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ISLAMABAD  — A bomb explosion in Afghanistan’s volatile northeastern Badakhshan province Wednesday killed at least three Taliban security personnel and wounded six others. Multiple sources, including residents and area hospital officials, confirmed the casualties. They said that a “sticky improvised explosive device” apparently planted on a motorbike struck a Taliban military convoy in the provincial capital, Faizabad. The Taliban’s Interior Ministry spokesman confirmed the casualties… Read Full Article

Ahmed Hafnaoui's defence of his men's 400m freestyle title at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games is in doubt because of injury.

The divisive leader of the Economic Freedom Fighters threatens to hoover votes up from the ruling party.

Jersey has seized £829,500 from a corrupt trust and returned it to authorities in Mozambique.

Students say they suffered broken bones, concussions and other injuries from allegedly aggressive police action breaking up pro-Palestinian protests last week.

Kim Ki Nam built the personality cult of North Korea's ruling dynasty.

A bomb shipment was halted last week over concerns Israel was going ahead with a Rafah offensive.

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PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil — The mayor of a major city in southern Brazil on Tuesday pleaded with residents to comply with his water rationing decree, given that some four-fifths of the population is without running water, a week after major flooding that has left at least 90 people dead and more than 130 others missing. Efforts were continuing to rescue people stranded by the floods in the southern state of Rio Grande do Sul, as more rain was forecast for the region into next week. The capital,… Read Full Article