Bangkok Bomb: Deadly Blast Rocks Thailand Capital
A bomb has exploded close to a shrine in the centre of Thailand’s capital, Bangkok, killing at least 16 people and injuring more than 80.
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Indonesian Plane: Rescuers Head For Suspected Papua Crash Site
Indonesian search and rescue teams are heading to a remote part of the western Papua region where a plane is believed to have crashed on Sunday.
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China Tianjin Explosions: Nearly 100 People Still Missing
Ninety-five people, 85 of them firefighters, are still missing four days after multiple blasts in the north-eastern port of Tianjin, Chinese authorities have said.
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China Tianjin Blasts: Evacuations As Sodium Cyanide Found
The Chinese authorities have ordered the evacuation of residents within a 3km radius of the Tianjin blast site over fears of chemical contamination.
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China Explosions: Fires Still Burning After Tianjin Blasts
Fires are still burning at the site of two massive explosions in the Chinese city of Tianjin, some 36 hours after the blasts.
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China Explosion: Tianjin Death Toll Rises In Port Blasts
At least 44 people are now known to have died, and more than 500 injured, following two major explosions in China’s northern port city of Tianjin.
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North Korea Vice-Premier Choe Yong-gon ‘Executed’
South Korea’s government says it is monitoring reports that North Korea’s vice-premier Choe Yong-gon was killed in May on the orders of Kim Jong-un. Mr Choe was executed after he “expressed discomfort against the young leader’s forestation policy”, South Korea’s Yonhap news agency reports. Close to 70 officials have been killed under Kim Jong-un’s rule,
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Dozens Missing After Landslide In Shaanxi, China
At least 26 people remain missing after a landslide in China’s northwest Shaanxi province, say local authorities.
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Japan Restarts First Nuclear Power Plant Since Fukushima
Japan has restarted its first nuclear reactor under new safety rules following the 2011 Fukushima disaster. All Japan’s nuclear plants were gradually shut down after a series of meltdowns at the Fukushima plant sparked by the tsunami and earthquake. But after passing stringent new safety tests, Kyushu Electric Power restarted the number one reactor at
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Istanbul Violence: Gunfire And Blast In Turkish City
Violence has flared in Turkey’s largest city, Istanbul, with two assailants opening fire outside the US consulate, just hours after a car bomb attack on a police station.
