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More than 16,000 civilians, troops and police have died in terror attacks, according to an NGO count, including more than 5,000 since the start of this year
With the lunar mission, Russia's first since 1976, Moscow is seeking to restart and build on the Soviet Union's pioneering space program
During a previous border crisis, starting in the summer of 2021, tens of thousands of migrants and refugees -- mostly from the Middle East -- crossed or attempted to cross into Poland from neighboring Belarus
The country's law enforcement authorities have also been accused of the arbitrary arrests and detention of hundreds, the NGO said in a statement
Torrential rains destroy more than 450 homes in Sudan's north, state media report, validating concerns voiced by aid groups that wet season would compound war-torn country's woes
Four Iranians have been killed and at least 11 people injured when several buildings collapsed in the capital of Tehran, local media reported.
Investigators scoured the wreckage on Monday of a train derailment that killed at least 34 people, the latest deadly crash to hit Pakistan's antiquated railway network.
During more than a decade of war in Syria, neighboring Israel has launched hundreds of air strikes on its territory
American and British scout groups withdrew at the weekend, citing concerns over the extreme weather
Gandhi was sentenced to prison in March in case that critics flagged as effort to stifle political opposition in world's largest democracy
Incoming government will usher in crop of young ministers, with some taking posts vacated by their fathers
Around 7,000 hectares were destroyed in a district in the center of the country but official said potential risk from blaze could be as high as "more than 20,000 hectares"
Hun Manet to become the country's new leader after his father calls time on nearly four decades of hard-line rule
Hardware and other gear is to support of anti-’terrorism’ efforts and border protection, the oil-rich Gulf state said on Sunday
The officers were securing the planned demolition of ‘unauthorized buildings’ in southwest Tehran, ISNA news agency reported
Former officials accused of facilitating theft of $2.5 billion in public funds in one of Iraq's biggest-ever corruption cases
Lawyers and politicians are lining up to urge that cameras be allowed inside the courtroom, particularly when a one-time reality TV star faces a jury on charges that he tried to overturn the 2020 presidential election
The attacks targeted regime positions in Latakia province, said the London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which relies on a vast network of sources on the ground
Court also sentences seven others to 'life imprisonment with hard labour,' which in Gaza amounts to 25 years, ministry says
The event was to be a test for next year’s Summer Olympics, but Games organizers say the waterway will be better prepared in 2024
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