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Probe advised of ex-defense secretary over Sri Lankan blasts
Colombo, Jun 25 (AP/UNB) — Sri Lanka's attorney general advised the acting police chief on Monday to launch a criminal investigation of the former defense secretary over "major lapses" that contributed to security failures ahead of Easter suicide bombings that killed more than 250 people.
Cambodia charges 4 Chinese after building collapse killed 28
Sihanoukville, Jun 25 (AP/UNB) — A court in Cambodia has charged four Chinese people with crimes over the collapse of a building under construction that killed 28 workers.
Protesters block Hong Kong building access, plan new action
Hong Kong, Jun 24 (AP/UNB) — Protesters fearing an erosion of Hong Kong's legal autonomy blocked access to a government office building for nearly two hours Monday and plan more demonstrations to draw the attention of leaders attending the G-20 summit this week.
Opposition win in Istanbul a blow to Turkey's Erdogan
Istanbul, Jun 24 (AP/UNB) — The opposition candidate for mayor of Istanbul celebrated a landmark win Sunday in a closely watched repeat election that ended weeks of political tension and broke the long hold President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's party had on leading Turkey's largest city.
Death toll from building collapse in Cambodia rises to 24
Sihanoukville, Jun 24 (AP/UNB) — Rescuers on Monday were continuing to search the rubble of a building that collapsed while under construction in a Cambodia beach town, killing at least 24 workers as they slept in the unfinished condominium that was doubling as their housing.
Indian soldiers recover bodies of 7 missing mountaineers
Lucknow, Jun 24 (AP/UNB) — Indian paramilitary soldiers have reached the bodies of seven of eight members from a team of international climbers believed killed on a notoriously dangerous Himalayan mountain, an official said Sunday.
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.
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.
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.
Turkey opposition seeks to repeat win in Istanbul redo vote
Istanbul, Jun 23 (AP/UNB) — Standing on a white campaign bus heading into Sunday's repeat election, Istanbul mayoral candidate Ekrem Imamoglu shouted to ecstatic supporters in a hoarse voice: "Never bow your heads. We are right and we'll win."