India's prime minister has revealed what is being billed as the world's largest government-funded health scheme. Narendra Modi says it will cover around half a billion people. But there're concerns that existing facilities won't
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Two high-ranking military officers were among 14 people arrested so far during investigations into an alleged drone attack against President Nicolas Maduro. The arrests of Major-General Alejandro Perez and Colonel Pedro Zambrano from the
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Genoa, Italy (CNN)Rescuers worked through the night to attempt to account for all of the victims of Tuesday's Morandi Bridge disaster in Genoa, as Italy's President called for a "serious and severe examination" into
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Genoa, Italy (CNN)The sound of jackhammers reverberated through the night in this northern Italian city, where crews searched for survivors of a highway bridge collapse that left about two dozen people dead, officials said.A
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US is trying to make Iran ‘surrender’ through sanctions says Iran’s vice president The United States is trying to make Iran surrender through the imposition of sanctions, Iranian vice president Eshaq Jahangiri said on
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GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories: Israel reopened its only goods crossing with the Gaza Strip on Wednesday in response to relative calm on the border after months of tensions prompted a blockade on most goods
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GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories: Israel reopened its only goods crossing with the Gaza Strip on Wednesday in response to relative calm on the border after months of tensions prompted a blockade on most goods
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A large explosion has gone off in front of an educational centre in the west of the Afghan capital, Kabul. A spokesman for Afghanistan's ministry of public health told Al Jazeera at least 25 people
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At least 22 children have drowned in Sudan when their boat sank in the Nile while they were on their way to school, according to official media. A woman also died when the vessel went
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The Afghan military has made significant gains against the Taliban in Ghazni city. The assault began on Friday and at least 400 people have been killed, a quarter of them civilians. There is still
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