and surprising'

JERUSALEM, Oct 10 (AFP/Reuters): Defence Minister Yoav Gallant said on Wednesday that Israel's retaliation against Iran for last week's missile barrage will be "deadly, precise and surprising"."Our attack in Iran will be deadly, precise and surprising," Gallant said in a statement posted on social media, adding: "Those who try to...

Houthi rebels target ship in Red Sea

DUBAI, Oct 10 (AP): A series of suspected attacks by Yemen's Houthi rebels targeted a ship on Thursday in the Red Sea, authorities said.The attack comes as the rebels continue to threaten ships moving through the Red Sea, a waterway that once saw $1 trillion in goods move through it...

KSA fails in bid to join UN human rights council

UNITED NATIONS, Oct 10 (AFP): Saudi Arabia was thwarted Wednesday in its bid to join the UN's human rights council, which is charged with protecting freedoms globally, after coming sixth in a vote of UN members for one of five regional seats.Ethiopia and Qatar were among the 18 countries elected...

Militants kill 2 Pak police officers

PESHAWAR, Oct 10 (AP): Suspected militants riding on a motorcycle opened fire on a vehicle carrying police officers Thursday in a former stronghold of the Pakistani Taliban, killing two of them and wounding two others, police said.The attack happened in Tank, a city in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province bordering Afghanistan, local...