JAKARTA -- The death toll from a landslide in the region of Central Java province in Indonesia has risen to 20, according to the country's National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB).

On Wednesday, three bodies were recovered by a rescue team supported by police and military. (Indonesia-Natural Disaster)

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TOKYO -- One man died after a fatal knife attack near Japan's JR Nagano Station at around 8 p.m. local time on Wednesday, local media reported.

Three people, including two men and one woman, were attacked by a suspect wielding a knife-like weapon near the Zenkoji Exit bus rotary of JR Nagano Station, the national broadcaster NHK reported. (Japan-Stabbing-2nd LD Writethru)

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SARI PUL, Afghanistan -- Six members of the militant group Islamic State (IS) were arrested in the northern Afghan Sari Pul province, the provincial police said in a statement Wednesday.

The arrested were involved in subversive activities and conducted an explosion in the province a couple of months ago, the statement said. (Afghanistan-IS)

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SYDNEY -- Hundreds of people have been evacuated after a building partially collapsed at a construction site in Sydney, the capital city of Australia's state of New South Wales (NSW).

Australia's 9News network reported that emergency services were called to a site in the suburb of Burwood, about 10 km west of central Sydney when the 10-story building slated for demolition partially collapsed onto an excavator at around 3 p.m. local time on Wednesday. (Australia-Building Collapse)

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SEOUL -- South Korean investigators on Wednesday were reportedly attempting to search the presidential office and residence as part of the probe into the impeached President Yoon Suk-yeol's failed martial law imposition.

The investigators said the operation was to seize a secure phone, according to Yonhap News Agency. (South Korea-President-Probe) Enditem

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