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Deaths from major heatwave sweeping India top 1,100

Deaths from major heatwave sweeping India top 1,100

More than 1,100 people have died in a major heatwave sweeping India, authorities said Wednesday, as forecasters warned searing temperatures…
Afghan police end Taliban siege of Kabul guesthouse

Afghan police end Taliban siege of Kabul guesthouse

Afghan police Wednesday ended an all-night Taliban siege of a guesthouse owned by a prominent political family, the latest attack…
Arrested FIFA officials face extradition to US

Arrested FIFA officials face extradition to US

Six high-ranking soccer officials, including two vice-presidents of world governing-body FIFA, were arrested by Swiss police on Wednesday and detained…
Thailand starts air search for stranded migrants

Thailand starts air search for stranded migrants

Thailand said Tuesday it had begun air reconnaissance missions looking for stranded migrant boats in the Andaman Sea, following criticism…
Malaysian police begin exhuming bodies at jungle camps

Malaysian police begin exhuming bodies at jungle camps

Malaysian police forensic teams, digging with hoes and shovels, began the grim task on Tuesday of exhuming the bodies of…
Local official: Boko Haram hacks 10 to death in NE Nigeria

Local official: Boko Haram hacks 10 to death in NE Nigeria

Boko Haram fighters hacked to death 10 people in a remote village in northeast Nigeria, a local government official told…
Polish president concedes defeat to conservative challenger

Polish president concedes defeat to conservative challenger

Polish President Bronislaw Komorowski conceded defeat to conservative challenger Andrzej Duda (pictured) in Sunday’s presidential election, a result reflecting voters’…
Malaysia finds 139 graves at ‘cruel’ jungle trafficking camps

Malaysia finds 139 graves at ‘cruel’ jungle trafficking camps

Malaysian authorities have found 139 graves, and signs of torture, in more than two dozen squalid human trafficking camps suspected…
Interior minister: Greece hasn’t got the money to make June IMF repayment

Interior minister: Greece hasn’t got the money to make June IMF repayment

Greece cannot make debt repayments to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) next month unless it achieves a deal with creditors,…
NATO General: IS is recruiting, but not operational in Afghanistan

NATO General: IS is recruiting, but not operational in Afghanistan

The Islamic State group is recruiting fighters in Afghanistan, the commander of foreign forces in country has said, but they…
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