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It has been the most violent year for the Indian-administered Kashmir in nearly a decade. According to rights groups, 535 people have been killed this year so far,
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German investigators looking for evidence of possible money laundering have searched multiple offices belonging to Deutsche Bank. A total of 170 officers from the Frankfurt public prosecutor's office,
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Some of the world's most unique buildings are competing for top honours at the World Architecture Festival in Amsterdam. One of them is an apartment building in New
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There are now more than 6,000 people in a makeshift camp in Tijuana, looking to cross the border from Mexico into the United States. There are warnings that
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New York City - A Jewish professor's office at a university in New York City has been vandalised with anti-Semitic graffiti, including swastikas and an anti-Semitic slur, underlining recent
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Georgia's ruling party-backed candidate, who favours balancing the ex-Soviet republic's relations with Moscow and the West, has won the presidential runoff, according to partial results published on the electoral body's website on
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All eyes will be on Buenos Aires, Argentina on Thursday and Friday as leaders from 19 of the world's top economies, as well as representatives from the European
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GENEVA: UN war crimes investigators called on Syria on Wednesday to tell families what happened to their relatives who disappeared and provide the medical records and remains of
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GENEVA: UN war crimes investigators called on Syria on Wednesday to tell families what happened to their relatives who disappeared and provide the medical records and remains of
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GENEVA: UN war crimes investigators called on Syria on Wednesday to tell families what happened to their relatives who disappeared and provide the medical records and remains of
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Preliminary results in Georgia's presidential runoff show the ruling party-backed candidate Salome Zurabishvili is ahead with nearly 60 percent of the votes. Wednesday's runoff is the last time
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South Korea's top court ruled on Thursday that Japan's Mitsubishi Heavy Industries must compensate 28 South Koreans for forced labour during World War II in a ruling that
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A Philippine court on Thursday sentenced three police officers to up to 49 years in jail for the murder of a 17-year-old high school student, the first to
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GENEVA: UN war crimes investigators called on Syria on Wednesday to tell families what happened to their relatives who disappeared and provide the medical records and remains of
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Kiev, Ukraine - Russia seized three Ukrainian military vessels after they attempted to pass through the Kerch Strait off the coast of Crimea, Ukraine's peninsula annexed by Moscow in
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US President Donald Trump on Tuesday sanctioned the wife of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega and one of his aides under a new executive order allowing Washington to target
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Washington, DC - The US Senate, angered by the murder of writer Jamal Khashoggi, voted 63-37 on Wednesday to take up a war powers resolution that would curtail the Trump
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ANKARA: Some Arab tribes in Manbij have called for Turkish military intervention in the northern Syrian town against the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG), Syrian sources told Arab
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ANKARA: Some Arab tribes in Manbij have called for Turkish military intervention in the northern Syrian town against the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG), Syrian sources told Arab
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GAZA CITY: A local businessman on Wednesday seized the Gaza Strip’s only grand piano, claiming he owned the instrument, just days after it made its public debut in
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Politicians from nine countries gathered at the British Parliament for a hearing on misinformation and fake news. They left an empty chair for the Chief Executive of Facebook
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Support is growing in the Senate for a resolution aimed at limiting US involvement in the war in Yemen. The Senate voted 63-37 on Wednesday to advance the
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Brazil withdrew its offer to host the COP25 United Nations climate conference next year citing budget constraints and presidential transition. In a statement on Wednesday, Brazil's foreign ministry said:
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The Bank of England has warned a no-deal Brexit would trigger a financial crisis in the United Kingdom, causing the pound to plunge by 25 percent. The UK's central
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Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Wednesday that downgrading US ties with Saudi Arabia would be a mistake for national security and would not push Saudis in
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Geneva, Switzerland - The Afghan government has formed a 12-member team to hold peace talks with the Taliban, President Ashraf Ghani announced in the Swiss city of Geneva
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BEIRUT: “Why is terrorism becoming more widespread and complex?” That was the question posed by Maj. Gen. Abbas Ibrahim, the general director of Lebanese General Security, to security
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