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Mass casualties in blast at Afghan voter registration centre
AFP, Published on 06/05/2018
» KHOST, Afghanistan: A blast at a voter registration centre in Afghanistan's restive east on Sunday killed or wounded at least 30 people, officials said, capping a bloody week in the war-torn country.
Rescuers scramble to reach tsunami-hit Indonesian city
AFP, Published on 29/09/2018
» MAKASSAR (INDONESIA) - Rescuers scrambled to reach tsunami-hit central Indonesia on Saturday and assess the damage after a strong quake brought down several buildings and sent locals fleeing their homes for higher ground.
Nepal rescuers retrieve bodies of nine climbers
AFP, Published on 14/10/2018
» KATHMANDU - A rescue team Sunday began retrieving the bodies of nine climbers killed in a violent storm on Nepal's Mount Gurja, a freak accident that has left the mountaineering community reeling.
Till politics do us part
Published on 28/04/2025
» Re: "Thaksin plays down coalition rift", (BP, April 27).
Hamas says no point in further Gaza truce talks
AFP, Published on 06/05/2025
» GAZA CITY (PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES) — A senior Hamas official said Tuesday the group was no longer interested in truce talks with Israel and urged the international community to halt Israel's "hunger war" against Gaza.
Myanmar junta airstrike kills 22 at school: witnesses
AFP, Published on 13/05/2025
» DEPEYIN (MYANMAR) - A Myanmar junta airstrike hit a school Monday killing 22 people, including 20 children, witnesses said, despite a purported humanitarian ceasefire called to help the nation recover from a devastating earthquake.
Rescue hopes fading three days after deadly Myanmar quake
AFP, Published on 31/03/2025
» MANDALAY, Myanmar- Hopes were fading Monday of finding more survivors in the rubble of Mandalay, where some residents spent a third night sleeping in the open after a massive earthquake killed at least 1,700 people in Myanmar and neighbouring Thailand.
Military fires on Chinese aid convoy in Myanmar, rebels say
New York Times, Published on 02/04/2025
» NAY PYI TAW — Soldiers in Myanmar opened fire on a convoy of vehicles carrying relief supplies from the Chinese Red Cross for earthquake victims in the badly hit city of Mandalay, according to a rebel armed group in Myanmar.
Afghan presidential candidates fear for safety after attacks
AFP, Published on 30/07/2019
» KABUL - Candidates jockeying to become Afghanistan's next president lashed out at the incumbent Ashraf Ghani on Monday after deadly violence cast a shadow over the first official day of campaigning.
14 dead as Cyclone Bulbul smashes into India, Bangladesh coasts
AFP, Published on 10/11/2019
» KHULNA, Bangladesh: Fourteen people died and more than two million others spent a night huddled in storm shelters as Cyclone Bulbul smashed into the coasts of India and Bangladesh with fierce gales and torrential rains, officials said Sunday.