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KABUL : At least 20 people were killed and 55 injured in a suicide car bomb attack on a bank branch in the southern Afghan province of Helmand on Thursday, officials said.

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UNITED NATIONS : Yoga empowers people to take control of their lives and achieve better health at lower cost to society, according to experts at a forum here on Wednesday celebrating the Third International Day of Yoga (IDY).

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WASHINGTON : A pilot was forced to eject from a burning F-16 during take-off at an airport in the US.

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RIYADH : Saudi Arabia's King Salman on Wednesday appointed his son Mohammed bin Salman as crown prince, replacing his nephew Mohammed bin Nayef, as first in line to the throne.

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LONDON  : The death toll from the horrific tower block blaze in London may never be known because some of the apartments in the building may have been irregularly sublet, according to a lawyer.

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DAMASCUS : At least 45 Islamic State militants were killed in the Syrian city of al-Raqqa, a UK-based war monitor reported on Tuesday.

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WASHINGTON : Nearly 1,300 children were being killed by guns in the US annually, according to a stu

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WASHINGTON : Otto F. Warmbier, the US student who was released from a North Korean prison last week after spending 17 months in captivity and more than a year in a coma, has died, his family said.

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LONDON : The suspect in the north London mosque attack that killed one person has been identified as a resident of Cardiff, Wales, who had previously voiced his hatred for Muslims, the media reported.

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LISBON :  The death toll in the wildfire that devastated central Portugal has risen to 64, according to the latest assessment by the authorities.

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THE HAGUE :  The largest ever yoga event in the Netherlands was held here with the participation of nearly 1,000 people on Sunday to mark the Third International Day of Yoga.

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RIO DE JANEIRO : Six persons were taken to hospital after a brawl erupted between rival football fans before the start of the Brazilian Serie A match between Coritiba and Corinthians in the southern city of Curitiba.

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LONDON : One person was killed and eight others were injured after a van rammed into a crowd of worshippers near a north London mosque, police said on Monday.

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BANGKOK : Five Thai soldiers were killed and four others injured on Monday in a blast in Pattani province, the police said.

The number and identity of the attackers remain unknown, reports Xinhua news agency.

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LONDON : Several persons have been injured after a van struck a crowd of pedestrians near a north London mosque in what police have called a "major incident", media reports said.

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LISBON: At least 43 persons were killed and 59 others injured in a catastrophic forest fire in Portugal's Pedrogao Grande area, the media reported on Sunday.

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LONDON: More bodies were found on Thursday in the fire-ravaged apartment block in west London, raising the death toll to 17, the Metropolitan Police said.

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LONDON: The Sikh community in London has opened its doors to survivors of the deadly Grenfell Tower fire that has left hundreds homeless.

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WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Wednesday called on lawmakers to grant "flexibility" to the White House in dealing with Russia as US Senate overwhelmingly passed new Russia sanction bill.

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MOGADISHU: At least 17 people were killed and 26 others injured when two restaurants in Somalia's capital Mogadishu were attacked by militants, police said on Thursday.