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The bodies of at least five Rohingya refugees have been recovered off Indonesia's westernmost coast after their boat believed to be carrying around 150 people capsized last week, United Nations officials said Monday. The mostly Muslim ethnic Rohingya are heavily persecuted in Myanmar, and thousands risk their lives each year on long and expensive sea…
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At least 13 people were killed in the southern Philippines on Monday after a collision between a dump truck loaded with sand and a passenger van, local authorities said.
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Japan and the United States are discussing ways to boost military cooperation, Tokyo's top government spokesman said Monday, after reports said US operations in the country could be strengthened to counter China.
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Mexico's president said in an interview broadcast Sunday that Republican Donald Trump's mantra that the US-Mexico border should be walled off is a nonstarter, reiterating his view that only huge US foreign policy changes will stem illegal migration.
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Rescuers in boats and aircraft raced against the clock Sunday to help isolated people in Brazil's mountainous southeast after storms and heavy rains left at least 25 people dead in two states.
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At least five people were killed and an estimated 1,000 homes destroyed when a magnitude 6.9 earthquake rocked flood-stricken northern Papua New Guinea, officials said Monday as disaster crews poured into the region.
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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's powerful sister said Monday that Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has requested a summit with her brother, adding a meeting was unlikely without a policy shift by Tokyo.
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Four men accused of involvement in a massacre at a Moscow concert hall that killed 137 people were remanded in custody Sunday, as Russia observed a national day of mourning following the attack claimed by the Islamic State.
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Donald Trump faces twin legal crises on Monday in New York, where he could see the possible seizure of his storied properties over a massive fine as he separately fights to delay a criminal trial even further.
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Kyiv's mayor said seven people including a teenage girl were wounded on Monday after Ukrainian air defence systems downed two Russian ballistic missiles over the capital, sending metal debris crashing to the ground.
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The first two suspects in the deadly Moscow concert hall attack appeared in a Russian court late Sunday to face terrorism charges, state news agencies reported.
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France will provide special flights for its "most vulnerable" citizens to leave Haiti, the French foreign ministry said Sunday, after air links with Port-au-Prince were cut during political chaos.