Tension remained high in Kenya's Mandera town and its environs as hundreds of nonlocal residents who fear for their lives have camped at the Kenya Defense Forces (KDF) military camp in the border town.
The local customs and cultural heritage of the ancient town of Pingyao in Shanxi Province is under threat due to the rapid development of tourism.
The Islamic State (IS) militant group executed 75 tribesmen in western Iraq on Thursday, a day after they executed 30 tribesmen from the same allied Sunni tribe in Iraq's western province of Anbar, a provincial security source said.
Iraqi security forces and allied tribal fighters rebuffed an attack by Islamic State (IS) militants in a town near the Iraqi capital Baghdad, but were forced to withdraw from another embattled town after two days of fierce clashes in the country's western province of Anbar, security sources said on Thursday.
The arrival of nearly 1,500 refugees from Kobane in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq on Tuesday brought the total number of people to flee the northern Syrian town to Iraq to 7,318 since late September, a UN spokesman said here Wednesday.
The Somali government and the African Union peacekeeping mission in Somalia (AMISOM) on Sunday retook southern coastal town of Barawe, residents and officials said.
A total of 14 people were killed and more than seven others wounded on Monday in clashes between Sunni tribesmen and Islamic State militants in a town in the predominantly Sunni province of Salahudin, a local security source said.
Police curfew was declared in a Sri Lankan town on Sunday after Muslims clashed with a Buddhist hardline organization. A large number of people were injured while two shops and a van were set on fire, local media reported.
U.S. President Barack Obama visited a tornado-ravaged town in the state of Arkansas Wednesday and pledged the federal government will help those devastated families to rebuild their homes, U.S. media reported.
Saturday's inferno that burned down an ancient town in southwest China's Shangri-la county once again stirred up concerns over commercial development of ancient towns.
Meaning phoenix in Chinese, Fenghuang is known for its well-preserved architecture and traditional river town scenes. The exorbitant entry fees have fueled online criticism that the local government is attempting to grasp a share of the tourist revenue from the hands of private businesses.
Old Chinese towns that attract huge numbers of tourists from across the country are caught between a rock and a hard place in pursuing commercial development while preserving their old-style flavor.
The Malian army, supported by its French allies, entered the town of Douentza early on Monday morning, a military source told Xinhua on the same day.
One of the unexpected by-products of China's urbanization is the decline in rural schools over the past decade.
Chong Sarika, a small town in Lopburi province, some 150 kilometers north of this capital city, comes alive as the golden hue of sunflowers that are in bloom covers the entire town.
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