Russian officials in Iran visit Russian members of detained UK vessel

Representatives of the Russian embassy in Iran have visited three Russian crew members from the British vessel Stena Impero detained by Iran, the Russian embassy in Tehran said on Saturday.

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Hong Kong activists protest suspected gang attack in defiance of police ban

Several thousand protesters defied a police ban on Saturday to converge on a rural Hong Kong town where suspected triad gang members attacked protesters and commuters at a train station last weekend.

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Oman's top diplomat in Iran talks amid mounting Gulf tensions

Oman’s minister responsible for foreign affairs held talks with Iran's foreign minister on Saturday, Iranian state media reported, as tensions mount in the Gulf between Tehran and Washington.

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Hong Kong protests: Yuen Long march defies police ban

They rally against a mob attack on protesters last week, and accuse police of colluding with gangs.

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Hong Kong activists defy police ban to protest triad attack

Several thousand protesters defied a police ban on Saturday to converge on a rural Hong Kong town where suspected triad gangsters attacked protesters and commuters at a train station last weekend.

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Bahrain executes three, including Shi'ite activists

Bahrain executed on Saturday three men convicted in two separate cases, one involving the killing of a police officer and the other the killing of a mosque imam, the public prosecutor said in a statement.

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Bahrain executes three men convicted on 'terrorism' charges: prosecutor

Bahrain executed early on Saturday three people convicted in two separate cases, one a case of "terrorism" and killing a police officer, and the second related to the killing of a mosque imam, the public prosecutor said on its Twitter account.

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India urges Iran to free all its crew after nine released

Iran has freed nine Indian crew members of a Panama-flagged tanker it seized this month, the Indian foreign ministry said on Saturday, and it appealed for the release of three remaining crew members held from the same ship.

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Trouble feared as Hong Kong activists return to scene of triad attack

Police and activists are bracing for further violence later on Saturday as protesters plan to converge on a rural Hong Kong town where suspected triad gangsters attacked protesters and commuters at a train station last weekend.

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Club floor collapses in South Korea as athletes dance; two people dead

An upper floor of a nightclub collapsed on top of dancing revelers in South Korea on Saturday, killing two South Koreans and injuring several foreign athletes competing at the World Aquatics Championships, rescue officials and witnesses said.

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Australia says diplomats should not undermine rights, after HK protest

Foreign diplomats in Australia should respect the right to free speech and peaceful protest, Foreign Minister Marise Payne said, following tension between pro-Hong Kong and pro-Beijing protesters at a university.

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Two South Koreans dead, athletes hurt in nightclub collapse

Two South Koreans died and several others, including athletes participating in the World Aquatics Championships, were injured when an upper floor of a nightclub collapsed in the southern city of Gwangju early on Saturday, a fire department official said.

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Eight killed in quake, aftershocks in Philippines, 60 injured: agency

An earthquake and aftershocks struck islands off the north of the Philippines on Saturday killing eight people and injuring 60, disaster officials said.

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Philippines earthquakes kill at least six

Two earthquakes struck the northern province of Batanes injuring dozens.

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Six killed in quake, aftershock in Philippines, eight injured: agency

An earthquake and aftershock struck islands off the north of the Philippines on Saturday killing six people and injuring eight, the national disaster agency said.

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