Author: Reuters
Italy quake toll rises to nearly 250 as rescuers struggle to find survivors
The death toll from a devastating earthquake in central Italy rose sharply to almost 250 people early on August 25 after rescue teams worked through the night to try to find survivors under the rubble of flattened towns.
Myanmar sends police, soldiers to protect ancient temples damaged in quake
Myanmar sent truckloads of soldiers and squadrons of police to protect and rebuild centuries-old Buddhist pagodas around the ancient capital of Bagan on August 25, a day after at least 187 of the brick temples were damaged in a powerful earthquake.
Turkish tanks roll into Syria, pushing Islamic State out of key border town
Syrian rebels backed by Turkish special forces, tanks and warplanes entered one of Islamic State's last strongholds on the Turkish-Syrian border on August 24, in Turkey's first major U.S.-backed incursion into its southern neighbor.
Afghan forces kill two gunmen to end American University attack
Afghan security forces killed two gunmen who attacked the American University in Kabul, police said early on August 24, ending an assault on the compound that killed at least one person and sent hundreds of students fleeing in panic.
Myanmar earthquake kills three, damages scores of ancient temples
A powerful earthquake shook central Myanmar on August 24, killing at least three people including two children, and damaging scores of centuries-old Buddhist pagodas around the ancient capital of Bagan.
Italy rescuers toil through night seeking quake survivors as death toll hits 159
Rescue teams were working through the night to try to find survivors under the rubble that remained of central Italian towns flattened by an earthquake that hit in the early hours of August 24, killing at least 159 people.
Germany to accept hundreds of migrants to boost EU program
Germany has agreed to take in hundreds of migrants who are blocked in Italy in a move that might revive the European Union's failed relocation program, Italy's Interior Minister Angelino Alfano said on August 23.
DPRK fires submarine-launched ballistic missile toward Japan
The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) fired a submarine-launched missile on August 24 that flew about 500 km (311 miles) toward Japan, a show of improving technological capability for the isolated country that has conducted a series of launches in defiance of UN sanctions.
Bomb blasts kill one, wound 30 in southern Thailand: police
One Thai person was killed and 30 wounded when two bombs exploded late on August 23 near a hotel in the southern Thai coastal town of Pattani, police said, less than two weeks after a series of unexplained blasts hit the south.
Putin, Merkel, Hollande to meet to discuss Ukraine at G20
The leaders of Russia, Germany and France have agreed to meet to discuss the situation in Ukraine on September 4-5 in China on the sidelines of the G20 summit, the Kremlin said on August 23.
