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Cambodia shut its border crossings with Thailand on Saturday, after Bangkok denied US President Donald Trump’s claim that a truce had been agreed to end days of deadly fighting. Violence between the Southeast Asian neighbors, which stems from a long-running dispute over the colonial-era demarcation of their 800-kilometer (500-mile)
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Bulgaria’s president will start consultations with parliamentary groups next week on forming a new cabinet following the collapse of the government in nationwide anti-corruption protests. Rosen Zhelyazkov’s minority government had survived six no-confidence votes since it was appointed in January, only to be toppled in the street protests
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Spanish police on Saturday said they had thwarted a criminal gang that flew helicopters to smuggle hashish into the country from Morocco, in a rare operation against aerial drug trafficking. The helicopters were capable of transporting between 500 and 900 kilograms of drugs, which were stored in rural estates and
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At least two people were killed in a drone attack in Russia’s southwestern Saratov region and parts of Ukraine went without power following targeted assaults on energy infrastructure, local authorities said Saturday, as US-led peace talks on ending the war press on. The drone attack damaged a residential building
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Devastating floods and landslides have killed more than 1,000 people in Indonesia, rescuers said Saturday as the Southeast Asian nation grapples with relief efforts. The disaster, which has hit the northwestern island of Sumatra over the past fortnight, has killed 1,003 people, while 218 remain missing, the National
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South Sudan has sent its troops to neighboring Sudan to guard the strategic Heglig oil field near the border, its military head said on Thursday, days after the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) took control of it. Heglig houses the main processing facility for South Sudanese oil, which makes up
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The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on Thursday called for an investigation into an air strike on a hospital in Myanmar that killed at least 30 people, including patients. Volker Turk said such attacks may amount to a war crime. More than 70 people were also injured in
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What caused an Air India Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner to crash, killing 260 people? Six months on, investigators have yet to provide clear answers, fueling disputes between pilots, the airline and the manufacturer. As required by international law, India’s Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) published a preliminary report one month
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Thailand’s Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul announced on Thursday that he is “returning power to the people,” moving to dissolve parliament and clear the way for elections earlier than previously anticipated. Government spokesperson Siripong Angkasakulkiat told Reuters the move followed a disagreement with the largest grouping in parliament, the opposition
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The oil tanker was navigating near the coast of Guyana recently when its location transponder showed it starting to zigzag. It was a seemingly improbable maneuver and the latest digital clue that the ship, the Skipper, was trying to obscure its whereabouts and the valuable cargo stored inside its hull:
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King Charles III, who is battling cancer, will give an update on his health in a video address on Friday, Britain’s PA news agency reported. Charles, 77, announced last year that he had been diagnosed with an undisclosed type of cancer. His pre-recorded message will be broadcast at 8:
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The US Treasury imposed new sanctions Thursday against three of Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro’s relatives as well as six companies shipping the South American country’s oil. The move came as the White House said it will bring an oil tanker seized by American forces off the Venezuelan coast
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The leaders of Russia, Turkiye and Iran meet Friday in Turkmenistan, an isolated Central Asian state which is marking 30 years of official neutrality with a rare international summit. The principle of “permanent neutrality” is at the heart of the former Soviet republic’s foreign policy — a doctrine that has
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Days of torrential rain in Washington state has caused historic floods that have stranded families on rooftops, washed over bridges and ripped at least two homes from their foundations, and experts warned that even more flooding expected Friday could be catastrophic. Washington is under a state of emergency and evacuation
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US President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order on artificial intelligence that will attempt to preempt a growing number of state laws governing the technology with a national standard. “We want to have one central source of approval,” Trump told reporters, flanked by top advisers, including Treasury Secretary
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Debris from a Ukrainian drone hit an apartment block northwest of Moscow, injuring seven people as it set off a fire, Russian authorities said Friday. The night-time attack at Tver, some 180 kilometers from the Russian capital, came amid a heightened drone campaign by Ukraine as peace efforts drag on.