9 h. ago Indonesian rescuers search for missing people as floods recede

Rescuers are searching in rivers and the rubble of devastated villages for survivors of devastating flash floods that struck two provinces in Indonesia a day earlier

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56 h. ago Flood alerts in force for large parts of the Welsh coastline

The flood alert covers a large coastal area in west Wales, with people warned to be careful on footpaths and low lying land

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7 d. ago Flood alerts issued for large area of Welsh coastline as thunderstorms hit

The flood alert covers a large coastal area towards West Wales

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7 d. ago Flood alert in India’s capital as river Yamuna breaches danger mark

Nearly 300,000 people were evacuated in the past 48 hours across the border in Pakistan’s Punjab province

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7 d. ago Newsmax files suit against Fox News for using ‘exclusionary’ tactics to block competition

Antitrust lawsuit accuses the Murdoch-owned outlet of stifling competition in the rightwing TV news marketNewsmax, the conservative cable network run by Christopher Ruddy, has filed a lawsuit against Fox News, accusing the Rupert Murdoch-owned outlet of stifling competition in the rightwing television news market.The antitrust lawsuit, filed on Wednesday in the US district court for the southern district of Florida, names both Fox News Network and its parent company, Fox Corp. It claims the broadcaster carried out “an exclusionary scheme to increase and maintain its dominance in the market for US right-leaning pay TV news”. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Afghanistan earthquake death toll passes 1,400 as Taliban appeal for aid

Rescuers search into the night for people trapped under debris of mud and stone homes in steep valleysThe Taliban have called for international aid as Afghanistan reels from an earthquake that killed more than 1,400 people and left thousands more injured.Rescuers searched into the night on Monday for survivors after the 6.0-magnitude quake struck on Sunday destroying entire villages across the country’s eastern Kunar province, which borders Pakistan. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Afghanistan earthquake: Taliban appeal for aid as death toll rises to 900

Rescuers search into the night for people trapped under debris of mud and stone homes in steep valleysThe Taliban have called for international aid as Afghanistan reels from an earthquake that killed more than 900 people and left thousands injured.Rescuers searched into the night on Monday for survivors after the 6.0-magnitude quake struck on Sunday destroying entire villages across the country’s eastern Kunar province, which borders Pakistan. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Rescuers search for helicopter that went missing in Indonesia's Borneo

Search and rescue teams in Indonesia are searching for a helicopter that went missing over the forests of Borneo with eight people on board a day before

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9 d. ago Afghanistan earthquake kills more than 800 and injures another 2,500 as rescuers search rubble for survivors

Officials warn death toll could rise as rescue efforts hampered by landslides

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1 week ago Afghanistan earthquake latest: At least 800 dead and 2,500 injured as rescuers search rubble for survivors

Rescue operations still underway as officials say several villages are completely destroyed

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1 week ago Afghanistan earthquake latest: At least 622 dead and 1,500 injured as rescuers search rubble for survivors

Rescue operations still underway as officials say several villages are completely destroyed

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1 week ago Alex Acosta set to face Congress over sweetheart deal that allowed Epstein to plead guilty to minor state charges

The former US attorney for the Southern District of Florida will now be forced to answer questions about the controversial deal he struck with Epstein in 2008.

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2 w. ago Son of climber stuck 22,000ft up Victory Peak with broken leg claims mum 'alive'

The devastated son of 47-year-old climber Natalia Nagovitsyna has urged rescuers to resume their search two weeks after his mum broke her leg at 22,000ft on Kyrgyzstan's Victory Peak

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3 w. ago Pakistan issues flood alert for southern districts as rescuers search for missing in the northwest

Pakistan has issued a flood alert for some southern districts, warning of torrential rains, as rescue teams continued searching for missing people in the northwest, where severe floods have killed hundreds over the past week

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3 w. ago Horrifying moment plane spirals out of control and slams into the sea during final display at air show as rescuers search for veteran pilot

Footage filmed by a witness from a nearby beach in Durban, South Africa , captured the moment the ZS-AEC Extra 300 aircraft plummeted out of the sky on August 14.

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3 w. ago US Attorney Jay Clayton approved by judges to remain as top prosecutor in New York

The judges of the Southern District of New York have approved Jay Clayton to remain as the top federal prosecutor in Manhattan

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3 w. ago At least 25 people are missing after a boat capsized in Nigeria's northwest

At least 25 people are missing after a boat capsized Sunday on a river in northwestern Nigeria

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3 w. ago Rescuers look for 150 people still missing in Pakistan's northwest following devastating floods

Rescuers are searching for over 150 missing people in northwestern Pakistan after a devastating cloudburst

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3 w. ago Scores of Palestinians killed and thousands flee after Israel launches fresh airstrikes and announces plans to capture Gaza's largest city

The Hamas-run municipality of Gaza City's southern Zeitoun district described the situation as 'catastrophic', with residents enduring almost constant explosions from Israeli air strikes.

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3 w. ago Flash floods kill at least 159 people in Pakistan after huge cloudburst

Search for the missing continues in north-west after downpour also sparks deadly flooding and landslides in IndiaA massive cloudburst has triggered flash floods in north-west Pakistan, killing at least 157 people, as rescuers continued to search for people missing after floods in neighbouring India.Mohammad Suhail, a provincial emergency services spokesperson, said 78 bodies were recovered from various parts of Buner district in the north-west province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa by noon on Friday, and a further 79 were pulled later from the rubble of collapsed homes and flooded villages. Continue reading...

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