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UK diplomat in Tehran warns against 'escalation'
Tehran, Jun 23 (AP/UNB) — A top UK diplomat has met with senior officials in Tehran to discuss preventing "escalation and miscalculation" amid heightened tensions between the U.S. and Iran.
1 killed, multiple injured in Indiana bar shooting
Chicago, June 23 (Xinhua/UNB) -- One person was killed and as many as 10 others were injured in a shooting at a bar on early Sunday in South Bend, a city in the U.S. state of Indiana, according to the local police.
9 killed as tourists' van plunges into river in NW Pakistan
Islamabad, June 23 (Xinhua/UNB) -- A van carrying 21 tourists plunged into River Indus in Kohistan district of Pakistan's northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Sunday, leaving nine of them killed, local media and police said.
Iran says US is fueling tensions in Persian Gulf
Tehran, Jun 23 (AP) — Iran's president has accused the United States of fueling tensions in an already volatile region, as the crisis between the two countries escalates.
Climate activists end their blockade of German coal mine
Berlin, Jun 23 (AP/UNB) — Hundreds of climate activists called an end to their protest Sunday inside one of Germany's biggest open-pit mines after police repeatedly ordered them to leave, citing life-threatening danger, and authorities pulled some protesters out.
Istanbul votes for mayor again in test for Turkey, leader
Istanbul, June 23 (AP/UNB) — Voters in Istanbul cast ballots Sunday in a re-run mayoral election ordered up by authorities after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's party narrowly lost the mayor's office in Turkey's largest city for the first time in 25 years.
Passenger truck plunges into river in Pakistan; 9 dead
Pakistan, June 23(AP/UNB) — Pakistani police say nine people drowned when a vehicle plunged off a mountainous road into a river in the country's northwest.
Ethiopia says coup attempt thwarted, military chief killed
Ethiopia, June 23 (AP/UNB) — Ethiopia's government foiled a coup attempt in a region north of the capital, Addis Ababa, and the country's military chief was shot dead, the prime minister said Sunday.
Turkey's Erdogan faces challenge in Istanbul poll
Istanbul, June 23(AP/UNB) — Voters in Istanbul returned to the polls Sunday for a re-run mayoral election ordered up by authorities after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his political allies lost control of Turkey's largest city for the first time in 25 years.
ASEAN leaders call for restraint amid sea row, US-China rift
Bangkok, June 23 (AP/UNB) — Southeast Asian leaders on Sunday pressed their call for self-restraint in the disputed South China Sea and renewed their alarm over the U.S.-China trade war, with one leader warning it may spiral out of control.