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A coal mine fire in southern China has killed 16 people, according to local authorities. Report says the blaze broke out at the Shanjiaoshu coal mine in Panguan, a town in Guizhou province. An initial investigation suggested the…

Venezuela's National Assembly has green-lighted a referendum regarding a territorial dispute with Guyana, Foreign Minister, Yvan Gil said in an address to the United Nations. Venezuela this week rejected Guyana’s recent oil tender, arguing…

Costa Rica's President Rodrigo Chaves will visit Panama's Darien Gap in early October in an effort to contain a migrant crisis, both countries said. meanwhile, Panama's Minister of Public Security Juan Pino, and his Costa Rican…

Tens of thousands of Spaniards protested in Madrid against possible plans by acting Prime Minister, Pedro Sanchez to grant an amnesty to Catalan separatists to keep himself in office after an election he failed to win. Waving Spanish…

Lebanon's army said it fired tear gas at Israeli forces over the border in response to smoke bombs fired at its troops, though Israel said Lebanon started the confrontation. Report says tensions have flared along the frontier this summer,…

Authorities in Iran have neutralised 30 bombs meant to go off simultaneously in Tehran and detained 28 terrorists linked to Islamic State, the intelligence ministry said. "Some of the members are of Islamic State, IS and the perpetrators…

The Philippines has accused China's coast guard of installing a "floating barrier" in a disputed area of the South China Sea, saying it prevented Filipinos from entering and fishing in the area. Manila's Coast Guard and Bureau of Fisheries…

India's federal anti-terror agency has confiscated the properties of an alleged Khalistani militant whom it accuses of terror activities in India, as tensions with Canada grow over Sikh separatists. The seizure of a house and land owned…

Russia has announced a ban on exports of gasoline and diesel fuel, aiming to stabilize rising domestic prices and improve the country’s fuel supply. The government decree said the restrictions would be temporary but did not give an…

One person died and 10 were missing after a fire explosion incident at a factory in southern Taiwan, that makes golfing equipment, the government said. Taiwan's fire department said the blaze broke out at a plant in an industrial zone in…