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Gas explosion kills at least 100 in Nigeria
At least 100 people are killed in a gas explosion in southeast Nigeria.

At least 100 people are killed in a gas explosion in southeast Nigeria.

A UN mission says at least 11,118 people, mostly civilians, have been killed in acts of violence across Iraq this year.

Russia has agreed to build 12 new nuclear reactors in India through 20 years, the Indian prime minister says.

People in northern Nigeria march against recent army killings of Shia Muslims.

An off-duty policeman shoots an armed man dead at a North Carolina mall.

A new study finds that midnight munchies can adversely affect the brain.

Police in Chicago have clashed with protesters demanding justice for an African-American teenager shot 16 times by a white police officer last year.

Over two dozen Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails stage hunger strike in protest against inhumane treatment.

American writer and analyst Daniel Patrick Welch has blamed the state of the economy for an increase in alcohol-related deaths in the United States.

An emergent UN-brokered deal aims to end Daesh presence near the Syrian capital, Damascus.

At least three PKK militants are killed in clashes with police in southeastern Turkey.

Thousands join a funeral in occupied West Bank for fellow Palestinian killed by Israeli live fire.

If the Republican Party nominates Donald Trump for the US president, it would be the "end" of the conservative party, says George F. Will.

Many in Sweden favor taking in fewer refugees, a poll says.

The rise of poverty in the US is not surprising given the income gap in the country, says an analyst.

The US has ordered a new batch of Russian engines for its spacecrafts.

Gazprom says Iran’s new format of oil sector contracts have provided a new vision of the country’s energy investment prospects.

Poland's Senate approves contested reforms to the structure of the Constitutional Court.