Truce holds in Libya after clashes kill 55

Tripoli, Aug 16 (AFP/APP): Tripoli’s worst armed clashes in a year have killed 55 people and wounded 146, Libyan media reported Wednesday, after a truce took hold in the capital and air traffic resumed. Fighting raged from Monday night into Tuesday between the influential 444 […]

35 dead after blast at Russian fuel station

Moscow, Aug 15 (AFP/APP): At least 35 people were killed in an explosion that created a huge fire ball at a fuel station in Russia’s remote Caucasus republic of Dagestan, spurring condolences from President Vladimir Putin. Images distributed by the emergencies ministry showed burnt-out cars […]

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