The waves, which towered as high as 30 metres, killed more than 220,000 people in 15 countries in the deadliest tsunami in history
Duncan Ridgley says “it was like going through five Viking battles in a day”.
An overnight curfew was imposed by Syria’s ruling Hayat Tahrir al-Sham rebel group after 14 members of the Syria’s interior ministry were killed in what they described as an ambush by supporters of ousted President Bashar al-Assad.
A look back at the horrible loss of life.
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Christmas Day attacks on Ukraine.
Experts said they were “blind” to the Indian Ocean tsunami in 2004. Twenty years later, working toward a world without tsunami deaths is a challenge.
Over the past week, Trump has criticized Panama over increasing fees, warning that if it doesn’t change, he will demand the canal’s return to the U.S.
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At least 38 people killed after passenger plane crashes near Aktau in Kazakhstan. Azerbaijan launches criminal case.