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Powerful quake kills 21 people in eastern Turkey

Shawdesh Desk: A powerful earthquake has killed at least 21 people and injured more than 1,000 in eastern Turkey, as rescue teams searched through the rubble of collapsed buildings for

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Top UN court orders Myanmar to prevent Rohingya genocide

Shawdesh Desk: The UN’s top court told Myanmar on Thursday to take urgent steps to prevent the alleged genocide of the Buddhist nation’s minority Rohingya Muslims. The order was the

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Wuhan coronavirus death toll rises to 17

Shawdesh Desk: The death toll from the Wuhan coronavirus has risen to 17, as dozens more cases were reported across China and as far afield as the western United States,

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Yemen war: Death toll in attack on military base rises to 111

Shawdesh Desk: The death toll from Saturday’s missile attack on a military training camp in Yemen has risen to at least 111, the country’s government has said. The missile struck

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Sri Lanka civil war: Rajapaksa says thousands missing are dead

Shawdesh Desk: Sri Lanka’s president has acknowledged for the first time that more than 20,000 people who disappeared during the country’s civil war are dead. Gotabaya Rajapaksa made the remark

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Seven killed, three missing in Indonesia bridge collapse

Seven people drowned and three others are missing after a bridge collapsed on Indonesia’s Sumatra island, the disaster agency said Monday. Some 30 people, mostly students, were on the bridge

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New video shows Ukrainian plane struck by two Iranian missiles

Shawdesh Desk: New video footage has emerged showing two Iranian missiles tearing through the night sky and hitting a Ukrainian passenger plane, sending the aircraft down in flames and killing

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European powers accuse Iran of breaking nuclear deal

Shawdesh Desk: European powers have triggered a formal dispute mechanism over Iran’s breaches of key parts of the 2015 nuclear deal – a move that could spell its end. Iran

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