Lebanese army, Hezbollah announce offensives against Islamic State on Syrian border

By Tom Perry and Angus McDowall

 

Lebanese army military tanks fire during an offensive near Ras Baalbek, Lebanon August 19, 2017. REUTERS/Ali Hashisho

 

BEIRUT (Reuters) - The Lebanese army launched an offensive on Saturday against an Islamic State enclave on the northeastern border with Syria, as the Lebanese Shi'ite group Hezbollah announced an assault on the militants from the Syrian side of the frontier.

 

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Scientist Hawking blames UK government for health service 'crisis'

 

British scientist and theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking attends a launch event for a new award for science communication, called the Stephen Hawking Medal for Science Communication, in London, Britain December 16, 2015. REUTERS/Toby Melville/File Photo

 

LONDON (Reuters) - Physicist Stephen Hawking found himself in a war of words with Britain's Conservative government after he said it had caused a crisis in the state-run National Health Service (NHS) and was leading it towards a profit-making U.S.-style system.

 

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Nigeria's Buhari returns home after three-month sick leave in Britain

By Felix Onuah

 

FILE PHOTO: (R-L) President Muhammadu Buhari receives Senior Special Assistant on Diaspora Matters Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, Senior Special Assistant Media & Publicity Malam Garba Shehu, Minister of Information Alhaji Lai Mohammed, and Personal Assistant Digital/Online Media Lauretta Onochie at the Abuja House in London, Britain August 12, 2017. Picture taken August 12, 2017. Nigeria Presidency/Handout via Reuters/ File Photo

 

ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari returned home on Saturday from three months of medical leave in Britain where he received treatment for an unspecified ailment.

 

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Train derails in India, killing about 20 and injuring scores more

By Tommy Wilkes and Sankalp Phartiyal

 

Derailed carriages of Kalinga-Utkal express train are seen in Khatauli, Uttar Pradesh, India in this still taken from video August 19, 2017. ANI/via REUTERS TV

 

NEW DELHI/MUMBAI (Reuters) - A train came off the tracks in northern India on Saturday, killing about 20 people and injuring scores more, as carriages slammed into each other, officials said.

 

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Prisoners in Pattaya Soi 9 jail praise farang ‘heroes’ for unblocking their toilet

A group of foreigners have been praised for coming to the aid of prisoners in Pattaya Soi 9 jail.

 

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Here’s why airplanes leave trails in the sky and how you can use them to predict the weather

BY STAFF WRITER

 

 

If you have ever watched an airplane fly across the sky, you will have noticed that sometimes a white track or trail is left behind.

 

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