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March 13, 2017 5:46 AM

Haiti: Bus runs into crowd, killing at least 34 people and injuring 17

In Haiti, a bus plowed into people taking part in an early morning street festival killing at least 34 people and injuring 17.<br/><br/>Rescue officials said that the accident occurred around yesterday in the city of Gonaives when a passenger bus first hit two people at a bus stop and th...

March 13, 2017 5:44 AM

AIADMK MLA Arunkumar joins Panneerselvam rebel camp

AIADMK Coimbatore North MLA PRG Arunkumar today called on dissident leader O Panneerselvam in Chennai and joined hands with the rebel camp, taking the number of legislators supporting it to 12. <br/>&apos;<br/>The MLA had quietly moved out of Koovathur resort last month, where those supp...

March 13, 2017 5:43 AM

Palestinian President says Donald Trump committed to Mideast peace

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas says US President Donald Trump has assured him of his commitment to Israeli-Palestinian peace efforts. <br/><br/>Abbas today spoke about what he described as a constructive phone call with Trump two days earlier. The official Palestinian news agency WA...

March 13, 2017 5:41 AM

Death toll rises to 40 in Guatemala fire

In Guatemala, the death toll in a horrific fire at a government-run children's shelter in San Jose Pinula, a village just east of the capital, has climbed to 40. <br/><br/>The fire broke out in the girls' living quarters of the walled facility, killing 19 immediately. Others di...

March 13, 2017 5:40 AM

Britain plans for all options as Brexit nears

Britain is drawing up contingency plans in case its Brexit negotiations with the EU fail. Brexit minister David Davis said this today as speculation mounted that the withdrawal process could start this week. <br/><br/>He was speaking after MPs warned that ministers must prepare for the p...

March 13, 2017 5:40 AM

Pakistan set to conduct first national census in 19 years

Pakistan is set to conduct its first national census in 19 years for which it will deploy nearly 200,000 troops.<br/><br/>Army spokesman Major General Asif Ghafoor and Minister of State for Information Marriyum Aurangzeb addressed a joint conference about preparation for the sixth census...

March 13, 2017 5:39 AM

Iraqi forces trap Islamic State fighters in Mosul

Iraqi forces battling to retake Mosul have cut the last road out of the city, trapping Islamic State group fighters inside. The US envoy to the anti-IS coalition said this today.&apos;<br/><br/>Brett McGurk told journalists in Baghdad that any of the fighters who are left in Mosul, they&...

March 13, 2017 5:38 AM

Ethiopia: 46 killed, dozens missing in garbage dump landslide

A mountain of trash gave way in a massive garbage dump on the outskirts of Ethiopia's capital today, killing at least 46 people and leaving several dozen missing. <br/><br/>Addis Ababa city spokeswoman said most of the 46 dead were women and children, and more bodies were expected t...

March 12, 2017 7:25 PM

Landslide at Ethiopia garbage dump kills at least 24

At least 24 people were killed and 28 others injured in a giant landslide of garbage inside a trash dump on the outskirts of the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa.<br/><br/>The head of the city communications bureau said, the landslide late yesterday levelled more than 30 makeshift homes of ...

March 12, 2017 4:52 PM

Toll in Damascus bombings jumps to 74 dead

The toll from twin bombings targeting Shia pilgrims in Syria's capital, Damascus has risen to 74 dead. According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, among the victims of yesterday's blasts were 43 Iraqi pilgrims. The pilgrims had come to Damascus to visit shrines in famed Old City....

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