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Bangladesh identifies 20 suspects in the attack on its central bank

QUEZON City, Philippines - With the help of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Criminal Investigation Department of the Bangladesh…

China air pollution shifts west in first quarter: Greenpeace

BEIJING,China (AFP) -- Air pollution in western China jumped in the first three months of 2016, a Greenpeace report showed…

UNESCO launches new project to rehabilitate Kathmandu Valley

UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova held a news conference in Nepal's capital Kathmandu on Tuesday (April 19) after a two-day visit…

Ecuador quake: 480 confirmed dead, but 1,700 more missing

QUITO, Ecuador (AFP) -- Some 1,700 people are still missing three days after a big earthquake struck Ecuador, an official…

Magnitude 5.5 quake hits southern Japan

(Reuters) An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.5 hit Kumamoto prefecture in southern Japan on Tuesday, broadcaster NHK said.…

Rescuers pull survivor from rubble of deadly Ecuador quake

Rescuers and desperate families clawed through rubble, pulling out survivors two days after an earthquake that killed at least 413…

Japan battles to care for 100,000 evacuees after quake

by Harumi OZAWA MINAMI-ASO, Japan (AFP) -- Japan on Monday enlisted US help to airlift supplies to some of the…

Carter says US to deploy more forces to back Iraq’s anti-IS war

BAGHDAD,Iraq (AFP) - The United States will deploy additional forces to Iraq and make Apache attack helicopters available to support…

Bangladesh acquires lead regarding hackers

QUEZON City, Philippines - According to the Bangladesh Ambassador to the Philippines, the Bangladeshi government now has a lead regarding…

Victims speak of trauma after Ecuador earthquake

ECUADOR (AFP) -- As rescuers continue to search for survivors of a powerful earthquake that killed 272 people, victims of…

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