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Ugandan police fired live rounds and tear gas in the capital to disperse a crowd of protesters angered over the arrests and alleged torture of several opposition politicians,
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Phnom Penh, Cambodia - An award-winning Cambodian land rights defender has been freed after spending two years in prison on charges many viewed as politically motivated. Surrounded by
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Ottawa, Canada - Binto Mohamed hasn't had a good night's sleep since May. That's when she received a letter telling her that her family of 10 had 120
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Ahead of Pope Francis' scheduled visit to Ireland, an international research group launched a database of Irish clergy convicted or credibly accused of sexually abusing children. BishopAccountability.org said
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WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump’s administration has rejected Turkey’s offer to condition the release of an American pastor on clearing a top Turkish bank of billions of dollars
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WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump’s administration has rejected Turkey’s offer to condition the release of an American pastor on clearing a top Turkish bank of billions of dollars
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An uprising in South Carolina's Lee Correctional Facility in April ended with seven people dead. The uprising was sparked by gang-related tensions, which were fuelled by poor living
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The UN's outgoing human rights chief warned the world body's five permanent Security Council member states wield too much power and it could lead to its "collapse". China,
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Venezuela has rolled out a new currency, slashing five zeroes from the bolivar, in a bid to tame the country's rampant hyperinflation, but critics say the new measures
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LONDON: Uri Avnery, a peace activist who became the first prominent Israeli to meet in public with Yasser Arafat, died on Monday aged 94. Avnery, who was an
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LONDON: Uri Avnery, a peace activist who became the first prominent Israeli to meet in public with Yasser Arafat, died on Monday aged 94. Avnery, who was an
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South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa has vowed a crackdown on government corruption. And he could end up implicating members of his own African National Congress party. A judicial
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French energy giant Total confirmed it is withdrawing from a multibillion-dollar gas project in Iran after it failed to obtain a waiver from US sanctions. Total signed a
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Turkish authorities detained two men suspected of shooting from a moving car at the US Embassy in the capital Ankara on Monday, an attack coinciding with increased tensions
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Spanish police are investigating a "terrorist attack" in Catalonia just days after the one-year anniversary of two assaults in the country's northeastern region that killed 16 people. An officer shot
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A series of coordinated attacks against security forces were reported on Monday in Russia's volatile autonomous republic of Chechnya, with authorities claiming to have killed at least five
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On August 10, 2018, South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa met with his Congolese counterpart Joseph Kabila in Kinshasa in his capacity as the current chairperson of the Southern
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JEDDAH: The Yemeni National Army, supported by the Saudi-led coalition, took full control on Monday, of the most important mountains in the strategic Al-Bayad mountain range in Al-Malagim
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ANKARA: Iran said on Monday that Europe should accelerate its efforts to salvage a 2015 nuclear deal between Tehran and major powers that was abandoned by US President
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Brazil's northeastern state of Alagoas has declared a 180-day state of emergency after dozens of cities in the region experienced water shortages that has affected more than 200,000
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No one excels more than a Washingtonian at coming up with fancy words that turn a dull bureaucratic day job into a stimulating venture and might occasionally trigger
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For the second time since the blockade on Qatar by Saudi Arabia and three other countries more than a year ago, both Qatari citizens and expatriates have been
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CAIRO: Egyptian prosecutors on Sunday charged two Coptic monks with murdering a bishop at a desert monastery, in a high-profile case that has shaken the Christian community in
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The central banks of Qatar and Turkey have signed a currency swap agreement to provide liquidity and support for financial stability, Qatar's central bank said. The agreement, aimed to
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Security forces have freed 149 passengers, including women and children, after Taliban fighters ambushed three buses and abducted more than 150 people in Afghanistan's northern Kunduz province. Three
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Nicaragua's tourism industry has been decimated by months of protests and governmental crackdowns. The Nicaraguan National Chamber of Tourism (CANATUR) estimates that about a third of restaurants have
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CAIRO: Faced with scenes of blood flowing in rubbish-strewn roads and of streets littered with animal entrails, authorities in the Egyptian capital say they aim to crack down
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