Death toll in latest Mediterranean migrant tragedy put at 49

The number of migrants who died in the hold of an overcrowded fishing boat rescued on Saturday has risen to 49, the coast guard said on Sunday. The bodies of the victims, along with the 312 survivors...

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Indonesian plane crash: Debris spotted in mountains

Indonesian searchers believe they have located debris from an airliner that crashed in a mountainous area with 54 people on board. A search plane spotted the wreckage Monday, but a ground team hasn't...

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Rescuers find seven bodies after China landslide

At least seven people have died and 57 remain missing more than four days after a landslide hit a mining company in northwest China, the official Xinhua news agency said. On Sunday (Aug 16) evening...

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Tianjin blasts death toll rises to 114, 70 missing

Death toll for the massive Tianjin blasts rose to 114 after rescuers found two more bodies in the debris, a municipal publicity official said on Monday. Gong Jiansheng, deputy head of Tianjin's...

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