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Five rangers, 7 soldiers killed in Benin national park: NGO
Unidentified attackers have killed five forest rangers and seven soldiers in a national park in the north of Benin, the conservation group African Parks said Saturday.
California fire rapidly reaches state’s top 10 biggest ever
The so-called Park Fire had burned almost 350,000 acres (142,000 hectares) as of late Saturday morning, making it the seventh-largest ever recorded in California history, the state agency Cal Fire said on X.
US Secret Service director resigns after Trump assassination bid
US Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle resigned on Tuesday, a day after acknowledging that the agency had failed in its mission to prevent an assassination attempt against Donald Trump.
Eight crew members dead in Falklands shipwreck: Spanish authorities
National authorities in the northwestern Spanish region of Galicia cited Falklands maritime authorities as saying that 14 survivors from the wreck of the Argos Georgia had been found, with eight dead bodies recovered and five still unaccounted for.
Crashed Japan navy choppers found on seabed
The SH-60K helicopters, each crewed by four people, were conducting submarine location drills off the Izu Islands in the Pacific Ocean in April when they collided.
Taiwan’s annual war games cut back by incoming Typhoon Gaemi
The Han Kuang exercises, which started Monday, are held every year across Taiwan to train its armed forces as China ramps up military pressure on the democratic island, which Beijing claims as part of its own territory.
UN warns Iraq becoming major regional drug conduit
Iraq has been experiencing a dramatic surge in drug trafficking and consumption for the past five years.
More than 500 arrested in Bangladesh capital over deadly unrest
More than 500 people, including some opposition leaders, have been arrested in Dhaka over violence that has wracked Bangladesh and killed 163 people since students started protesting against civil service hiring rules, police said Monday.
World leaders pay tribute to Biden as he ends reelection bid
Former president Donald Trump, the Republican nominee, wrote on his Truth Social network: "Crooked Joe Biden was not fit to run for president, and is certainly not fit to serve".
Flash floods across China kill at least 20, dozens missing
Chinese President Xi Jinping has urged "all-out rescue and relief efforts" to find those still missing.