Islamic State group jihadists using tunnels and suicide bombers were mounting a desperate defence Thursday of their last square kilometre in eastern Syria. Kurdish-led forces closed in on the small town of Baghouz where IS fighters and their relatives were hunkered down and met hundreds of famished and dishevelled people turning themselves in.

Syria jihadists trapped in last square kilometre

Hundreds of people were evacuated Thursday from a hotel in downtown Singapore after explosions and a fire erupted in a room containing electrical equipment, causing blackouts in nearby buildings.

Singapore hotel evacuated after blasts, fire

Amnesty said masked Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army fighters killed as many as 99 Hindus near a remote Myanmarese village named Kha Maung Seik

Rohingya militants killed Hindu villagers in Myanmar: Amnesty International

UN aid chief said displacement must not be forced. Civilians are sceptical about government's promise of amnesty to rebels who surrender

Russia, Syria announce 'flee' corridors for civilians in Aleppo

Nusra Front also captured some aides and scores of fighters

Syrian al Qaeda-linked group abducts Western-backed commander

Government fighters recapture the last district held by Islamic State in the city

Battle over, say Iraqi forces in Fallujah

According to local officials, more than 100 Islamic State fighters had been killed in fighting in Nangarhar over the past three days

Islamic State militants launch new attacks in eastern Afghanistan

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