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Oil India engineers had battled the blaze in Assam state since an explosion in June, weeks after the well blew out and began discharging huge quantities of natural gas
Islamic State in the Greater Sahara says it killed 20 soldiers in a convoy Wednesday in Tin-Akoff in Oudalan province; government spokesman puts death toll at 14, blames 'armed terrorist groups'
The three-day international conference aims to raise more than $500 million toward ensuring fair access to coronavirus tests, treatment and vaccines for all, including poor countries
Hanan al-Barassi, 46, was well-known in the media and frequently spoke out for female victims of violence in videos that she then broadcast on social media
The Italian was hailed by her country's alpine skiing federation as 'one of the greatest post-war champions'
The jihadists threw grenades and fired on the tribal Hashed forces stationed at Al-Radwaniyah
Attacks occur in Norte de Santander and Antioquia, two areas hit hard by violence perpetrated by armed groups battling over drug trade
Scuffles broke out in the city's legislature earlier this year during a faceoff between pro-democracy and pro-Beijing lawmakers
Typhoon Goni expected to bring violent winds, strong rains
The National Weather Service warned that the combination of low humidity, dry vegetation and strong winds had created "the most dangerous fire weather conditions" this year
Dozens of protesters, including journalists covering the demonstrations, were arrested
Honduras becomes 50th country to ratify pact, allowing it to enter into force after 90 days
NATO maintains a 500-strong training mission in Iraq to prepare local forces in the event of attacks from Islamic State extremists
The State Department said it had agreed to sell 135 of the AGM-84H SLAM-ER missile
Padilla shot to fame in the 1990s when he became the resident DJ at the Cafe del Mar bar in San Antoni de Portmany
Britain wants to reassert sovereignty over its waters and have no EU legal oversight over the deal — insisting it wants a simple trade deal of the kind the EU signed with Canada
Pandemic has spread through the the rural Schwyz canton, with 1,238 cases compared with just 500 in mid-September
According to Porter's research team, the number of pink dolphins has increased by roughly a third in those waters since March
Senate Republicans said Thursday they will subpoena Twitter chief executive Jack Dorsey over the decision to block a news report critical of Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden
Dramatic images show cars being washed away by swirling waters, bridges submerged by swollen rivers and trucks stranded on roads inundated by flooding
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