Dozens of Rohingya killed in drone attack while fleeing Myanmar
YANGON, Aug 10 (Reuters): A drone attack on Rohingya fleeing Myanmar killed many dozens of people, including families with children, several witnesses said, describing survivors wandering between piles of bodies to identify dead and injured relatives.Four witnesses, activists and a diplomat described drone attacks on Monday that struck down families...
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Israeli strike on Gaza school kills over 70
GAZA, Aug 10 (BBC/AFP/AP): An Israeli air strike on a school building sheltering displaced Palestinians in Gaza City has killed more than 70 people, the director of a hospital has told the BBC.Fadl Naeem, head of al-Ahli Hospital where many of the casualties were taken, said those were the victims...
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Russia in 'counter-terror' mode over Ukraine attack
MOSCOW, Aug 10 (BBC): Russia has imposed a "counter-terrorism operation" regime in three regions to try to halt a surprise cross-border incursion by Ukrainian troops.The authorities in the Kursk, Belgorod and Bryansk regions on the border with Ukraine now can restrict the movement of people and vehicles and use phone...
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N Korea moving thousands of flood victims to capital
SEOUL, Aug 10 (AFP): North Korea will move more than 15,000 flood victims to the capital, state media said Saturday, as leader Kim Jong Un insisted recovery efforts would be "based on self-reliance" despite offers of aid from abroad.Pyongyang last week said a record downpour in late July had killed...
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Houthi attacks target a ship off Yemen
DUBAI, Aug 10 (AP): Two suspected attacks by Yemen's Houthi rebels targeted a ship in the strategic Bab el-Mandeb Strait that links the Gulf of Aden to the Red Sea, authorities said Friday.The Houthis did not immediately claim the assaults, though they follow a monthslong campaign by the rebels targeting...
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