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Sri Lanka protesters storm president’s house after clashing with police
Thousands of protesters in Sri Lanka’s commercial capital Colombo broke through police barricades and stormed the president’s official residence on Saturday in ...Japanese mourn ex-PM Shinzo Abe a day after his assassination
A steady stream of mourners on Saturday visited the scene of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s assassination in the western city ...Shinzo Abe, Japan’s former prime minister, assassinated at a campaign stop
Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Japan’s longest-serving leader, died on Friday hours after he was shot while campaigning for a parliamentary election, ...Shinzo Abe in “grave condition” after being shot during Japan election campaign
Shinzo Abe, Japan’s longest-serving prime minister, was in grave condition on Friday after being shot while campaigning for a parliamentary election, with ...Thousands more evacuate in Sydney even though heavy rains ease
A wild storm system that has pounded parts of Sydney with torrential rain for four days has moved away from the city, ...Turkey lifts veto on Finland, Sweden joining NATO, clearing path for expansion
NATO ally Turkey lifted its veto over Finland and Sweden’s bid to join the Western alliance on Tuesday after the three nations ...Afghan health official warns of disease outbreak among earthquake survivors
Thousands affected by a deadly earthquake in eastern Afghanistan are in need of clean water and food and are at risk of ...Afghan authorities scramble to reach earthquake zone, toll at 1,000 dead
Afghan authorities struggled on Thursday to reach a remote area hit by an earthquake that killed 1,000 people but poor communications and ...Afghanistan earthquake kills at least 1,000 but toll expected to rise
The death toll from an earthquake in Afghanistan on Wednesday hit 1,000, disaster management officials said, with more than 600 injured and ...Strong earthquake kills at least 280 in Afghanistan
An earthquake of magnitude 6.1 killed at least 280 people in Afghanistan early on Wednesday, officials said, adding that hundreds of people ...














