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Security personnel inspect wreckage after an explosion at a railway station in Quetta, in Pakistan's Balochistan province. Photo: BANARAS KHAN / AFP At least 24 people have been killed and more than 40 injured in a bomb blast at a railway station in Quetta in southwestern Pakistan, officials say. Pakistan is grappling with a surge in strikes by separatist ethnic militants in Balochistan province in the south and Islamist militants in its northwest. A decades-old insurgency has destabilised Balochistan and created security concerns for projects trying to access the province's untapped resources. Inspector general of police for Balochistan, Mouzzam Jah Ansari, said 24 people have died so far on Saturday from the blast at the railway station, which is usually busy early in the day. "The ta...

Residents of Eputobi village watch the eruption of Mount Lewotobi on 8 November. Photo: BAYU ISMOYO and ARNOLD WELIANTO / AFP Indonesia's Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki has erupted at least three times on Saturday, spewing an ash column 9km high, as authorities plan to widen the restricted area, officials say. A big eruption on 3 November by the volcano in East Nusa Tenggara province killed nine. Since then, authorities have been scrambling to evacuate 16,000 people from villages nearest the crater as eruptions continue. "The eruption accompanied by the ejection of hot lava and hot clouds to the west and northwest of Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki is still occurring," said Muhammad Wafid, head of the volcanology agency. The agency plans to expand to 9 km from 8 km the zone southwest to northwest of...

By Stephanie Kelly for Reuters Robert F Kennedy Jr at an election night event for Donald Trump in West Palm Beach, Florida. Photo: JOHN MOORE / Getty Images via AFP Robert F Kennedy Jr, the former independent presidential candidate, is reviewing candidate resumes for the top jobs at the US government's health agencies in Donald Trump's incoming administration, a former Kennedy aide and a source says. Kennedy, of the famed political family, has been asked to recommend appointees for all regulatory health agencies, including the Department of Health and Human Services and the Food and Drug Administration, said Del Bigtree, who was director of communications for Kennedy's campaign and remains close to the former candidate. A source familiar with the matter, who declined to be identified...