The death toll stands at 13 with 24 people injured, when a fire early ripped through adjoining nightclubs in Spain on Sunday. It was the country’s worst nightclub fire in 33 years.
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Powerful earthquake strikes Kyrgyzstan-China border
Three people have died after a 7.1-magnitude earthquake rocked a mountainous and remote part of China’s far western Xinjiang region early Tuesday. State broadcaster CCTV reported that a further five people were injured and 12,426 evacuated from affected areas.
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Tornado in eastern China kills 5, injures 4
Two tornadoes within hours killed 10 people and seriously injured four others in eastern China. The first tornado hit parts of Suqian city in Jiangsu province on Tuesday afternoon.
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Pope Francis visits Southeast Asia’s largest mosque
Pope Francis began the third day of his Apostolic Journey to Asia and Oceania on Thursday, 5 September, by visiting the Istiqlal Mosque in Jakarta, Indonesia, for an interreligious meeting in southeast Asia’s largest mosque. Welcoming him was the Grand Imam, Dr. Nasaruddin Umar. Together they also visited the Tunnel of Friendship, which provides an underground walkway connecting the Istiqlal Mosque with the Catholic Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Assumption from it with a three-lane highway in between.
