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Monsoon rains kill 199 in Pakistan

Landslides and flash floods triggered by heavy monsoon rains across northern Pakistan have killed at least 199 people in the past 24 hours, national and local officials said on Friday.

Rescuers recover bodies from debris as monsoon rains kill at least 320 people in northern Pakistan

Rescuers were struggling to retrieve bodies from debris after flash floods triggered by heavy monsoon rains across northern Pakistan killed at least 321 people in the past 48 hours, authorities

The Elders’ leaders term Gaza situation ‘genocide’

The Elders group of international stateswomen and statesmen for the first time on Tuesday called the situation in Gaza an ‘unfolding genocide’, saying that Israel’s obstruction of aid was causing

Gazans mourn Al Jazeera staff killed by Israel

Gazans gathered on Monday for the funeral of five Al Jazeera staff members and a sixth reporter killed in an Israeli strike, with Israel calling one of them a ‘terrorist’

Spanish firefighters struggle to contain blaze at Roman-era site

Firefighters in northwestern Spain struggled on Monday to contain a wildfire that damaged a Roman-era mining site and forced hundreds of residents to evacuate. The firefighting effort faced ‘many difficulties’

Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi detained

Delhi Police detained senior opposition MPs, including the Congress’ Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, and Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut, on Monday morning as their protests over the

Israel’s Gaza plan risks another calamity: UN

A UN official on Sunday warned the Security Council that Israel’s plans to control Gaza City risked ‘another calamity’ with far-reaching consequences as Benjamin Netanyahu insisted his goal was not

Blast at Hezbollah site kills 6 Lebanese troops

Lebanon’s army said a blast at a weapons depot near the Israeli border on Saturday killed six soldiers as a military source said troops were removing munitions from a Hezbollah