June 18, 2015 - Page 5

Turkey on Thursday closed its border post of Akcakale on the Syrian frontier, preventing Syrian refugees who had fled fighting in the town of Tal Abyad from returning home, an AFP correspondent

Miss Jalila Ahmad, a corps member serving with the Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC), has constructed a labour room, two office blocks for family planning and antenatal at the Primary Health Care

The Borno State government said on Wednesday that it had reviewed upward the 7 pm to 6 am curfew in Maiduguri due to the Ramadan fast. Gov. Kashim Shettima disclosed this in

Pope Francis on Thursday issued a global plea for action to prevent “extraordinary” climate change from destroying the planet and said wealthy countries must bear primary responsibility for creating the problem and

Ukraine’s parliament Thursday fired the powerful head of the SBU state security service after he fell foul of President Petro Poroshenko and became embroiled in a conflict with the nation’s chief prosecutor.

South African police have rescued 11 teenage boys from forced circumcision, officials said Thursday, after parents reported that the youngsters had been taken away for the traditional but often dangerous ritual. African

Malaysia’s navy has located a tanker that disappeared a week ago in the South China Sea and was urging its hijackers to surrender, the country’s naval chief said on Thursday. The MT

Yemen’s warring parties were on Thursday set to discuss the possibility of localised ceasefires, as stalled UN-brokered peace talks in Geneva showed no signs of moving towards an overall truce. UN Secretary

The Philippines is testing an app that will speed up delivery of health services to hundreds of remote island communities, the science department said Thursday. Using the app, designed for tablets using