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JALALABAD (AP): The United Nations warned of an exponential rise in casualties from a major earthquake in eastern Afghanistan, as the Taliban said the death toll passed 1,400 on Tuesday, with more than 3,000 people injured. The figures provided...

LIMA, (AP): An Indonesian diplomat was shot dead in Peru’s capital as he arrived on a bicycle to his apartment building, the police said on Tuesday. Zetro Leonardo Purba, 40, who was attached to the Indonesian Embassy in Lima, was shot three times...

TIANJIN (AP): Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin met on the sidelines of a regional summit in China on Monday in a show of deepening ties when New Delhi’s relations with Washington are strained over the...

KABUL (AP): Desperate Afghans clawed through rubble in search of missing loved ones after a strong earthquake killed some 800 people and injured more than 2,500 in eastern Afghanistan, according to figures provided Monday by the Taliban government...

LAHORE (AP): Pakistan’s eastern Punjab province is dealing with the biggest flood in its history, a senior official said Sunday, as water levels of rivers rise to all-time highs. Global warming has worsened monsoon rains this year in Pakistan, one...

VATICAN CITY (AP): Pope Leo XIV, on Sunday, called for an end to the “pandemic of arms, large and small”, as he prayed publicly for the victims of a shooting during a Catholic school Mass in the United States. History’s first US pope spoke in...

WASHINGTON (AP): The United States is boosting its maritime force in the waters off Venezuela to combat threats from Latin American drug cartels with the expected arrival of more vessels next week, an action that will undoubtedly fuel more...

ST JOHN’S (CMC): Venezuela’s Foreign Affairs Minister, Yvan Gil has held talks with Prime Minister Gaston Browne, as Caracas seeks support from regional countries following the decision of the United States to increase its military presence near...

BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand's Constitutional Court on Friday dismissed Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra, ruling that she violated ethics rules in a phone call with a high-ranking Cambodian official. The decision ends the term of the nation's...

ROME (AP): An internet site which showed photos of thousands of Italian women without their consent and attracted obscene and explicit comments was forced to shut down on Thursday after a backlash. The site, which featured prominent women,...