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500 hikers stranded on mountain after Indonesia quake
Indonesia mounted a rescue operation Monday to reach more than 500 hikers and guides stranded by landslides on an active volcano on Lombok, a day after…
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Pakistan opposition calls for probe into allegations of rigging during election
Pakistan’s main opposition party has called for a judicial investigation into allegations of rigging at last week’s general elections, which handed victory to the party led…
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Chinese refiner stops buying US crude, starts buying Iran’s
China’s largest independent oil refinery has stopped buying crude from the United States, switching to Iranian oil purchases, amid a trade war with the US and…
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Election campaign convoy bombing in SW Pakistan kills at least 20, injures 40
At least 20 people have been killed in a bomb explosion that hit a campaign convoy in Pakistan’s southwestern province of Balochistan, the day’s second attack…
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At least 12 killed as bomber targets Pakistan anti-Taliban event
At least 12 people have been killed in a bombing attack on an anti-Taliban political event held in northwestern Pakistan. The Tuesday blast targeted a campaign…
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Pompeo’s thuggish approach offends North Koreans: Analyst
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s thuggish approach to foreign relations has offended the North Koreans, according to E. Michael Jones, an American writer and political…
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Japan flood search-and-rescue continues, death toll hits 141
Rescue workers carried out house-to-house searches Tuesday in the increasingly unlikely hope of finding survivors after days of deadly floods and landslides that have claimed 141…
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South Korea scraps drill amid diplomacy with North
South Korea says it is canceling an annual government mobilization drill this year as part of a suspended joint exercise with the United States but would…
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Third day of rescue operations starts at Thailand cave
The high-risk rescue operation deep into a cave complex in northern Thailand has continued into a third day in an attempt to save the remaining four…
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Rescuers begin operation to free 12 Thai boys, coach from cave
Rescuers in Thailand have begun a complicated mission to evacuate 12 young boys and their soccer coach from a flooded cave, where they have been trapped…
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Two Koreas resume naval communications after a decade
North and South Korea have reopened a bilateral naval communication channel, with vessels from the two countries now making radio contact for the first time in…
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Imam Khomeini offered a new definition of politics
A renowned Indian analyst of the international political affairs believes that the late Imam Khomeini as the founder of the Islamic Republic in Iran changed the…