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Powerful earthquake kills 82 in Indonesian holiday island Lombok

  At least 82 people have died and many more have been injured as a major earthquake hits Indonesian holiday…

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Japan marks 73rd anniversary of US nuclear bombing of Hiroshima

  Japan is marking 73 years since the US dropped a nuclear bomb on Hiroshima, with tens of thousands of…

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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…

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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,…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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.…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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