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Thai police question Uighur trio over Ba...

Thai police question Uighur trio over Bangkok blast

Bangkok: Thai police on Friday said three Uighur Muslims, among dozens detained in the kingdom for illegal entry last year, have been questioned over the deadly Bangkok bombing. Eleven days on from the bombing at Erawan shrine, which killed 20 people and wounded scores more, authorities are hunting... read more »

North Korea’s Kim Jong Un Says Nuc...

North Korea’s Kim Jong Un Says Nuclear Might Sealed Deal With South

POCHEON, South Korea — Nuclear weapons secured the deal with South Korea and ended a dangerous military standoff, according to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. Putting his own spin on the accord reached Monday after marathon all-night talks, the pact “was by no means something achieved on... read more »

Austria Now Says 71 Bodies Thought to Be...

Austria Now Says 71 Bodies Thought to Be of Migrants Were in Truck

VIENNA — The legions of desperate migrants fleeing war and mayhem in the Middle East and Africa have long known they were risking harm from unscrupulous smugglers and death at sea to reach the safety of Europe. But it has became shockingly clear that they now face the same dangers within... read more »

Kim Jong Un at it again: N Korea dismiss...

Kim Jong Un at it again: N Korea dismisses top officials

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has dismissed top officials after a recent standoff with South Korea, state media reported on Friday, a move that suggests the young leader holds them responsible for allowing the confrontation to nearly spin out of control. The rival Koreas earlier this week... read more »

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At least 18 killed in blast at Pakistan market

ISLAMABAD — At least 18 persons were killed and over 50 injured in an early morning blast here on Wednesday in a fruits and vegetables market, police and doctors said. The blast was said to be... read more »

Pakistan to work with new Afghan govt for peace: P...

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif while felicitating the people of Afghanistan on the successful presidential and provincial council polls said... read more »

5.3-magnitude earthquake hits southwest China

Beijing – At least three people were injured and several houses damaged after a 5.3-magnitude quake jolted a town in southwest China early today,... read more »

Musharraf survives assassination bomb attempt: Police A...

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s former military ruler Pervez Musharraf, who is on trial for treason, narrowly escaped an assassination attempt as a bomb went off... read more »

Pakistan’s Musharraf charged with high treason

A court in Pakistan has charged former military ruler Pervez Musharraf with treason, the first army chief to face such a prosecution. Mr Musharraf is accused... read more »

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Two Turkish police killed in gun attack blamed on PKK: reports

ISTANBUL: Two Turkish police were killed Friday in a gun attack on police headquarters in the southern region of Adana blamed on Kurdish militants, the official Anatolia news agency... read more »

Mexico: Death toll 27 after truck hits religious procession

MEXICO CITY: The death toll rose to 27 on Thursday and authorities listed 149 others as injured after a truck lost control and slammed into a religious procession in a central Mexico... read more »

Taliban confirm Mullah Omar’s death, name new leader

confirmed the death of longtime leader Mullah Mohammad Omar and appointed his successor Thursday, as a new round of peace talks was indefinitely postponed amid concerns over how committed... read more »

MH370 search: Malaysian experts on way to island to study plane debris – as it happe...

The loss of communication and bizarre flight path of MH370 led a US intelligence assesment and many aviation experts to speculate that the plane was deliberately steered off... read more »

Mullah Omar died two years ago: Pak tells Afghanistan

The death of Mullah Mohammad Omar, the supreme leader of the Afghan Taliban, has been confirmed by authorities in Pakistan who have shared the information with Afghan government officials, according... read more »