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Mar 8, 2024

Indian women vendors await customers outside a train station on International Women's Day in Mumbai, India, Friday, March 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade)

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Rescue crews work to free people trapped under a collapsed apartment building in Istanbul

Television images show emergency workers trying to rescue people trapped under a collapsed apartment building in Istanbul

Jun 2, 2024

1 dead and 8 injured in Istanbul apartment building collapse

An apartment building collapse in the Turkish city of Istanbul has killed one person and injured eight, authorities say

Jun 2, 2024

Ship attacked by Yemen's Houthi rebels was full of grain bound for Iran, the group's main benefactor

A Greek-owned and Marshall Islands-flagged bulk carrier that came under attack by Yemen’s Houthi rebels earlier this week had a cargo of grain bound for Iran

May 30, 2024

Missile attacks damage a ship in the Red Sea off Yemen's coast near previous Houthi rebel assaults

Missile attacks have damaged a ship in the Red Sea off the coast of Yemen

May 28, 2024

Missile splashes into the Red Sea, causing no damage in latest suspected Yemen Houthi rebel attack

A missile has splashed down in the waters of the Red Sea, but caused no damage to a passing commercial vessel in an attack likely carried out by Yemen’s Houthi rebels

May 23, 2024

Yemen's Houthi rebels launch a missile that strikes an oil tanker in the Red Sea, US military says

Yemen’s Houthi rebels hit an oil tanker in the Red Sea with a ballistic missile, damaging the Panama-flagged, Greek-owned vessel in their latest assault over the Israel-Hamas war

May 18, 2024

Yemeni security forces deploy in Aden as anger simmers over lengthy power outages

Yemeni authorities have deployed security forces and armored vehicles across the port city of Aden, in preparation for the latest in a series of protests over hours-long electricity outages caused by a shortage of fuel for power stations

May 15, 2024

A police officer was killed in Pakistan-held Kashmir during protests against price hikes

A protest against rising costs of food, fuel and utility bills has turned violent in Pakistani-controlled portion of Kashmir, leaving a police officer dead and dozens of people injured

May 12, 2024

Broadband internet services are disrupted in most parts of Nepal

Broadband internet are disrupted in many parts of Nepal as Indian vendors from whom most Nepali private operators source the bandwidth stopped providing the services because of payment defaults

May 2, 2024

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Ship attacked by Yemen's Houthi rebels in fatal assault sinks in Red Sea in their second sinking

India and US vow to boost defense, trade ties in first high-level US visit since Modi's election win

Egypt’s prime minister is reappointed to form a new government