Bomb blasts at Philippine cathedral leave 20 people dead
JOLO, Jan 27 (AP): Two bombs minutes apart tore through a Roman Catholic cathedral on a southern Philippine island where Muslim militants are active, killing at least 20 people and wounding 81 others during a Sunday Mass, officials said.Witnesses said the first blast inside the Jolo cathedral in the provincial...
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Khashoggi probe team waits for Saudi reply
NEW YORK, Jan 27 (Al Jazeera): Agnes Callamard, UN special rapporteur on executions, says she had not yet received a reply from Saudi authorities.A United Nations human rights investigator leading an international inquiry into the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi said on Saturday she requested access to Saudi Arabia's...
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Record breaking floods play havoc in Australia
CAIRNS, Jan 27 (AFP): Communities were cut off, farmers stranded and cows washed offshore as heavy rain pelted northeast Australia on Sunday, with one major river breaking 118-year-old floodwater records.The Bureau of Meteorology said Queensland's Daintree River rose to 12.60 metres - a level not seen in over a century...
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US Louisiana shootings claim five lives
HOUSTON, Jan 27 (Xinhua): A manhunt is underway in the southeastern U.S. state of Louisiana for a man suspected in shootings that have left five people dead, local authorities said on Saturday.Dakota Theriot, 21, is wanted in connection with the shootings, authorities said.Ascension Parish Sheriff Bobby Webre told a news...
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UN Mideast envoy condemns settler violence after Palestinian killed
JERUSALEM, Jan 27 (AP): The UN's Mideast envoy is calling the death of a Palestinian in West Bank clashes with Israeli settlers "shocking and unacceptable."Nikolay Mladenov on Sunday called on Israel to "put an end to settler violence and bring those responsible to justice."Hamdi Naasan, 38, was killed Saturday near...
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News in Brief -(28-1-2019)
Risk of imminent ruptureat another Brazil damBRUMADINHO, Jan 27: An alarm warning of an imminent mining dam rupture was activated early on Sunday in Brumadinho, the same Brazilian community where a dam collapsed killing 34 and leaving some 300 missing, firefighters and the mining company said. The alarm went off...
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