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Plane crash kills 3 in Brazil

Asingle-engineaircraftonWednesdaycrashedinBrazil'snorthernstateofPara,killingallthreepeopleonboard,theBrazilianAirForcehassaid.ABeechcraftBonanzaplanecrashedont

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Border crossing closed as Pakistani diplomat shot in Afghanistan back

TheKhyberPassborderbetweenPakistanandAfghanistanwasclosedtoalltrafficonTuesdayforthereturnofaPakistanidiplomatwhowasshotdeadinAfghanistanbyunknowngunmen.Pakista

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2 dozen militants killed by unmanned planes in Afghanistan

NearlytwodozenarmedinsurgentshavebeenkilledbyunmannedplanesintheeasternregionofAfghanistansinceSaturday,officialssaidSunday.Thesecurityforcesinthelateststrikesa

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Foreign student stabbed to death in Finland

EasternFinlandPoliceDepartmentsaidThursdaythata20-year-oldmanwassuspectedofkillinganotherforeignmanwithknife.TheincidenthappenedinMikkeli,southeasternFinland,on

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Taliban "kill woman who divorced husband and remarried"

​Taliban militants in Afghanistan have shot dead a woman who divorced her husband and remarried, officials say.

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“Honor”killing: Pakistani model and social media sensation Qandeel Baloch ‘strangled by her brother

A Pakistani social media celebrity whose selfies polarised the deeply conservative Muslim country has been murdered by her brother in a suspected honour killing, officials said Saturday, prompting shock and revulsion.

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IS militants kidnap 400 people in Syria's Deir al-Zour

The Islamic State (IS) militant group kidnapped a total of 400 people from a town its militants had stormed in Syria's eastern province of Deir al-Zour, pan-Arab al-Mayadeen TV reported on Sunday.

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2 detained in connection with Japanese killing in Bangladesh

​Two people, including an opposition member, were placed on a 10-day remand Tuesday in connection with the Japanese national Hosie Kunio killing in Bangladesh.

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Two killed in Taiwan trainer aircraft crash

A light trainer aircraft plunged into a lagoon in Pingtung County, southern Taiwan, killing both onboard, officials said Monday.

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LatAm nations condemn killing of Jordanian pilot

Latin American nations have joined the international outcry against the grisly killing of a Jordanian pilot at the hands of the Islamic State (IS) terrorists.

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Jordan gov't confirms killing of pilot by IS, army vows to revenge

Jordanian government on Tuesday confirmed the killing of Jordanian pilot held captive by the Islamic State(IS), according to state-run Petra new agency.

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World scientists demand Australian gov't stop shark cull

Hundreds of the world's top marine scientists and researchers are calling on a provincial Australian government to stop its shark catch and kill policy, local media reported Friday.

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UNESCO slams murder of third Filipino journalist

The head of the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Irina Bokova, has condemned Tuesday the killing of Mario Sy, the third journalist killed in the Philippines in two days, and urged a thorough investigation into the killing.