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4 dead, including suspect, after Maryland warehouse shooting
Aberdeen, Sep 21 (AP/UNB) — Workers say they endured horrifying moments of wild gunfire and terror as a woman working a temporary job at a drugstore warehouse in Maryland fired on colleagues with a handgun, killing three people before fatally shooting herself.
Philippine villages at risk of landslides forcibly evacuated
Naga, Sep 21 (AP/UNB) — Philippine troops and police forcibly evacuated residents of five villages vulnerable to landslides after the collapse of a mountainside buried dozens of homes and killed at least 22 people in a central region.
China's Uighurs despair of children's fate in hands of state
Istanbul, Sep 21 (AP/UNB) — Every morning, Meripet wakes up to her nightmare: The Chinese government has turned four of her children into orphans, even though she and their father are alive.
'He's been there': Trump stumps for Sen. Heller in Vegas
Las Vegas, Sep 21 (AP/UNB) — His own political fortunes intrinsically linked to his party holding control of Congress, President Donald Trump on Thursday offered full-throated support for the most vulnerable incumbent Republican senator, while unleashing a torrent of grievances against Democrats and the news media and claiming they are sabotaging his administration.
Vietnam President Tran Dai Quang dead at 61 due to illness
Hanoi, Sep 21 (AP/UNB) — Vietnamese President Tran Dai Quang has died. He was 61.
Pak PM Imran Khan responds to Modi 'in positive spirit'
Islamabad, Sept 20 (UNB) – Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan has written a letter to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, calling for the resumption of the peace dialogue between the two countries, reports The Dawn; citing Times of India.
Indian flight returns after passengers ill by pressure loss
New Delhi, Sept 20 (AP/UNB) - A Jet Airways flight returned to Mumbai, India's financial capital, on Thursday after dozens of passengers complained of ear pain and nose bleeding due to the loss in cabin pressure.
Japan's Abe re-elected as party head, to stay on as PM
Tokyo, Sep 20 (AP/UNB) — Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was re-elected as head of his ruling Liberal Democratic Party in a landslide Thursday, paving the way for up to three more years as the nation's leader.
Ex-PM Najib Razak faces new corruption charges in Malaysia
Kuala Lumpur, Sep 20 (AP/UNB) — Malaysia's detained former Prime Minister Najib Razak will face at least two dozen fresh charges of abuse of power and money laundering over the multimillion-dollar looting of a state investment fund, police and the anti-graft agency said Thursday.
Russia to study Israeli data related to downed plane
Moscow, Sep 20 (AP/UNB) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has accepted Israel's offer to share detailed information on the Israeli airstrike in Syria that triggered fire by Syrian forces which downed a Russian reconnaissance plane, the Kremlin said Wednesday.