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Israel strikes Hamas bases in Gaza after rocket: officials

GAZA CITY, Israel (AFP) -- Israeli airstrikes hit a series of targets in the Hamas-run Gaza Strip overnight Monday, officials…

Worst rainstorm of year flattens 300 houses, affecting 1.62 million people in central China’s Hunan

CHINA (Reuters) - A vehement rainstorm collapsed 367 houses, leaving 90, 000 people homeless in central China's Hunan Province. Started…

Hopes fade in China for 93 missing in landslide

SICHUAN PROVINCE, China (Reuters) - Rescue workers in southwestern China pulled bodies out of piles of rock and mud on…

Hopes dim in search for 93 missing in China landslide

by Becky Davis Agence France Presse Rescuers kept digging through rocks and earth for more than 90 people still missing…

Death toll from Pakistan attacks rises to 57

  PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AFP) -- The death toll from multiple attacks in Pakistan rose to 57, officials said Saturday, a…

Journalist with French TV dies of wounds from Mosul blast

  PARIS, France (AFP) -- Journalist Veronique Robert, wounded in the same landmine blast that killed two colleagues in the…

Five dead, 120 people missing in China landslide

by Ludovic Ehret Agence France Presse At least five people were found dead and over 120 remained missing hours after…

Around 100 people feared buried in China landslide

BEIJING, China (AFP) -- Chinese authorities launched a frantic search for around 100 people feared buried after a landslide smashed…

More than two dozen people killed in multiple Pakistan blasts

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AFP) - Multiple blasts killed at least 26 people and wounded dozens in two Pakistani cities on the…

472 civilians dead in month of US-led Syria strikes: monitor

BEIRUT, Lebanon (AFP) -- US-led coalition air strikes on two Syrian provinces targeting jihadists have killed 472 civilians over the…

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