At least 1,037 people have been killed and hundreds injured following a 6.8 magnitude earthquake in Morocco. Many of the fatalities are in hard-to-reach areas south of Marrakech.
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100 passengers injured in storm at sea
A cruise ship has returned to the UK after around 100 passengers were injured when it got caught in a storm in the Bay of Biscay.
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Fuel tanker explosion in Nigeria kills dozens
A fuel tanker collided head-on with another truck in Nigeria on Sunday causing an explosion that killed at least 48 people. Abdullahi Baba-Arab, director-general of the Niger State Emergency Management Agency said that the fuel tanker was also carrying cattle in the Agaie area in north-central Niger state and at least 50 of them were burned alive.
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India’s mammoth election is more than halfway done
Millions of Indians across 96 constituencies began casting their ballots on Monday as the country’s gigantic, six-week-long election edges past its halfway mark. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is seeking a third straight term with an eye on winning a supermajority in Parliament.
