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At least five dead, million evacuated as 8.3 magnitude earthquake hits Chile, tsunami alert issued
Terrified residents rushed out onto the streets in Chile's capital Santiago and in Argentina.
13 dead as Migrant boat heading to Greece from Turkey sinks
Turkish coastguards rescued 205 migrants from the wooden boat which set off from Turkish holiday resort town of Datca in the southwest for the Greek island of Kos.
Saudi blames Mecca Grand Mosque crane collapse on high winds
The disaster during a violent thunderstorm that roared through Islam's holiest city on Friday afternoon was the deadliest incident in years surrounding the hajj, which gets underway in full later in September.
Hijack suspected as Malaysian cargo ship goes missing
The Natuna islands are an Indonesian archipelago in the South China Sea between Borneo and mainland Malaysia.
The photo that rocked the world: Body of a Syrian boy
Aylan Kurdi’s lifeless body reflected the state of affairs in Syria, and also highlighted the plight of refugees and the issue of migration.
Australia under pressure to boost Syria refugee intake
Abbott on Sunday announced that Australia would allocate more spaces in its 13,750 annual intake quota to those fleeing violence in Syria, but did not plan to boost the overall intake.
New poll shows UK would vote to leave European Union
Sunday's poll also showed that 22 per cent of those who wanted Britain to stay said they could change their mind if the migrants crisis worsened.
Canadian government under fire in case of drowned Syrian toddler Aylan Kurdi
Canada's Conservative government came under fire on Thursday after it emerged that the family of a Syrian toddler whose body washed up on a Turkish beach had wanted to emigrate to Canada, rattling Prime Minister Stephen Harper's re-election bid
Animals, not catastrophe, caused first mass extinction
The rise of early animals, not meteorite impacts or volcanic eruptions, led to the world's first known mass extinction, which took place about 540 million years ago, suggests new research.
28 die in bombing of Yemen Shiite mosque claimed by IS
A suicide bomber hit a Shiite mosque in the Yemeni capital on Thursday, killing at least 28 people in the latest such attack to be claimed by the Islamic State group.
Pakistan says capable of defending territorial integrity
Pakistan has said that its armed forces are capable of defending its territorial integrity against any aggression, particularly from India.
Bangladesh charges 5 terrorists over blogger murder
The two, who are in their mid 20s, were students of a madarsa in northeastern Chittagong.
Satire website publishes article on Osama bin Laden being alive quoting Edward Snowden
The report also said that Osama is still receiving more than $100,000 a month, which are being transferred directly to his bank account.
Six people killed in Nepal landslides
At least six persons, including an elderly woman and two children, have been killed and as many injured in two separate landslides triggered by torrential rains in Nuwakot district of central Nepal.
Twin typhoons approaching Japan
Two powerful typhoons are expected to hit Japan's Ogasawara islands and Okinawa prefecture on Saturday and Sunday.