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US-backed Kurdish-led forces in northeastern Syria have captured 400 ISIL fighters who were trying to escape the armed group's last enclave in Deir Az Zor, according to a
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(CNN)German police suspect a landscape gardener is responsible for killing one man and injuring two other people from beyond the grave. Bernhard Graumann, 59, was found dead from
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London (CNN)A father has been found guilty and sentenced to 16 years in prison for plotting an acid attack on his 3-year-old son amid a custody battle with
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(CNN)Police were dealing with multiple reports of suspicious packages in the UK on Wednesday, a day after three improvised explosive devices were discovered at London transport hubs.Specialist officers
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates: A prominent human rights lawyer in Iran who defended protesters against the Islamic Republic’s mandatory headscarves for women has been convicted and faces years
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IRBIL, Iraq: Iraq and the Kurdish regional government have charged hundreds of children with terrorism for alleged affiliation with the Daesh group, often using torture to coerce confessions,
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IRBIL, Iraq: Iraq and the Kurdish regional government have charged hundreds of children with terrorism for alleged affiliation with the Daesh group, often using torture to coerce confessions,
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Nigeria is struggling to bring home an estimated 20,000 girls trapped in Mali. The victims of the sex trade are kept in appalling conditions. Officials say collusion between
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On January 12, the Iraqi parliament announced that it had completed its first reading of the draft "Information Technology Crimes Law", otherwise known as the cybercrime law. This
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The US trade deficit surged to a 10-year high in 2018, with the politically sensitive shortfall with China hitting a record peak, despite the Trump administration slapping tariffs
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Hong Kong (CNN Business)The company billed as China's answer to Tesla has freaked out investors by warning that demand for its electric vehicles has failed to live up
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Tampa, Florida (CNN)Fans had gathered in their thousands, the excitement was palpable in every stadium, and footballers from four continents entertained and impressed to suggest France 2019 will
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Dubai (CNN Business)Uber may be close to spending billions of dollars to buy its big rival in the Middle East. The company is reportedly in talks to acquire
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Turkey and Iran will carry out a joint operation against the Kurdish rebels, according to Ankara's interior minister. Turkey has battled the Kurdish Workers' Party (PKK) for decades, while
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A US teenager who got vaccinated in defiance of his mother's wishes has appeared before a congressional committee to defend the national immunisation programme. More Americans are refusing
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South Korean President Moon Jae-in has proposed a joint project with China to use artificial rain in order to reduce air pollution in Seoul. Pollution levels across the
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GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories: Israeli jets struck a Hamas military target in the Gaza Strip in retaliation for balloon-borne explosive devices late Tuesday, the army said, the fourth
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WASHINGTON: The US has sanctioned Harakat Hezbollah al Nujaba, a radical militia group of about 10,0000 fighters, as well as its leader Akram Kaabi, the Treasury Department said on
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Hundreds of travellers were stranded at Nairobi's international airport as a strike prompted by a labour dispute grounded flights and riot police deployed to disperse striking workers. With
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Former Nissan chief Carlos Ghosn has been released from jail after posting a bail of 1 billion yen ($9m) in cash on Wednesday, more than three months after
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A suicide bomber in Afghanistan attacked on Wednesday in the country's eastern city of Jalalabad, an official said, killing 16 employees of an Afghan company. The attacker, who was
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(CNN)England expects to welcome a record crowd for its women's rugby fixture against Italy on Saturday. So far, 8,700 tickets have been sold for the game at Exeter's
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(CNN)When Formula E chief Alejandro Agag announced in 2012 that he would be launching a new all-electric racing series, few could have predicted just how rapidly the circuit
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KHARTOUM: A one-day strike shuttered businesses and emptied streets in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, and other parts of the country on Tuesday, as pressure mounted on longtime autocratic
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JEDDAH: Members of a Qatari family persecuted by the regime in Doha renewed their protests on Tuesday at the Swiss Press Club in Geneva.For more than 20 years
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The United States warned Turkey against moving ahead with plans to buy a sophisticated Russian missile defence system that the Pentagon believes would threaten its advanced F-35 fighter
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Satellite images show a religious school run by Jaish-e-Muhammad (JeM) in northeastern Pakistan still appears to be standing days after India claimed warplanes destroyed it and killed a
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