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COX'S BAZAR, BANGLADESH: At least 12 people died and scores were missing Monday after a boat packed with Rohingya refugees -- many of them children -- capsized, the latest tragedy to strike those fleeing violence in Myanmar´s Rakhine state. Coast guard and border guard officials said the boat was overloaded...

Hurricane Nate weakened to a tropical depression on Sunday after coming ashore in Mississippi, flooding roads and buildings but sparing the state from catastrophic damages. Maximum sustained winds from Nate, the fourth major storm to hit the United States in less than two months, dropped to 35 miles (55 km...

SYDNEY: A strong 6.1-magnitude earthquake struck off the Pacific nation of Tonga Monday, US seismologists said, but no tsunami warning was issued. The US Geological Survey (USGS) said the quake was shallow, striking 154 kilometres (95 miles) northwest of the village of Pangai, the administrative capital of the Ha'apai group...

ISLAMABAD: In a bid to ease tensions that got worse following US President Donald Trump’s tirade against Pakistan, the United States and Pakistan are sending two top envoys, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal, to each other’s capitals. Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal is all set to visit...

CIUDAD JUÁREZ: A federal intelligence agent and his mother was killed when assailants opened fire on their car in northern Mexico, an attack that came hours after a mayor in western Michoacan state was gunned down outside his home, officials said. While the killers in the Friday shootings escaped, both...

LONDON: British police said they had arrested a woman who was trying to scale the front gates of Queen Elizabeth’s Buckingham Palace home in central London on Saturday, saying the incident was not terrorism-related. “The woman, believed to be in her 30s, was quickly detained by officers before she gained...

Police in Catalonia have sealed off 1,300 polling stations in the region as authorities move to stop an independence referendum which has been banned by Madrid from taking place, the central government said Saturday. "Of the 2,315 polling stations... 1,300 have been sealed off by the Mossos d'Esquadra," the Catalan...

Edmonton police update Canadians to be vigilant, but called for calm and unity in the wake of a terrorist attack in Edmonton that injured five and led to the arrest of a 30-year-old suspect who had previously been investigated for espousing extremist views. 'Lone wolf' suspected in Canada terror attack...

INDIA : The Alwar police on Saturday arrested 70 years old guru / godman Kaushlendra Falahari Baba for allegedly raping a 21-year-old girl. He had admitted himself into a private hospital to evade arrest.   Falahari Baba The victim, who hails from Chhattisgarh, has accused the 70-year-old baba of raping her at...

A powerful earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 8.0 struck off the southern coast of Mexico early Friday prompting potential tsunami threats along the entire southern coast of Central America. An 8.1 magnitude earthquake with the "potential of causing a tsunami" has hit off the coast of Mexico. The quake...

Hurricane Irma, one of the most forceful Atlantic storms of the century, churned across the ocean on Tuesday on a collision course with Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, bearing down on the northern Caribbean with a devastating mix of fierce winds, surf and rain. The eye of Irma, a...

Hurricane Harvey has strengthened to a Category 4 storm, as Texas is bracing for impact later Friday evening. The storm, which has maximum sustained winds of 130 mph with even stronger gusts, is expected to be the worst to hit the state in decades. The last Category 4 storm to...