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Operations in Afghanistan leave 77 insurgents dead in 24 hours

Atotalof77militantswerekilled,and27otherswoundedinaseriesofsecurityoperationscarriedoutbyAfghantroopsinthepast24hours.SeventeenISILfighterswereamongthedead,acco

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Boat carrying Chinese tourists goes missing in Malaysia

A boat carrying 31 people, among them more than 20 tourists from China, has lost contact with the authorities since it sailed out from Kota Kinabalu (KK) in the eastern Malaysian state of Sabah on Saturday, the Consulate General of China in KK said on Sunday.

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Thousands march in U.S. cities in 4th day anti-Trump protests

​Thousands of people took to the streets on Saturday in major cities across the United States in a fourth day of protests against the election of Donald Trump to be the 45 president.

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Many Thais gather to sing royal anthem in honor of late king

​A huge crowd of Thais gathered on Saturday outside Bangkok's Grand Palace to sing the royal anthem in honor of late King Bhumibol Adulyadej.

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Disaster relief begins in quake-hit W. Japan as 3,000 people displaced, more quakes expected

Emergency relief supplies have been sent to Tottori Prefecture and surrounding areas in western Japan following a magnitude-6.6 earthquake striking the region Friday, local government officials said on Saturday.

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Security forces regain district from Taliban in N. Afghanistan

The Afghan security forces regained on Saturday the control of Khan Abad district, Kunduz province, seized by the Taliban militants earlier, police said.

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At least 16 fear dead as hot air balloon crashes in Texas

At least 16 people were killed on Saturday morning after a hot air balloon caught fire and crashed near Lockhart, a city in the central part of the U.S. state of Texas.

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China on orange alert for rainstorms

China's meteorological authority on Saturday renewed its orange alert for heavy rain across much of the country in the coming two days.

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Gov't troops launch operations in northern Afghanistan as 37 militants killed in 2 days

The Afghan forces have obviously adopted an aggressive stance against Taliban in the northern region as more than three dozen armed militants have been killed since Friday, officials said Saturday.

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Storms to hit south China

Rainstorms will hit some southern Chinese regions over the next 24 hours, the national observatory said Saturday.

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Chinese land forces newspaper starts publication

The first edition of a new military newspaper was published Saturday, replacing the publications circulated among China's seven military area commands before they were reorganized into several battle zone commands.

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6 dead, hundreds injured after powerful quake pummels southwestern Japan

At least six people were killed and 500 others hospitalized after a powerful 7.3-magnitude earthquake rocked Kumamoto Prefecture in Japan's southwest early Saturday.

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Taiwan quake death toll rises to 55

The death toll from the earthquake that struck southern Taiwan on Saturday had climbed to 55 as of 7:30 a.m. on Thursday, with more than 80 people missing.

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Monster winter storm kills at least 12 as it slams U.S. East Coast

A massive winter storm has been clobbering the eastern region of the United States, forcing more cities along the East Coast to be shut down Saturday, leaving at least 12 people dead and stranding thousands on the roads and at airports.

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Investigations on Russian plane crash in Egypt start

​Egyptian and international investigators on Sunday have begun probing the reasons of a Russian passenger plane that crashed in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula on Saturday, state media reported.

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Russian aircraft disintegrates in midair before crash over Egypt's Sinai

​The Russian aircraft disintegrated in midair before it crashed over Egypt's Sinai Peninsula on Saturday, state-run Ahram newspaper reported Sunday.

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Typhoon Soudelor kills 12 in E China

Typhoon Soudelor, the 13th this year, has left 12 people dead and another 5 missing in Wenzhou City in east China's Zhejiang Province, local government announced.