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Pakistani health officials on Thursday reported an outbreak of waterborne diseases in areas hit by recent record-breaking flooding, as authorities...

Australia needs workers but a million are stuck at the door

by AsiaOne

SYDNEY – A blowout in visa processing times in Australia has left about a million prospective workers stuck in limbo,...

Mourners mark Princess Diana’s death in Paris, 25 years on

by AsiaOne

PARIS – Mourners marked the 25th anniversary of Princess Diana's death in Paris on Wednesday (Aug 31), laying flowers and...

As Russia turns off the gas, can Germany and its EU neighbors stay warm this winter?

Berlin — Russia stopped delivering gas through the Nord Stream 1 pipeline (NS1) that supplies much of western Europe on Wednesday,...

Top Russian oil executive dies after a “fall from hospital window”

The chairman of Russia's oil giant Lukoil Ravil Maganov has died after falling from a window in a Moscow hospital,...

Spanish toddler dies after being hit by giant hailstone

by AsiaOne

MADRID – A 20-month-old girl died after being struck on the head during a violent hailstorm that caused havoc in Catalonia,...

Iraq political clashes leave 23 dead. Here’s why some fear that “just like Afghanistan, Iraq is another failed state.”

Violent clashes between rival factions within Iraq's majority Shiite Muslim community left 23 people dead and almost 400 wounded this...

Russia accused of shelling near Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant as IAEA visit set to begin

Kyiv — A team of international inspectors was finally approaching Europe's biggest nuclear power plant on Wednesday for a tense visit....

25 years after Princess Diana’s death, a friend says if she were still alive, there’d be “no split between Harry and William”

London — Wednesday marks 25 years since Princess Diana was tragically killed in a car crash in Paris. People gathered outside...

Montenegro officials point fingers at Russia for massive cyberattack as FBI sends team to help investigate