Abbas condemns torching of West Bank site holy to Jews

Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas on Friday condemned the torching by Palestinians of a West Bank site holy to Jews amid warnings it could inflame more than two weeks of deadly violence.

US to pay condolence payments to victims of airstrikes on Afghan hospital

The United States will make "condolence payments" to the civilian victims injured and killed in the deadly airstrike on a hospital run by an aid agency in Kunduz, Afghanistan last week, the Pentagon said here on Saturday.

World condemns Ankara bomb attack

The international community has condemned Saturday’s attack on a peace rally in Ankara that killed at least 86 people and injured 186.

Intl community condemns deadly air raid on Afghan hospital, investigation under way to ensure accountability

A suspected US airstrike on a charity hospital in north Afghanistan killed at least 19 people Saturday, an attack US President Barack Obama described as a "tragic incident" and the UN condemned as "inexcusable."

Report condemns child labour in Philippines gold mines

In September 2014, 17-year old Nel Pernecita entered a dry underground pit in the northeastern Philippine province of Camarines Norte, to mine ore containing gold.