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China Enlists Public to Track Fugitives in US, Canada
A massive anti-graft campaign launched by President Xi Jinping includes a push to repatriate allegedly corrupt officials who have fled...
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Facebook Blacklists Myanmar Hardline Buddhist Group
Facebook has blacklisted a Buddhist nationalist movement, Ma Ba Tha, including monks notorious for bilious hate speech against Rohingya Muslims.
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Iraq Parliament Orders Full Election Recount
Iraq's parliament Wednesday ordered a manual recount of the May 12 legislative elections and sacked the commission which oversaw the...
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Iran ‘Preparing Activities’ in Case Nuclear Deal Fails
Iran's ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Reza Najafi said Tehran could restart its nuclear activities "without any...
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Half Million Killed in Brazil’s Deadly Decade [Study]
In 2016 alone, there were a record 62,517 homicides in Brazil, the study by the Ipea government research agency and...
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UN: World is Choking on Plastic Amid Growing Environmental Crisis
The U.N. warned at current levels the earth could be awash with 12 billion tonnes of plastic trash by the...
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Amnesty: US-led Coalition Committed ‘Potential War Crimes’ in Syria
Amnesty International said the U.S.-led military campaign to oust the Islamic State (IS) group from the Syrian city of Raqa...
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King Warns Jordan ‘at Crossroads’ Over Economic Protests
Around 2,000 protesters gathered close to the prime minister's office in central Amman, Jordan, hours after Premier Hani Mulki stepped...
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Taiwan President Calls for Democracy in China on Tiananmen Anniversary
In comments likely to incense Beijing, Taiwan's president Tsai Ing-wen called on the Chinese government to acknowledge what happened during...
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Britain to Unveil New Counter-Terrorism Strategy
The new British counter-terrorism plan, to be dubbed Contest, will seek to ensure "that there are no safe spaces for...
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Anti-Migrant Party Leads in Slovenia Election
The anti-immigration party of veteran centre-right leader Janez Jansa has emerged as the largest party in Slovenia's parliamentary election on...
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Clashes Erupt in Kashmir After Paramilitary Vehicle Kills Youth
Protesters hurled back stones at Indian security forces in the latest outbreak of violence in the divided region's main city,...
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Trump Confirms June 12 Meeting with Kim in Singapore
Donald Trump emerged after a more than hour-long Oval Office meeting with a high official from North Korea saying that...
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Italy’s Populist Government Sworn into Office
New Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte and his cabinet -- the first populist government in an EU founding member -- were...
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Foreign Activists on Trial for Helping Migrants Enter France
Three foreigners are being tried in southern France in the latest in a series of trials involving activists trying to help...
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Red Cross: Gaza Health Crisis is of ‘Unprecedented Magnitude’
The International Committee of the Red Cross said it was stepping up its assistance in the beleaguered Palestinian enclave, and...
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Denmark Bans Islamic Full-Face Veil in Public Spaces
Wearing a burqa, or the niqab, which only shows the eyes, in public in Denmark will lead to a fine...
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Navigating the Unknown: UK Firms Brace for Implications from US Iran Sanctions
While the other parties in the Iran nuclear deal remain committed to it, US sanctions may impede their future dealings...
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1.2 Billion Children Threatened by War, Poverty, Discrimination [Study]
Entitled "Many Faces of Exclusion," the study by Save the Children ranked 175 countries in terms of the threat of...
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Hundreds March in Hong Kong to Mark Tiananmen Crackdown
Organised by a group of veteran democracy activists, hundreds marched through Hong Kong ahead of the 29th anniversary of China's...
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