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FILE: An Indian Air Force AN-32 transport aircraft carrying security personnel takes-off from the technical airport in Jammu February 9, 2008. Photo: Reuters

5 killed when Indian Air Force transport aircraft crashes in Assam

Five Indian Air Force personnel were killed when a transport aircraft crashed during a routine training flight in the northeastern state of Assam, officials said Saturday.

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FILE - Health workers wearing protective suits tend to an Ebola victim kept in an isolation tent in Beni, Congo, July 13, 2019. Photo: AP

A new Ebola outbreak is confirmed in a remote Congo province, with 65 deaths recorded

Africa’s top public health body on Friday confirmed a new Ebola outbreak in Congo’s remote Ituri province, with 246 suspected cases and 65 deaths recorded so far.

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In this photo released by the Indonesian National Search and Rescue Agency (BASARNAS) on Friday, April 17, 2026, rescuers inspect the wreckage of a helicopter that crashed in Sekadau, West Kalimantan, Indonesia. Photo: BASARNAS via AP

Helicopter crash on Indonesia's Borneo island kills 8

A helicopter flying between palm oil plantations on Borneo Island crashed, killing the eight people on board, Indonesian officials said Friday.

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Paramilitary soldiers take positions at the U.S. Consulate after protesters stormed the building in Karachi, Pakistan, Sunday, March 1, 2026. Photo: AP

At least 9 killed as protesters storm US Consulate in Pakistan over killing of Iran's supreme leader

At least nine people were killed and about two dozen were wounded in violent clashes with police and paramilitary forces Sunday after hundreds of protesters stormed the U.S. Consulate in the Pakistani port city of Karachi, authorities said.

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Firefighters try to control a massive fire that was broke out in a multi-story shopping mall in overnight, in Karachi, Pakistan, Sunday, Jan. 18, 2026. Photo: AP

Death toll in Karachi shopping plaza fire rises to 10 as search continues for dozens missing

The death toll from a massive fire at a shopping plaza in Pakistan’s largest city, Karachi, rose to at least 10 after rescuers recovered four more bodies from the badly damaged building during an overnight search for dozens of people reported missing, officials said Monday.

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NRNA Thailand, Nepal Embassy distribute flood relief to hard-hit communities in Songkhla

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'Lovebugs' return in swarms to South Korea and blanket a mountain peak

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A week of heavy rains and floods across Pakistan kills 46 people including 13 family...

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China's Xi warns Trump that differences over Taiwan could lead to conflict

China’s Xi Jinping warned President Donald Trump on Thursday that the two countries could clash over Taiwan if the issue was not handled properly, an unusually harsh admonition that stood in contrast to the American leader’s praise for his counterpart.

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File - Indian soldiers take are seen outside an army camp at Nagrota, in the outskirts of Jammu, India, Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2016. Photo: AP

Operation Sindoor: A symbol of India's strong resolve to protect its citizens

A year ago on 7th May 2025, India launched Operation Sindoor in response to the dastardly terrorist attack in Pahalgam where 26 civilians including a Nepali citizen Sudip Neupane were murdered.

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This photo released by Xinhua News Agency, this aerial drone photo taken May 5, 2026 shows rescuers working on site after an explosion at a fireworks plant in Guandu Town of Liuyang, central China's Hunan Province. Photo: Chen Sihan/Xinhua via AP

An explosion at a fireworks plant in China kills at least 26 people and injures dozens of others

An explosion at a fireworks plant in a central Chinese province killed at least 26 people and injured 61 others, state media reported Tuesday, prompting the halting of all firework manufacturing near the site.

FILE - In this June 15, 2010 file photo, a rat wanders the subway tracks at Union Square in New York. Photo: AP

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Iranian Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi hospitalized after a health crisis in prison

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Nepal Police has formed a six-member committee to investigate Friday’s fatal bus accident in Kavrepalanchok that claimed eight lives and injured 16 others.

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Revelers take part in a Pride Parade celebrating the LGBTIQA (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, queer, and asexual) community in Kathmandu, Nepal, on Saturday, June 13, 2026. Photo: Skanda Gautam/THT

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