No sign of larger hantavirus outbreak, says UN health agency

The situation could still change and there might be more confirmed cases, warns the head of the World Health Organization.

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The Kabul rehab centre hit by deadly Pakistani strike

Pakistan says it hit 'military and terrorist infrastructure' - but the UN and victims' families reject this claim.

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Thailand's divisive ex-PM is out of jail, but is the Thaksin era over?

Thaksin seems incapable of taking a back seat. This time, it really could be different.

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Police find body believed to be of fugitive Australian shooter

A body found in New South Wales is thought to be that of a man wanted over a triple murder.

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Iran activists tell BBC how threat of war intensifies trauma of repression

A dissident in Tehran says she feels helpless and under immense psychological pressure.

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I will serve - not rule over Hungary, says new PM

Nearly a month ago Péter Magyar steered his Tisza party to a landslide victory, sweeping away 16 years of rule by Viktor Orbán.

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Japanese council votes to remove unconscious mayor

Kikuo Hatakeyama, 72, has served as the mayor of Hachirogata in north-east Japan since 2008, but fell ill in February.

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