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Some 160 villagers reported taken in deadly raid

Ten people have been killed and at least 160 other villagers have been kidnapped from a remote community in Nigeria’s central Niger state, officials say.

May 27, 2024 3:00 pm
 

World

Papua New Guinea continue rescue efforts after hundreds feared killed in landslide

Emergency crews in Papua New Guinea on Monday continued their rescue efforts to find survivors after more than 670 people were feared killed in a massive landslide which flattened a remote village in the Pacific nation’s northern region.

May 27, 2024 2:00 pm
 

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Israeli airstrikes kill at least 35 in Rafah, Gaza authorities say

Israeli air strikes killed at least 35 Palestinians and wounded dozens in an area in the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah designated for the displaced, Palestinian health and civil emergency service officials said.

May 27, 2024 1:01 pm
 

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Trump booed and heckled by raucous crowd at Libertarian convention

Presidential candidate Donald Trump was booed and heckled by many in a raucous audience at the Libertarian National Convention on Saturday night, a marked change from the adulation he receives at rallies from his fervently loyal supporters.

May 27, 2024 12:00 pm
 

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China's premier to hold rare summit with U.S.-allied South Korea, Japan

Leaders from China, Japan, and South Korea will meet for the first three-way talks in four years on Monday in Seoul, as they try to revive trade and security dialogues hampered by global tensions.

May 27, 2024 12:00 pm
 

Pacific Islands

Magnitude 6.6 earthquake strikes north west of Tonga

A 6.6 magnitude has struck 70km northwest of Tonga, this morning.

May 27, 2024 11:07 am
 

World

Hamas launches rocket attack towards Tel Aviv

Hamas says it has launched a “big” rocket attack at the Tel Aviv area in central Israel, several of which were intercepted by air defence systems, according to the Israeli military.

May 27, 2024 11:00 am
 

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Pakistan arrests 11 militants involved in Chinese engineers' killing

Pakistani authorities have arrested 11 Islamist militants who were involved in the suicide bombing that killed five Chinese engineers in March in the north of the country which borders Afghanistan, officials said.

May 27, 2024 10:33 am
 

World

Yemen's Houthis free more than 100 prisoners

Yemen’s Houthi group freed more than 100 detainees in Sanaa, calling the move a “unilateral humanitarian initiative” to pardon prisoners and return them to their families.

May 27, 2024 9:26 am
 

Pacific Islands

New Caledonia airport to remain closed until at least June 2

New Caledonia’s international airport will remain closed until at least next Sunday, its operator said, nearly two weeks after rioting erupted on the French-ruled Pacific island over a contested electoral reform.

May 27, 2024 8:03 am
 

Pacific Islands

More than 670 feared dead in Papua New Guinea landslide

More than 670 people are assumed to have died in Papua New Guinea’s massive landslide, the U.N. migration agency estimated on Sunday as rescue efforts continued.

May 27, 2024 7:23 am
 

World

Three bodies retrieved from Papua New Guinea landslide, UN says

Emergency teams pulled three bodies from the rubble of Papua New Guinea’s massive landslide, the U.N. said on Sunday, warning the death toll would likely rise in the disaster where hundreds are feared dead.

May 26, 2024 5:42 pm

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