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Helicopter pilots on Tuesday plucked a stranded Russian mountaineer from a northern peak in Pakistan's first such rescue at a height of more than 6,000 meters (20,000 ft), ending his six-day ordeal, the military said. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2LCu9pL

Some 36,000 firefighters struggling against one of the most destructive wildfires in California history hoped calmer winds on Tuesday would allow them to make more progress carving buffers to contain the blaze. from Reuters: U.S. https://ift.tt/2vhet0a

Suspected Islamist militants stormed a government building in the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad on Tuesday, taking dozens of people hostage after a suicide bomber blew himself up at the entrance gate, officials and witnesses said. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2KcElzN

BBC Click joined Team Dimension Data at the Tour de France to see how tech could influence the race. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2NXY3l4

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo warned on Monday that any potential International Monetary Fund bailout for Pakistan's new government should not provide funds to pay off Chinese lenders. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2Ou3Ks1

Zoe Carew wrote a letter saying "Line Men" was "wrong and unfair" to women. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2OutOmX

A survey also showed that younger people were more likely to consider cosmetic surgery than older people. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2OtXa4E

Multiple blasts hit an area of the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad on Tuesday followed by gunfire as an unknown number of gunmen attacked an area of shops and government offices, officials said. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2OufbQs

Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his main opponent, Nelson Chamisa, both said on Tuesday they were confident of victory in an election the previous day which observers deemed too early to call. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2O0mKNZ

A Reuters reporter heard at least two explosions in Afghanistan's eastern city of Jalalabad on Tuesday, in an area close to shops and government offices, followed by gunshots. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2mWaSkj

A British man who killed 22 people in an attack in Manchester at the end of a show by U.S. singer Ariana Grande was rescued from the civil war in Libya three years before by the British navy, the Daily Mail reported. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2LHkSNa

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Players fed up with being excluded from existing teams started their own league. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2v0XGiE

As many as 11 people were killed and more than 30 wounded when a bus in western Afghanistan hit a roadside bomb, officials said on Tuesday. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2vnzCWz

A bomb exploded in a van and killed 11 people at a military checkpoint in the restive southern Philippines on Tuesday in an attack that officials blamed on militants with ties to the Islamic State group. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2ArZDtA

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras met survivors of a wildfire that killed at least 91 people during his first visit to the town of Mati on Monday, as rescue teams kept recovering bodies and families mourned their dead. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2K9ClZ0

U.S. spy satellites have detected renewed activity at the North Korean factory that produced the country’s first intercontinental ballistic missiles capable of reaching the United States, a senior U.S. official said on Monday, in the midst of talks to compel Pyongyang to give up its nuclear arms. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2KcitV9

North and South Korea held military talks to build trust on Tuesday, while the United States detected renewed activity at a North Korean missile factory, casting more suspicion over the North's intentions. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2vmyClH