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19 dead, 1,000 injured in fresh Nepal quake
At least 19 people were killed in Nepal and 981 injured in an earthquake on Tuesday, home ministry official Laxmi Prasad Dhakal said, giving a first national estimate.
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Indonesia turns away migrant boat
Indonesia has turned away a boat carrying hundreds of migrants believed to be from Myanmar and Bangladesh.
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EU asks UN for help with migrant crisis
Migrants intercepted at sea will not "be sent back against their will", the European Union's foreign policy chief has told the UN Security Council, in the context of a proposed EU maritime operation against the growing wave of mi…
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Picasso’s work smashes auction records
Picasso`s Women of Algiers has become the most expensive painting to sell at auction, going for $179.3m (£115m) at Christie`s in New York.
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KSA sends tanks to Yemen border
Saudi Arabia is sending a ‘strike force’ to its border with Yemen, Saudi-owned media reported on Monday, hours after the kingdom’s forces and Houthi rebels in Yemen traded heavy artillery fire.
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‘Europe’s first priority is to save migrant lives’
Europe’s first priority in confronting the Mediterranean migrant crisis is to save lives.
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Hollande in Cuba on historic visit
Francois Hollande arrived in Havana late on Sunday, the first French president to visit Cuba in more than a century, cementing Paris’ lead in the EU rapprochement with the communist island.
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‘Don’t be afraid to make unpopular decisions’
A government must not be afraid to make unpopular decisions if it benefits the country in the long run.
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Jayalalithaa acquitted in DA case
The Karnataka high court acquitted on Monday former Tamil Nadu chief minister and AIADMK supremo J Jayalalithaa in a corruption case, clearing the decks for her return to the state's top job.
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Bangladeshis among 400 rescued in Indonesia
A second boat carrying hundreds of migrants, including Bangladesh and Myanmar nationals, were rescued off Indonesia's far west coast, an official said on Monday.
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Typhoon Noul hits the Philippines
A powerful typhoon has hit the north-east Philippines, in Cagayan province, killing two people and cutting electricity supplies to many parts of the region.
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EU refugee quotas to be proposed
The European Commission will make the controversial proposal that EU member countries should take in refugees under an EU quota scheme.