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Indonesia says avoid coast near volcano, fearing new tsunami
Associated Press, Published on 26/12/2018
» CARITA BEACH, Indonesia: Indonesian authorities asked people to avoid the coast in areas where a tsunami killed more than 420 people last weekend in a fresh warning issued on the anniversary of the catastrophic 2004 Asian earthquake and tsunami.
With a roar, flash flood smashes into a Maryland community
Associated Press, Published on 28/05/2018
» ELLICOTT CITY, Md: Roaring flash floods struck a Maryland city Sunday that had been wracked by similar devastation two years ago, its main street turned into a raging river that reached the first floor of some buildings and swept away parked cars, authorities and witnesses say.
Seven inmates dead, 17 injured in US prison brawl
Associated Press, Published on 16/04/2018
» COLUMBIA, South Carolina, US: Seven inmates have been killed and at least 17 others seriously injured amid fighting between prisoners inside a maximum security prison in South Carolina.
'Mission Accomplished' in Syria, Trump declares
Associated Press, Published on 14/04/2018
» WASHINGTON: Allied missiles struck at the heart of Syrian chemical weapons arsenal in a show of force and resolve aimed at punishing the Assad government for a suspected poison gas attack against civilians and deterring the possible future use of such banned weapons.
Myanmar's place at Cobra Gold draws US criticism
Associated Press, Published on 08/02/2018
» WASHINGTON: Lawmakers are demanding Myanmar's exclusion from the Cobra Gold military exercises next week, amidst pressure for more American sanctions in response to atrocities against Rohingya Muslims.
Turkey says border town hit by rockets from Syria
Associated Press, Published on 21/01/2018
» HASSA, Turkey: Four rockets fired from Syria hit a Turkish border town on Sunday as Turkey-backed Syrian opposition fighters pushed forward with an offensive to drive Syrian Kurdish forces from an enclave in northern Syria, the state-run news agency reported.
9,000-plus died in battle with Islamic State for Mosul
Associated Press, Published on 20/12/2017
» MOSUL, Iraq: The price Mosul's residents paid in blood to see their city freed was between 9,000 and 11,000 dead, a civilian casualty rate nearly 10 times higher than what has been previously reported. The number killed in the 9-month battle to liberate the city from the Islamic State marauders has not been acknowledged by the US-led coalition, the Iraqi government or the self-styled caliphate.
Rape of Rohingya 'sweeping, methodical'
Associated Press, Published on 11/12/2017
» UKHIA, Bangladesh: The newlyweds were asleep in their home in western Myanmar in June when seven soldiers charged in.
Argentina says it may have received signals from missing sub
Associated Press, Published on 19/11/2017
» BUENOS AIRES, Argentina: Argentina's Navy detected seven brief satellite calls late Saturday that officials believe may have come from a submarine with 44 crew members that hadn't been heard from in three days.
Men describe rape, torture by Sri Lanka government
Associated Press, Published on 09/11/2017
» LONDON: One of the men tortured in Sri Lanka said he was held for 21 days in a small dank room where he was raped 12 times, burned with cigarettes, beaten with iron rods and hung upside-down.