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Dozens dead in Vietnam after Ha Long Bay tourist ferry sinks

HALONG BAY, Vietnam: Rescuers searched desperately Sunday for five people still missing after at least… Read More

Los Angeles: Car rams Hollywood crowd, injuring 28

Los Angeles: An "unknown vehicle" drove into a crowd in Hollywood in the early hours… Read More

Trump diagnosed with ‘chronic venous insufficiency’

US President Donald Trump has been diagnosed with a common, benign vein condition, the White… Read More

UK to lower voting age to 16 in general elections

LONDON: The British government said Thursday it plans to allow 16- and 17-year-olds to vote… Read More

Russia hands Ukraine bodies of 1,000 soldiers

MOSCOW: Russia gave Ukraine the bodies of 1,000 soldiers on Thursday as part of an… Read More

South Korean region hit by most rainfall in 120 years

SEOUL: Parts of South Korea were battered by torrential rains Thursday, with one region pummeled… Read More

50 dead and injured in Iraq shopping mall fire: governor

BAGHDAD: Around 50 people were killed and injured in a fire that swept through a… Read More

Syria says pulling troops from Druze heartland after US request

DAMASCUS: Syria announced that its army had begun to withdraw from violence-hit Sweida on Wednesday,… Read More

Earthquake strikes off Alaska, triggering tsunami advisory

A 7.3-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Alaska on Wednesday, the US Geological Survey… Read More

Gaza aid point crush kills 20 people

A crush at an aid centre in southern Gaza killed at least 20 people on… Read More