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Myanmar Earthquake Toll Surpasses 1,600 Dead Amid Search for Survivors
Aid workers delivered the first shipments of help to Myanmar, but will have to cross a country buckled by the…
Syria’s Leader Appoints New Government After Ousting Assad
The choice of cabinet officials was seen as a litmus test for whether the rebels who ousted Bashar al-Assad would…
Taliban Appears to Free American Woman Detained in Afghanistan
President Trump and a former U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan shared a video of a woman identified as Faye Hall thanking…
Search for Survivors at Collapsed Bangkok Building
The collapse of a 30-story building under construction was “not normal,” an engineering expert said. It was one of the…
Found: British Military Documents, Scattered on the Street
A man in Northern England said he had stumbled upon hundreds of documents, including threat assessments, armory codes and detailed…
Earthquake Devastates Myanmar’s Cultural Sites
The authorities said that thousands of buildings had been damaged, including about 150 mosques and pagodas.
Turkey’s Opposition Is Energized: ‘The Fire Is Already Lit’
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In Myanmar’s Earthquake, Some See Political Omens
In a censored nation that runs on rumor and omens, people in Myanmar wonder whether the latest disaster might be…
Live Updates: Death Toll in Myanmar Quake Rises to Nearly 700
Myanmar’s military government said more than 1,600 people were injured. The 7.7-magnitude earthquake on Friday near Mandalay was felt in…