Car bomb kills 3 including Taliban commander in E. Afghanistan

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JALALABAD, Afghanistan –Three militants including a Taliban senior commander were killed and four others injured in a car bomb in Afghanistan's eastern Nangarhar province on Thursday, provincial government spokesman Attaullah...

14 killed, 19 injured as rains wreak havoc in Pakistan

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ISLAMABAD –At least 14 people were killed and 19 others injured as torrential rains wreaked havoc in Pakistan's east Punjab and northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provinces, officials said.  The...

India fireworks factory fire kills nine workers

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NEW DELHI –A powerful blast tore through a fireworks factory in southern India Wednesday, killing nine labourers who had just reported for work, police said.  The manufacturing unit...

34 bodies recovered after Indonesia's ferry sinking as search continues

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JAKARTA –Rescuers have recovered 34 bodies and rescued 155 survivors after a ferry capsized in waters off central Indonesia, a rescuer said on Wednesday.  Spokesman of national search...

Scores dead or missing in Indonesia ferry accident

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JAKARTA –Some 70 people are dead or missing after a ferry ran aground off the coast of Indonesia, according to an updated official toll Wednesday, the latest deadly maritime accident...

Afghan forces operations kill 24 militants in eastern province

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GHAZNI –Up to 24 militants were killed as Afghan government forces have intensified military pressure on Taliban in the eastern Ghazni province, provincial government spokesman Aref Nuri said Wednesday.  ...

Former Malaysian PM Najib granted bail after being charged in court

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KUALA LUMPUR –Former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak was granted bail on Wednesday after being charged with corruption in court.  Najib has earlier pleaded not guilty of the...

Long rescue ahead for Thai cave boys

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MAE SAI, Thailand –Rescuers braced for a long and difficult evacuation for 13 members of a Thai youth football team found alive in a cave nine days after they went...

12 dead in Indonesia ferry accident: official

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JAKARTA – At least a dozen people, including two children, died Tuesday after a ferry ran aground off the coast of Indonesia, officials said, as rescuers raced to save more...

Trump says N. Korea talks 'going well,' lashes critics

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WASHINGTON –US President Donald Trump said Tuesday talks with North Korea were making progress despite reports Kim Jong Un's regime had stepped up its nuclear program after the two leaders...

UNICEF chief condemns Yemen 'carnage', with 2,200 children killed

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GENEVA –The UN slammed Tuesday the devastating impact of Yemen's three-year conflict on children, with some 2,200 minors killed, and many more going hungry, forced to fight or dying from...

Former Malaysian PM Najib arrested over huge graft probe

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KUALA LUMPUR –Former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak was arrested by anti-corruption investigators Tuesday, officials said, the latest dramatic development in a widening graft probe that has engulfed the ex-leader.  ...

UN chief appeals for more aid for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh

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UNITED NATIONS –UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday stepped up the UN appeal for aid for nearly one million Myanmar Rohingya in Bangladesh.  Saying funding for the one-billion-U.S.-dollar...

Bridge collapses in India's Mumbai

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NEW DELHI –A road overbridge collapsed due to heavy rains in India's financial capital Mumbai Tuesday morning, police said.  "Part of Gokhale Bridge connecting Andheri East to West...

Death toll in India's Assam flooding rises to 32

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NEW DELHI – The death toll in ongoing floods in India's northeastern state of Assam has risen to 32, officials said Monday.  According to officials the flood scenario...