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At least 33 killed in Pakistan election violence
At least 33 people have been killed across Pakistan following a series of violence and bombings on the day of the country’s general elections.
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At least 50 killed in suicide attacks in southern Syria
At least 50 people have been killed in a wave of suicide bombings and gun attacks in southern Syria, while some reports putting the death toll as high as more than 100 dead.
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Wildfires kill 49 people in Greece’s Attica region
At least 49 people have been killed by wildfires in the eastern part of Greece’s Attica region, near the city of Athens – the country’s worst fire crisis in more than a decade.
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‘Hundreds missing’ after flash floods following Laos dam collapse
Hundreds of people are reportedly missing after flash floods hit a number of villages, following the collapse of an under-construction dam in southeastern Laos.
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Japan declares current heatwave natural disaster, 65 dead
Japan has declared the current heatwave sweeping the country as a natural disaster, as the death toll continues to rise – currently sitting at 65 deaths in the past week.
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Canada junior hockey team bus crash kills 14
Police in Canada have confirmed that 14 people were killed when a lorry and a bus carrying a junior ice hockey team collided on Friday evening.
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Fire kills 53 people at Russia shopping centre
At least 53 people have died in a fire that tore through a shopping and entertainment complex in the Siberian coal-mining city of Kemerovo.
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Gunman takes hostages at supermarket in Trèbes, France, one dead
A gunman, claiming to be a member of Islamic State, has taken at least one person hostage in a supermarket in Trèbes, in the south of France.
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Thirty-eight killed in Ethiopia bus crash
At least 38 people have died in Ethiopia after the bus they were travelling in plunged off a cliff, officials say.
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Russia military plane crash ‘kills 32’
A Russian transport plane has crashed in Syria killing all 26 passengers and six crew members believed to have been on board, the defence ministry says.
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