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21 dead in explosion and fire at Bangladesh factory
A boiler exploded and triggered a fire at a packaging factory near Bangladesh\'s capital on Saturday, killing at least 21 people and ...North Korea conducts fifth and largest nuclear test
North Korea conducted its fifth nuclear test on Friday, setting off a blast that was more powerful than the bomb dropped on ...Greece rejects return of EU rule on reverse migration flow
The Greek government is adamantly opposing the revival of a European Union rule that would allow the forcible return to its territory ...Air strike kills top jihadist rebel commander in Syria
An air strike near Syria\'s battleground second city Aleppo killed the military leader of the largest rebel alliance and at least one ...Nepal criticized for not stopping child marriages
Traditional practices, poverty, last year\'s massive earthquake and Nepal\'s ongoing political instability mean child marriages remain a serious problem in the country, ...Obama warns China over South China Sea ruling
US President Barack Obama warned Beijing Thursday it could not ignore a tribunal\'s ruling rejecting its sweeping claims to the South China ...38 dead, 92,000 left homeless by Niger floods
At least 38 people have been killed and more than 92,000 left homeless since June in disastrous floods in Niger, the United ...Frenchwoman who received first face transplant dies
The world\'s first face transplant recipient, Frenchwoman Isabelle Dinoire, died in April "after a long illness", a hospital said Tuesday.Swedish Nobel judges fired in Karolinska medical scandal
The assembly that awards the Nobel Prize for medicine will demand the resignation of two of its judges as a result of ...Taliban attack in Afghan capital Kabul kills at least 24
A Taliban suicide attack in a busy area near the defence ministry in Kabul on Monday killed at least 24 people and ...