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Several dead in Japan after major earthquake causes blast at mall

Jul 29, 2026

Tokyo [Japan], July 29: A magnitude 7.1 earthquake has struck Japan's southern Kumamoto prefecture, knocking out power to thousands of homes, rupturing roads and causing a blast at a shopping mall where police say several people are presumed to have been killed and others remain trapped, as authorities warned of a risk of strong aftershocks.

US senators agree on new Russia sanctions

Jul 29, 2026

Russia reports 24 injuries in Ukrainian drone attack

Jul 29, 2026

UN's migration body says human trafficking for online fraud rising rapidly

Jul 29, 2026

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Hungary launches anti-corruption body as former PM Orban's party cries foul

Jul 29, 2026

Budapest [Hungary], July 29: Hungary's parliament has voted to establish a new agency to support law enforcement in the fight against corruption. The new National Asset Recovery Authority (NVVH) was...

EU summons Russian envoy over Romanian airspace incursion

Jul 29, 2026

Brussels [Belgium], July 29: The European Union has summoned Moscow's diplomatic envoy to Brussels in response to a Russian drone entering Romanian airspace last week.

Gunmen kill top local official in Afghanistan

Jul 29, 2026

Islamabad [Pakistan], July 29: Gunmen assassinated a senior Taliban government official in Afghanistan's north-eastern province of Badakhshan on Tuesday, the Afghan Ministry of Information and Culture said.