A father, 43, and his 11-year-old daughter died Sunday when an avalanche swept them away while they were skiing in the French Alps, rescue officials said. They said the pair hailing from the Paris region

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Burkinabe filmmaker Idrissa Ouedraogo, a towering figure in African cinema, died Sunday at the age of 64, the national film makers guild announced in a statement. Ouedraogo produced or directed some 40 films from the

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A court in the Iraqi capital on Sunday sentenced to death a Turkish woman and 11 other foreign widows to life in jail for belonging to the Islamic State group. The 12 women, 11 Turks

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Eight soldiers and 19 suspected members of Al-Qaeda were killed in Yemen on Sunday, as the army launched an offensive against key outposts of the extremists, a military official said. General Faraj al-Bahsani, governor of

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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Sunday toured the Taj Mahal with his wife and children as he began a week-long visit to promote trade and investment with India. Trudeau, his wife Sophie Gregoire and

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Brazilian President Michel Temer has announced the creation of a public security ministry after giving the military full control over security in crime-plagued Rio de Janeiro. Temer came to the city to meet Governor Luiz

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Rescuers discovered nine more bodies Sunday beneath the ruins of a Indian hotel, bringing the known death toll from an explosion which tore through a wedding party to 18, an official said. A gas cylinder

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President Donald Trump acknowledged Sunday that Russia was succeeding beyond its "wildest dreams" in sowing discord within the US but once more refrained from directly challenging Moscow over its election meddling. In a mash of

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District administration arrested the managers of six filling stations for overcharging in the prices of petrol and diesel in Peshawar. The raids were conducted on public complaints received by the Deputy Commissioner (DC) Peshawar, Islamzeb,

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Member British parliament Lord Nazir Ahmed on Saturday warned of serious repercussions if Pakistan is placed on global terror-financing watchlist of Financial Action Task Force (FATF). Nazir stated that flow of Foreign Direct Investment would

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