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1 killed, 5 injured in Baghlan traffic accident
A woman was killed and five others people were wounded in a traffic accident in northern Baghlan province on Wednesday, police said.
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26 injured as bus overturns in Kunduz
At least 26 people were injured after a 580-type bus overturned in Aliabad district of northern Kunduz province on Sunday.
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Houthis, Saudi Arabia exchange strikes over Bab al-Mandeb
Houthi forces and Saudi Arabia have exchanged strikes as fighting over the critical Bab al-Mandeb chokepoint on Yemen’s Red Sea coast continues, Al Jazeera reported.
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Over 171m students face climate-related schooling disruptions in 2025: UNICEF
More than 171 million students globally — or one in 10 — from pre-primary to upper-secondary level had their schooling disrupted by climate hazards in 2025, UNICEF said...
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US, Iran exchange attacks on ships near Strait of Hormuz
Iran said on Wednesday it had attacked 10 ships near the Strait of Hormuz after the United States sank five Iranian oil tankers, marking the biggest escalation in...
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5 killed, 87 missing in Philippines ferry fire
At least five people have been killed and 87 remain missing after a fire broke out aboard a ferry near the tourist destination of Coron in the Philippines’...
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Nimroz fire causes losses worth 5m afs
A fire has destroyed a truck and caused five million afghanis in financial losses in the capital of southwestern Nimroz province, an official said on Tuesday.
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4 miners die from toxic gas suffocation at Baghlan coal mine
Four workers have died from suffocation after toxic gases accumulated at a coal mine in Tala wa Barfak district of northern Baghlan province, the state-run Northern Coal Enterprise...
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Australian tourist dies of heart attack in Badakhshan’s Wakhan
An Australian tourist travelling with a 10-member group to the Little Pamir in the Wakhan Corridor of northeastern Badakhshan province died of a heart attack while hiking in...
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2 killed, 9 injured in Nimroz traffic accidents
Two people have been killed and nine others injured in two traffic incidents in northwestern Nimroz province, an official said on Saturday.
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10 killed, dozens injured in Bolivia military facility explosions
Two explosions at a military facility in the Bolivian city of Viacha have killed at least 10 people and injured dozens of others, authorities said.
