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Former Malaysian PM Najib arrested over huge graft probe

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KUALA LUMPUR –Former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak was arrested by anti-corruption investigators Tuesday, officials said, the latest dramatic development in a widening graft probe that has engulfed the ex-leader. ...

UN chief appeals for more aid for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh

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UNITED NATIONS –UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday stepped up the UN appeal for aid for nearly one million Myanmar Rohingya in Bangladesh. Saying funding for the one-billion-U.S.-dollar...

Bridge collapses in India's Mumbai

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NEW DELHI –A road overbridge collapsed due to heavy rains in India's financial capital Mumbai Tuesday morning, police said. "Part of Gokhale Bridge connecting Andheri East to West...

Death toll in India's Assam flooding rises to 32

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NEW DELHI – The death toll in ongoing floods in India's northeastern state of Assam has risen to 32, officials said Monday. According to officials the flood scenario...

Afghan air raids kill 24 insurgents in northern Faryab province

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MAIMANA, Afghanistan –Up to two dozen militants were killed after government forces' helicopter gunships targeted a Taliban gathering in Pashtun Kot district of Afghanistan's northern Faryab province on Sunday, an...

Japan chemical plant explosion kills one

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TOKYO – An explosion at a Japanese chemical plant has killed one person, officials said. At least a dozen people were injured after the incident at the facility in central...

Myanmar court urged to drop case against Reuters pair

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YANGON –A lawyer for two Reuters journalists accused of breaching Myanmar's draconian secrecy law on Monday said the pair were simply doing their job by reporting on a massacre of...

Iranian president flies to Europe to rally support

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TEHRAN –President Hassan Rouhani departed Iran on Monday for a trip to Europe billed as of "prime importance" after the US pulled out of the 2015 nuclear deal between Tehran...

Grief mixed with anger among Afghanistan's minority

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JALALABAD, Afghanistan –Grief mixed with anger among Afghanistan's minority Sikh and Hindu community on Monday as they prepared for funerals of loved ones, including an election candidate, killed in a...

Trump congratulates new leftist Mexico leader

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WASHINGTON –US President Donald Trump on Saturday congratulated Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on his landslide victory in Mexico's presidential vote, saying he looks "very much forward to working" with the...

Protesters clashed with security forces

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TEHRAN –Protesters clashed with security forces in southwestern Iran late Sunday, a day after several demonstrators were injured in nighttime skirmishes over water pollution, Iranian state media reported. ...

5 killed by lightning in eastern India

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NEW DELHI –At least five people have been killed and 12 others injured by lightning strikes in the eastern Indian state of Bihar, officials said Monday. The incident...

44 dead in bus crash in northern India: police

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DEHRADUN, India –At least 44 people were killed in northern India Sunday when a passenger bus crashed into a gorge in the Himalayan state of Uttarakhand, police said. ...

Major plastic bag ban begins in Australian state

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SYDNEY – A ban on single-use plastic bags in Australia's Queensland state came into effect on Sunday, in the latest major effort to reduce the impact of the items on...

Maldives opposition gets new leader, vows to restore democracy

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COLOMBO – The Maldivian opposition have chosen a new candidate to run against strongman President Abdulla Yameen in elections this year and promised to allow dissidents to return from exile...

Assault on Yemen's Hodeida halted as UN pursues talks

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ABU DHABI –The United Arab Emirates on Sunday announced it had halted the offensive it is backing against Huthi rebels in Yemen's port city of Hodeida to give a chance...