Iran supreme leader prays over coffin of general Soleimani

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TEHRAN– Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei prayed over the coffin containing the remains of top military commander Qasem Soleimeni in an emotional ceremony in Tehran on Monday. Soleimani...

Japan's Abe 'deeply worried' by Middle East tensions

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TOKYO– Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who has tried to carve out a role mediating between Washington and Tehran, said Monday he was "deeply worried" by tensions in the Middle...

Pentagon confirms U.S. killed senior Iranian commander

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WASHINGTON–The U.S. Department of Defense announced on Thursday night that U.S. forces had carried out a strike that killed Qasem Soleimani, commander of the Quds Force of Iran's Islamic Revolution...

5.8-magnitude earthquake hits NE of Iran

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TEHRAN– A 5.8-magnitude earthquake at the scale of Richter hit Sangan town in Iran's northeastern Khorasan Razavi province on Thursday morning, according to the Iranian Seismological Center. According to...

At least 16 killed in prison riots in Mexico

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MEXICO CITY–At least 16 prisoners were killed, five others wounded after riots occurred Tuesday afternoon in a prison in the northern Mexican state of Zacatecas, local media reported. A...

Trump speaks over phone with Iraqi PM after embassy storming

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WASHINGTON–U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday spoke over phone with Iraqi caretaker Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi after demonstrators stormed the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, said the White House. ...

Trump, Putin speak over phone on counterterrorism, ties, says White House

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WASHINGTON–U.S. President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin spoke over phone on Sunday on counterterrorism and bilateral ties, said the White House on Monday. "President Vladimir Putin...

Philippine typhoon death toll rises to 47, 9 still missing

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MANILA–The official death toll from Typhoon Phanfone has risen to 47 and is likely to keep rising as nine more persons are reported missing, the government said on Monday. ...

19 Hashd Shaabi members killed in U.S. attack in western Iraq

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BAGHDAD–Up to 19 paramilitary Hashd Shaabi members were killed and 35 wounded on Sunday when the U.S. forces attacked Hashd Shaabi bases near the border with Syria in Iraq's western...

Over 30,000 forced to flee Australia's Gippsland Valley as bushfires rage

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SYDNEY–Over 30,000 people had been told to evacuate Australia's East Gippsland region before 9 a.m. local time on Monday, as soaring temperatures and high winds are expected to fan the...

Philippines Christmas typhoon death toll climbs to 41

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MANILA–The number of deaths from a powerful storm that hit the Philippines on Christmas has climbed to 41, authorities said Sunday, with tens of thousands still in evacuation centres. Typhoon...

N. Korea's Kim holds top party meeting ahead of US deadline

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SEOUL– North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has convened a key meeting of top ruling party officials, state media said Sunday, ahead of a year-end deadline for Washington to shift...

Measles death toll in Samoa rises to 81

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SUVA–The Samoan government confirmed one more death in the island nation's measles epidemic on Thursday, bringing the death toll to 81 since the measles outbreak started in mid-October. According...

Delhi: 40 people rescued after fire breaks out in Krishna Nagar building

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NEW DELHI– Around 40 people were rescued by the Delhi Fire Services (DFS) after a fire broke out in a building in Krishna Nagar here in the wee hours of...

PM Narendra Modi launches Atal Bhujal Yojana

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NEW DELHI– Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday flagged off the 'Atal Bhujal Yojana', a scheme aimed at improving groundwater management through community participation, on the occasion of 95th birth...