Search resumes for landslide victims after public pressure

The search operation to find the bodies of villagers buried under a mudslide in north-eastern Afghanistan resumed after relatives rejected the government’s decision to halt the operation. The disaster...

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Dozens of Niger migrants missing after being abandoned in Sahara

About 30 migrants from Niger are missing in the Sahara desert without food or water after their driver abandoned them once they crossed into neighbouring Algeria, military sources in Niger said on...

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South Korean ferry disaster: Diver dies while searching for bodies

A civilian diver searching for bodies in the doomed South Korean ferry that sank last month has died, authorities have said. Officials said the 53-year-old, known only by his surname Lee, became...

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22 migrants die, others believed missing after smuggling boats capsize in Greece's Aegean Sea (Update)

A yacht and a dinghy crammed with immigrants trying to sneak into Greece capsized Monday in the eastern Aegean Sea, leaving at least 22 dead and several more missing in one of the deadliest such accidents...

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