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Kerala Drowns Again as Monsoon Floods and Landslides Kill 15 and Empty Whole Villages
Kerala Drowns Again as Monsoon Floods and Landslides Kill 15 and Empty Whole Villages Heavy monsoon rains triggered flooding and landslides across the southern Indian state of Kerala over the weekend and into Monday, killing at least 11 people in Kerala and three more in a landslide in neighboring Karnataka, for a combined toll of…
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Trump Gives Iran a “Last Chance” as a Missile Hits a Tanker in the Strait He’s Trying to Reopen
Trump Gives Iran a “Last Chance” as a Missile Hits a Tanker in the Strait He’s Trying to Reopen President Donald Trump said Monday that ongoing talks represent Iran’s “last chance” to sign a deal before facing “decapitation,” days after he called off what he described as the “biggest attack since World War II” against…
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Gaza’s Peacemakers Tell Israel: No Withdrawal Until Hamas Disarms, No Matter Who’s Still Dying
Gaza’s Peacemakers Tell Israel: No Withdrawal Until Hamas Disarms, No Matter Who’s Still Dying Nikolay Mladenov, the Board of Peace’s high representative for Gaza, met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday for “constructive and detailed” talks on the disarmament agreement the board reached with Hamas last week, while pressing Israel to halt its…
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Japan’s Kumamoto Death Toll Hits 34 as Rescuers Race the Clock and Factories Grind to a Halt
Japan’s Kumamoto Death Toll Hits 34 as Rescuers Race the Clock and Factories Grind to a Halt The death toll from Tuesday’s magnitude 7.1 earthquake in southwestern Japan climbed to 34 by Friday, Kumamoto prefecture officials confirmed, as rescue crews continued digging through rubble on the southern island of Kyushu [1, 2]. The quake, centered…
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Israeli Strikes Kill Children in Gaza Even as Ceasefire Talks Claim “Progress” in Cairo
Israeli Strikes Kill Children in Gaza Even as Ceasefire Talks Claim “Progress” in Cairo Israeli strikes across the Gaza Strip killed at least four people, including two children, on Thursday, even as mediators held fresh talks with Hamas in Cairo aimed at fully implementing the U.S.-brokered ceasefire reached last October. Medics said an airstrike on…
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Nine Dead as Thousands Storm Spain’s Ceuta Border in Diplomatic Fallout With Morocco
Nine Dead as Thousands Storm Spain’s Ceuta Border in Diplomatic Fallout With Morocco Spain deployed military forces to its North African exclave of Ceuta on Thursday after thousands of people breached the border fence from Morocco, with local authorities reporting at least nine deaths among those attempting the crossing. More than 1,500 migrants had already…
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Fastest-Growing Ebola Outbreak on Record Collides With Gutted U.S. Aid Budget in Congo
Fastest-Growing Ebola Outbreak on Record Collides With Gutted U.S. Aid Budget in Congo The World Food Programme’s acting director for the Democratic Republic of Congo warned Wednesday that what she called “the fastest growing Ebola crisis ever” is now driving a parallel hunger emergency, with 3,360 confirmed cases and 1,487 deaths recorded, including 50 deaths…
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Iran Fires Missiles at U.S. Base in Jordan, Touching Off Strikes That Kill Dozens in Iraq
Iran Fires Missiles at U.S. Base in Jordan, Touching Off Strikes That Kill Dozens in Iraq Iran’s Revolutionary Guard fired five missiles at Muwaffaq Salti Air Base in Jordan, which hosts American forces, at roughly 1:45 p.m. Gulf Standard Time on Wednesday. Jordan’s air defenses intercepted all five missiles before they reached the base [1,…
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Death Toll in Japan’s Kumamoto Earthquake Climbs Past 30 as Heat and Ruined Utilities Threaten More Lives
Death Toll in Japan’s Kumamoto Earthquake Climbs Past 30 as Heat and Ruined Utilities Threaten More Lives The death toll from Tuesday’s magnitude 7.1 earthquake that struck Kumamoto Prefecture on Japan’s southern island of Kyushu rose to 34 by Thursday, with authorities still working to confirm whether several additional fatalities are quake-related [1]. The shallow…
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Iran Fires Missiles at US Forces Hours After Trump Hosts Netanyahu at the White House
Iran Fires Missiles at US Forces Hours After Trump Hosts Netanyahu at the White House Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps forces launched multiple ballistic missiles from Iran at 5:45 p.m. ET Tuesday in what US Central Command called an attempted surprise attack on American forces in the Middle East. CENTCOM said every missile was intercepted, and…