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Taliban kill six Islamic State members in raid in Afghan capital
Taliban security forces killed six Islamic State members in an overnight operation in the Afghan capital, Kabul, a spokesman for the ruling ...China’s Xi talks up security, reiterates COVID stance as congress opens
Chinese President Xi Jinping called for accelerating the building of a world-class military while touting the fight against COVID-19 as he kicked off a ...Australia suffers flash floods in southeast, Melbourne suburb evacuated
Thousands of people across Australia’s southeast were asked to evacuate their homes on Friday, including some in a western suburb of Melbourne, ...North Korea’s Kim touts new large greenhouse farm built on ex-missile test site
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has attended the opening ceremony of a new massive greenhouse farm built on a former air ...Thailand children’s daycare mass shooting death toll rises to 35
A former policeman killed 34 people, including 23 children, during a knife and gun rampage at a daycare centre in northeast Thailand ...North Korea fires ballistic missiles after condemning U.N. meeting, U.S. drills
North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles into the sea on Thursday in the direction of Japan, after the return of a ...At least 20 people killed in mass shooting in Thailand
At least 20 people have been killed in a mass shooting in a northeastern province of Thailand, a police spokesperson said on ...Major U.N. powers question Pacific islanders’ call for nuclear legacy help
Nuclear powers have criticized an effort led by the Marshall Islands at the United Nations to seek help on dealing with the ...North Korea conducts longest-range missile test yet over Japan
Nuclear-armed North Korea fired a ballistic missile over Japan for the first time in five years on Tuesday, prompting a warning for ...Indonesia authorities say 174 dead after soccer melee, stampede
Brazilians are voting on Sunday in the first round of their country’s most polarized election in decades, with leftist Luiz Inacio Lula ...














