Air strikes kill 15 in northwest Syria
Ariha (Syria): Regime and Russian air strikes on Saturday killed 15 civilians, more than half of them children, in northwestern Syria where ramped up attacks by the two allies have claimed hundreds of lives since April. Idlib and parts of the neighbouring provinces of Aleppo, Hama and Latakia are under the control of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, a jihadist group led by Syria's former Al-Qaeda affiliate.
10 Pak soldiers killed in 2 terrorist attacks
Peshawar: Unidentified militants attacked Pakistani security forces in the tribal North Waziristan district and the restive Balochistan province on Saturday, killing 10 soldiers, including an officer.
3 killed in Taliban attack on police base
Ghazni: At least three police officers were killed and a dozen more wounded on Saturday when a Taliban suicide bomber drove an explosives-packed, US-made armoured vehicle into a compound in eastern Afghanistan.
8 killed as quakes hit far n Philippines
Manila: Eight people were killed and dozens injured when a series of earthquakes struck islands in the far northern Philippines early on Saturday, toppling historic buildings and sending terrified locals fleeing their homes.