Flash floods and landslides kill 21 in Sikkim

GANGTOK: At least 21 bodies, including those of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) and the Border Roads Organisation (BRO) personnel, have so far been found while eight persons are still missing...

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9 climbers killed, 6 missing in Nepal avalanche

KATMANDU, Nepal - An avalanche swept away climbers on a Himalayan peak in Nepal on Sunday, leaving at least nine dead and six others missing, officials said. Police official Basanta Bahadur Kuwar...

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Remains of Russia fire victims handed to families

Families of fourteen Vietnamese workers who had died almost two weeks ago in a fire erupting about 114 kilometers from Russia’s capital Moscow received Sunday the victims’ bodies and ashes at the Noi...

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