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Tanzania confirms killings of three police officers by armed attacker

CFP Image Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan on Wednesday confirmed the killings of three police officers and one guard from a private security company by an armed attacker."I am sending

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Attack kills 2, injures 3, including Chinese national, in Pakistan

Two children were killed and three were injured in a suicide attack in Gwadar district of Pakistan's southwest Balochistan province on Friday, a Pakistani government official said.On August 20, at th

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U.S. Coast Guard assists during Haitian earthquake aid effort

00:54 U.S. Coast Guard personnel continued their assistance in rescuing victims and survivors of the devastating earthquake in Haiti that has killed over 2,100 people. Guardsmen helped

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Chinese president sends condolences over Algeria wildfires

Chinese President Xi Jinpingon Tuesday sent a message of condolence to his Algerian counterpart Abdelmadjid Tebbouneover the deadly wildfires that erupted in the countr

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Turkish drone strike kills 18 PKK members in northern Iraq

At least 18 militants from the outlawed Turkish Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) were killed on Tuesday afternoon in an airstrike by a Turkish drone near the town of Sinjar in northern Iraq, according

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22 people killed in armed attack in central Nigeria

At least 22 people were killed and 14 were injured in an armed attack in central Nigeria's Plateau state on Saturday morning, according to the state police.Ubah Ogaba, the police spokesperson in Plat

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At least 29 killed in Haiti earthquake, state of emergency declared

FILE PHOTO: A person stands next to a building destroyed by an earthquake in Haiti. /VCG At least 29 people were killed following a 7.2 magnitude earthquake in western Haiti on Saturday, the c

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7.2 magnitude earthquake hits western Haiti, several casualties feared

FILE PHOTO: A person stands next to a building destroyed by an earthquake in Haiti. /VCG An unknown number of people are feared dead after a powerful 7.2 magnitude earthquake struck off the co

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At least 42 killed in Algeria wildfire

Smoke billows from a wildfire in the forested hills of the Kabylie region, east of the capital Algiers, on August 10, 2021. /CFP At least 42 people were killed so far after several forest fire

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10 killed as overloaded van overturns near border checkpoint in Texas

A van overloaded with 30 people, many of them believed to be illegal immigrants, crashed in southern Texas on Wednesday, killing 10 onboard and critically injuring many others, police said.The van ve

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Mexico’s stalled initiative to investigate former political leaders

02:24 An effort to investigate former political leaders in Mexico appears to have stopped even before it could get started.Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador held a national

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Bodies of nine Chinese victims killed in Pakistan return home

Bodies of nine Chinese personnel killed in a Pakistan terrorist attack returned to the motherland on a chartered plane on Friday, according to a statement posted by the

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Catastrophic floods in western Europe leave over 120 dead

Devastating flash floods due to intense rainfall have swept through several western European countries in the past few days, killing more than 120 and causing widespread damage. /CFP A

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Germany floods death toll rises to 58

An aerial photograph shows the district of Altenburg, Germany, July 15, 2021. /CFP Flooding in the western German states of Rhineland-Palatinate and North Rhine-Westphalia due to persistent ra

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Xi sends condolences to Iraqi president over hospital fire

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday sent a message of condolences to Iraqi President Barham Salih over the recent fire that caused heavy casualties in an Iraqi hospital.In his message, Xi, on be

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At least 92 killed in coronavirus hospital fire in Iraq

The death toll in Iraq’s coronavirus hospital fire has risen to 92 after some wounded people died from severe burns, state news agency INA and health officials said on Tuesday.More

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China asks Pakistan to probe bus blast that kills 9 Chinese nationals

China has asked Pakistan to thoroughly investigate a bus blast that killed nine Chinese nationals, China's Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian said on Wednesday.China strongly condemns the blas