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Magnitude 6.8 earthquake recorded off Guatemalan coast
The Associated Press | Posted Jun 22nd - 6:52am
The U.S. Geological Survey says a magnitude 6.8 earthquake has hit off Guatemala's Pacific coast.
Indian troops kills 3 rebels, protester in disputed Kashmir
Aijaz Hussain, Associated Press | Posted Jun 22nd - 6:52am
Government forces killed three suspected Kashmiri rebels in fighting in the disputed region Thursday and fatally shot a rock-throwing protester during an ensuing rally demanding an end to Indian rule, officials said.
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The Associated Press | Posted Jun 22nd - 6:44am
Former prisoners say torture and abuse are rampant in a network of secret prisons in Yemen run by the United Arab Emirates and allied Yemeni forces. Up to 2,000 people are estimated to have disappeared into at least 18 black sites over the past year. The AP found that American interrogators have questioned some of the detainees and regularly receive access to their testimony, which experts say could violate international laws against complicity in torture.
Magnitude 6.8 earthquake reported off Guatemalan coast
The Associated Press | Posted Jun 22nd - 6:44am
Magnitude 6.8 earthquake reported off Guatemalan coast.
3 dead in suicide blast at police station in Somalia capital
Abdi Guled, Associated Press | Posted Jun 22nd - 6:37am
At least three people are dead and several others wounded after a suicide car bomb blast at a police station in Somalia's capital, police said Thursday.
Austria: Dispute over who owns house where Hitler was born
The Associated Press | Posted Jun 22nd - 6:06am
A lawyer for the owner of the house where Adolf Hitler was born is disputing the government's right to take possession of the property in Austria's highest court, saying authorities are using the measure "like a club" because his client refused purchase offers from authorities that were too low.
France probes reported death from whipped cream explosion
The Associated Press | Posted Jun 22nd - 6:06am
French authorities are investigating the death of a fashion blogger reportedly hit by an exploding whipped cream canister that was withdrawn from the market in 2013, officials and the company that makes the product said Thursday.
Philippines, neighbors to jointly fight militants amid siege
Teresa Cerojano and Jim Gomez, Associated Press | Posted Jun 22nd - 6:06am
The Philippines, Indonesia and Malaysia agreed Thursday to closely cooperate to halt the flow of militants, weapons, funds and extremist propaganda across their borders, as they expressed alarm over recent attacks in the region including a monthlong siege of a southern Philippine city.
Congo rights group: Army kills 12 rebels after Beni attacks
Saleh Mwanamilongo and Al-Hadji Kudra Maliro, Associated Press | Posted Jun 22nd - 6:06am
Congo's army fought off attacks in and around the eastern city of Beni on Thursday, killing at least 12 assailants and capturing seven, a local human rights group said.
Suicide car bomb in southern Afghanistan kills at least 29
Mirwais Khan and Amir Shah, Associated Press | Posted Jun 22nd - 5:56am
A huge suicide car bombing outside a bank in Afghanistan's southern Helmand province on Thursday targeted Afghan troops and government employees waiting to collect their salaries ahead of a major Muslim holiday, killing at least 29 people, officials said.
5 percent of world population recently abused drugs: UN
The Associated Press | Posted Jun 22nd - 5:45am
About 5 percent of the world's population abused drugs at least once in recent years and nearly 30 million people could be dependent on narcotics to the point of needing treatment, according to a U.N. report released Thursday.
London fire: Cladding in other buildings 'combustible'
Danica Kirka, Associated Press | Posted Jun 22nd - 5:34am
Some 600 buildings in England could have been fitted with flammable external panels like the ones believed to have contributed to a fire that killed at least 79 people in a west London apartment building, Prime Minister Theresa May's Downing Street office said.
Investigators obtain data recorder in US warship collision
Mari Yamaguchi, Associated Press | Posted Jun 22nd - 5:23am
Japanese authorities said Thursday they have obtained a data recording device from a container ship to help determine why it collided with a U.S. destroyer, killing seven American sailors.
UN urges Egypt to halt execution of 6 men in 'flawed' trials
The Associated Press | Posted Jun 22nd - 5:20am
U.N. human rights experts have urged Egypt to halt the execution of six men, sentenced to death over killing a policeman, saying that their trials were "flawed" and "did not meet international standards of fairness."
Portugal brings 2nd wildfire under control after 64 died
Barry Hatton, Associated Press | Posted Jun 22nd - 5:15am
Official reports into Portugal's deadliest natural disaster in decades have described freak conditions that drove the wildfire that killed 64 people, while Portuguese authorities said Thursday they have contained a second fire that raged for five days close by.
People with disabilities at risk in Central African Republic
Zack Baddorf, Associated Press | Posted Jun 22nd - 4:42am
Simplice Lenguy told his wife to leave him behind as people fled when fighting broke out in Central African Republic's capital.
UK prime minister's office estimates 600 high-rise buildings in England have cladding similar to Grenfell Tower
The Associated Press | Posted Jun 22nd - 4:40am
UK prime minister's office estimates 600 high-rise buildings in England have cladding similar to Grenfell Tower.
German parliament remembers former Chancellor Helmut Kohl
The Associated Press | Posted Jun 22nd - 4:21am
Germany's parliament honored former Chancellor Helmut Kohl in a memorial on Thursday, remembering him as the architect of German reunification but also as someone who wasn't without flaws.
