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Ukrainian soldiers cross border into Russia

Monday, 4 August 2014, 15:13 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

A Russian border security official said more than 400 Ukrainian soldiers crossed into Russia, according to a report from the Interfax news agency. It wasn't immediately clear why the soldiers...

Police: Excavator rams Israeli bus amid Gaza war

Monday, 4 August 2014, 14:04 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

An attacker rammed the front end of a massive construction excavator into an Israeli bus on Monday, overturning the vehicle and killing a pedestrian before he was shot and killed by a police officer,...

Former enemies unite for World War I commemoration

Monday, 4 August 2014, 12:32 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Former enemies during World War I united for ceremonies surrounding the 100th anniversary of the start of the conflict, with Belgium, France, Germany and Britain standing together at an Allied...

'No chance' of finding 159 Nepal landslide victims

Monday, 4 August 2014, 06:13 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Rescuers recovered two more bodies, taking the death toll to 10 from a massive weekend landslide in northern Nepal, but said there was no chance of finding alive any of the more than 150 people...

Ukraine's army on outskirts of rebel stronghold

Sunday, 3 August 2014, 16:07 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Fighting raged Sunday on the western outskirts of Donetsk as the advancing Ukrainian army tried to seize control of the rebel stronghold. In danger of being encircled, the separatists renewed their...

Gaza official: 10 dead after strike near UN school

Sunday, 3 August 2014, 12:46 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

A United Nations school sheltering displaced people in the southern Gaza Strip was hit Sunday by what a U.N. official said appeared to be an Israeli airstrike, as the military struck the Hamas-ruled...

Israeli soldier thought captured is declared dead

Sunday, 3 August 2014, 09:14 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

The Israeli military said Sunday that an Israeli soldier it previously believed had been captured by Hamas fighters in a Gaza ambush had in fact been killed in battle that day.   The...

China car parts plant blast kills 69, hurts 187

Sunday, 3 August 2014, 07:48 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

A suspected dust explosion at an automotive parts factory in eastern China that supplies General Motors killed at least 69 people and injured more than 180 others, most with severe burns, state media...

More remains found at Ukraine crash site

Saturday, 2 August 2014, 18:29 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

 International experts searching the crash site of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 in eastern Ukraine on Saturday found the remains of victims overlooked by local emergency...

Israel signals Gaza war winding up, as shelling continues

Saturday, 2 August 2014, 16:57 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Israel signalled it was winding up the 25-day-old Gaza war unilaterally, saying on Saturday it would not attend Egyptian-hosted negotiations for a new truce and giving Palestinians who had fled...

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