Truce holds in Libya after clashes kill 55

Tripoli, Aug 16 (AFP/APP): Tripoli’s worst armed clashes in a year have killed 55 people and wounded 146, Libyan media reported Wednesday, after a truce took hold in the capital and air traffic resumed. Fighting raged from Monday night into Tuesday between the influential 444 […]

35 dead after blast at Russian fuel station

Moscow, Aug 15 (AFP/APP): At least 35 people were killed in an explosion that created a huge fire ball at a fuel station in Russia’s remote Caucasus republic of Dagestan, spurring condolences from President Vladimir Putin. Images distributed by the emergencies ministry showed burnt-out cars […]

55 killed in Bangladesh floods in August: officials

Chittagong, Bangladesh, Aug 13 (AFP/APP): At least 55 people have been killed and more than a million affected by two weeks of torrential rains causing floods and landslides in southeast Bangladesh, officials said Sunday. Administrators of four of the worst-hit districts said floods and landslides […]

Death toll from U.S. Hawaii wildfire rises to 67

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 12 (Xinhua/APP):– The death toll from wildfires burning in the U.S. state of Hawaii’s Maui jumped to 67, Maui County officials said Friday. As firefighting efforts continue, 12 additional fatalities have been confirmed as of Friday afternoon amid the active Lahaina fire, […]

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