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Nov 27, 20246 min read
In world's largest refugee camps, Rohingya mobilise to fight in Myanmar
COX'S BAZAR, Bangladesh - One day in July, Rafiq slipped out of the world's largest refugee settlement in southern Bangladesh and crossed...
Nov 27, 20244 min read
DHL plane crash in Lithuania leaves authorities searching for answers
VILNIUS - A DHL cargo plane crashed as it came in to land at Lithuania's Vilnius airport on Monday morning, killing one person in what...
Nov 27, 20243 min read
Rustic islanders off glitzy Singapore face uncertain future
SINGAPORE - People in wealthy Singapore have taken for granted comforts such as electricity and air-conditioning for decades, but a...
Nov 27, 20243 min read
Judge tosses Trump 2020 election case after prosecutors' request
WASHINGTON - A U.S. judge on Monday dismissed the federal criminal case accusing Donald Trump of attempting to overturn his 2020 election...
Nov 27, 20242 min read
Peru's small miners block highways, camp outside Congress demanding registry extension
LIMA - Thousands of small-scale miners in Peru blocked roads and camped outside Congress on Monday to demand extension of a program that...
Nov 27, 20243 min read
Rainstorms flood tents of Gaza's displaced as Israel steps up strikes
CAIRO/GAZA - Heavy rains flooded tent encampments of displaced Palestinians across the Gaza Strip on Monday, adding seasonal winter...
Nov 27, 20241 min read
Indonesia province resumes search for 7 missing after landslide and floods kill 15
JAKARTA - Indonesian rescuers are searching for 7 people still missing four days after torrential rain hit North Sumatra province,...
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Top Hong Kong court backs housing rights for gay couples
HONG KONG - Hong Kong's top court on Tuesday upheld three earlier rulings that favoured granting public housing and inheritance rights to...
Nov 27, 20242 min read
Major food aid 'scale-up' underway to famine-hit Sudan, WFP says
GENEVA - More than 700 trucks are on their way to famine-stricken areas of Sudan as part of a major scale-up after clearance came through...
Nov 27, 20243 min read
Prospect of Lebanon ceasefire leaves Gazans feeling abandoned
CAIRO - The prospect of a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Lebanon's Hezbollah without a similar deal with Hamas in Gaza has left...
Nov 27, 20242 min read
Jordan airdrops aid to northern Gaza for first time in five months, official source
AMMAN - Jordanian military planes dropped aid to northern Gaza on Tuesday for the first time in five months to help relieve the dire...
Nov 27, 20243 min read
Canada's Trudeau urges unity on US tariff threat, some provinces nervous
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Tuesday said Canada must stay united against a threat by Donald Trump to impose tariffs but two...
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