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Hong Kong customs have seized a record 40kg of rhino horns worth around $1m that were on their way from South Africa to Vietnam, the latest bust for
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Yangon, Myanmar - When she was about seven or eight-years-old, Yin Nwe Khine accidentally stepped on her father's eyeglasses, snapping them in two. Other parents she knew of
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KHARTOUM: Sudan on Thursday accused campaigners spearheading protests against President Omar Al-Bashir’s rule of threatening national security and advocating violence, as hundreds of demonstrators staged more rallies. The
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BEIRUT: Lebanon on Thursday commemorated the 14th anniversary of the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafic Hariri and 21 others. Meanwhile, the country awaits the verdict of the
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WARSAW: The US on Thursday accused Iran of prolonging the war in Yemen with its support for the Houthis and called on Tehran to help make a ceasefire
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Indonesian plantation companies fined for burning huge areas of land since 2009 have failed to pay hundreds of millions of dollars in penalties meant to hold them accountable
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Scientists have warned that Tasmania's ancient rainforest and alpine flora species face an uncertain future following out-of-control fires that consumed vast tracts of wild bushland. The wildfires have
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Hundreds of thousands of students and adults across the United States bowed their heads in a moment of silence on Thursday to mark the first anniversary of the
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BEIRUT: Lebanon on Thursday commemorated the 14th anniversary of the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafic Hariri and 21 others. Meanwhile, the country awaits the verdict of the
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ANKARA: Russian President Vladimir Putin hosted on Thursday a key summit on Syria with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani in Sochi. Statements from
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ANKARA: Russian President Vladimir Putin hosted on Thursday a key summit on Syria with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani in Sochi. Statements from
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US President Donald Trump will sign a border security bill to avert another government shutdown, but will also declare a national emergency to obtain funds for his promised
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Human rights groups sued the US President Donald Trump's administration on Thursday over its policy of sending non-Mexican migrants who cross the southern border to seek asylum in
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The US Senate on Thursday voted overwhelmingly to avert another partial government shutdown with bipartisan spending legislation that funds new barriers for part of the US-Mexico border, but
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WARSAW, Poland: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Thursday called Iran the top threat in the Middle East, and said confronting the country is key to reaching
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WARSAW, Poland: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Thursday called Iran the top threat in the Middle East, and said confronting the country is key to reaching
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WARSAW: Iran is the “greatest threat to peace and security in the Middle East”, US Vice President Mike Pence said Thursday at a conference on the region taking place in
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Lexus Skyy posted a picture of her two-year-old son David Jermaine "DJ" Hall, dressed in a miniature bow tie and suspenders, on Facebook on November 3, 2018. "It
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The US Senate on Thursday confirmed William Barr as the country's next attorney general, putting the veteran Republican lawyer in charge of Special Counsel Robert Mueller's probe of any
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Anti-government protests in Haiti have brought thousands to streets and left nine dead and dozens injured this week. Demonstrators, angry over rising prices and corruption, have demanded that
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WARSAW, Poland: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Thursday called Iran the top threat in the Middle East, and said confronting the country is key to reaching
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SOCHI: Russian President Vladimir Putin was set to host his Iranian and Turkish counterparts Thursday to discuss how to resolve the conflict in Syria as Daesh terrorists made
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Vice President Mike Pence has accused Washington's European allies of trying to break US sanctions against Tehran and called on them to withdraw from the Iran nuclear deal. At
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Facebook's automated ad approval system can be tricked fairly easily, making it possible to buy ads to spread misinformation and fake news in advance of the Nigeria elections,
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Video refereeing proved a success at the FIFA World Cup in Russia last year. But a decision is yet to be made on its use at the FIFA
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JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s face beams down from election billboards depicting him as a statesman, shaking hands with US President Donald Trump.Opponents portray him as a
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Azam Jangravi’s heart was pounding when she climbed atop an electricity transformer box on Tehran’s busy Revolution Street a year ago. She raised her headscarf in the air
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