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Tembakan di Nonthaburi: 8 termasuk datuk nenek suspek terkorban
Polis Diraja Thailand dalam satu kenyataan berkata, suspek terlebih dahulu menembak mati datuk dan neneknya menggunakan pistol milik datuknya sebelum pergi ke sebuah sekolah menengah di utara Bangkok dan membunuh tiga guru serta tiga pelajar, kata
Australia politician admits texting ‘my job is boring’ during meeting
Mark Parton -- who leads the opposition Liberal Party in the Australian Capital Territory -- was subject this week to a complaint alleging he sent the message to a sex worker, local media reported.
Six years after Beirut port blast, victims’ families say ‘wound has...
"Until now, we haven't gotten justice. There has been no accountability and nobody has been arrested," said Hiyam al-Bikai from a gathering at the port to commemorate victims of the disaster, including her son Ahmad.
Hamas voices ‘unease’ over Board of Peace comments on Gaza
The Palestinian Islamist movement said on Friday that it had agreed to hand over its weapons, with the Board of Peace publishing a roadmap including provisions for the group's gradual disarmament and a "phased Israeli withdrawal" from Gaza.
Suspected heatstroke kills three lions at Japan zoo
Animal rights group PETA said, the lions named Mugi, Ichigo and Luena "were born, lived, and died in confinement, deprived of everything that makes life worth living for a wild animal".
Heat kills 16 in South Korea this summer
The whole of Seoul was under the highest-level "severe heatwave warning" alert Tuesday, with temperatures forecast to soar again close to 40C.
Magnitude 5.3 earthquake strikes near Egypt’s Suez
There were no immediate reports of casualties or damage #malaysiagazette
Official Moroccan toll says 11 died trying to reach Ceuta
Morocco's interior ministry on Sunday issued its first toll for those who died trying to reach Spain's North African enclave of Ceuta last week, saying 11 people had died.
Hungary PM announces closure of nuclear plant due to heatwave
The nuclear plant in Paks, south of Budapest -- normally providing around a third of the central European country's electricity needs -- is cooled by water pumped from the Danube river, which has dropped to record low levels due to lack of rain and successive heatwaves since May.
South Korea records its highest-ever temperature of 42.5C
A heatwave day is defined as one with a maximum temperature of at least 33C.
