Thai-Cambodia border calm after truce
BANGKOK, July 29 (Reuters): The Thailand-Cambodia border, where fighting has raged since last week, was calm on Tuesday following a ceasefire deal and military commanders from both sides are set to meet for talks later in the day, acting Thai Prime Minister Phumtham Wechayachai said.Phumtham and Cambodian Prime Minister Hun...
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India road crash kills 18 Hindu pilgrims
NEW DELHI, July 29 (AFP): At least 18 people were killed in eastern India on Tuesday after a bus ferrying Hindu pilgrims collided with a truck loaded with cooking gas cylinders, officials said.Visuals from the site in Jharkhand state showed the mangled wreckage of the bus, with its rear portion...
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20 people killed, 42 others injured
ORIKHIV, July 29 (Reuters): A Russian airstrike on a prison in a frontline region in southeastern Ukraine has killed 20 people and wounded 42 others, Ukrainian officials say.The overnight attack in Zaporizhzhia also damaged surrounding homes, regional leader Ivan Fedorov said. Russian forces launched eight strikes using high-explosive aerial glide...
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Portugal battles to contain wildfires
LISBON, July 29 (AFP): Almost 2,000 firefighters battled Tuesday to contain forest blazes across Portugal that have led to almost the whole country being put on high alert for fires.Ten major fires blazed with two in the north and three in the centre of the country causing most concern.Some 600...
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