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  • Stampede kills at least 20 at refugee camp in Niger

    A local official says at least 20 people died in a stampede in Niger as they were being given food and goods at a refugee camp

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  • Toxic gas leak kills 4 more people in coastal Karachi area

    Pakistani officials say a toxic gas leak killed four more people in the southern port city of Karachi, bringing the death toll so far to nine in the...

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  • Turkey seeks 695 arrests over links to U.S.-based cleric

    State media in Turkey say prosecutors have issued detention warrants against 695 people suspected of links to the U.S.-based Muslim cleric blamed by...

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  • Bomb kills Pakistani policeman assigned to anti-polio team

    A roadside bombing has targeted a police vehicle in northwestern Pakistan, killing a policeman and wounding three others

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  • China's closed: Palestinian traders fear losing a good deal

    The West Bank city of Hebron is separated from the epicenter of China's virus outbreak by more than 4,000 miles and a ring of Israeli checkpoints

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  • Civil society figures back in court in Turkey protest trial

    Sixteen civil society figures, among them jailed Turkish philanthropist Osman Kavala, will return to court on Tuesday as a verdict nears in a case...

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  • Beijing auto show is latest event delayed by virus fears

    The Beijing auto show, the global industry's biggest marketing event this year, is being postponed in response to China's virus outbreak

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  • Killing of 7-year-old stokes anger in Mexico over femicides

    The killing of a 7-year-old girl on the southern outskirts of Mexico City has stoked rising anger over brutal slayings of women, including one found...

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  • Aging Shiite cleric a powerhouse in Iraq. What comes after?

    Iraq’s top Shiite cleric, the larger-than-life Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani turns 90 this year, and when he recently had surgery it sent chills...

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  • Mexico attorney general says case of ex-oil chief 'symbolic'

    Until recently, Mexico had done nothing to pursue corruption revealed as part of the investigation into the Brazilian construction giant Odebrecht...

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• Feb 17

  • Hundreds remain under quarantine in Japan

    Basic supplies are scare in China and Hong Kong as the global economy has been hit with the aftereffects of the coronavirus.

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  • 2 killed, dozens injured in highway pileup in South Korea

    South Korean officials say four people were killed and 43 others were injured in a highway pileup in snowy weather in the country’s southwest

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  • Beijing postpones major auto show in latest event canceled or delayed because of virus outbreak

    Beijing postpones major auto show in latest event canceled or delayed because of virus outbreak

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  • Mexico attorney general says case of ex-oil chief 'symbolic'

    Until recently, Mexico had done nothing to pursue corruption revealed as part of the investigation into the Brazilian construction giant Odebrecht...

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  • China’s 'War on Terror' uproots families, leaked data shows

    When a Chinese government mass detention campaign engulfed Memtimin Emer’s native Xinjiang region three years ago, it wasn’t just the elderly imam who...

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  • China reports 1,886 new virus cases, death toll up by 98 amid report 80% of cases have been mild

    China reports 1,886 new virus cases, death toll up by 98 amid report 80% of cases have been mild

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  • Soccer-loving dog invades pitch during match

    A dog ran onto the field during a professional soccer match in Istanbul, Turkey.

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  • Gunmen kill 24 in attack near church in Burkina Faso

    An official in Burkina Faso says gunmen killed 24 civilians and kidnapped three others on Sunday

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  • UK grapples with severe floods, storm death toll rises to 3

    Britain has issued seven severe flood warnings, advising of life-threatening danger in central England after Storm Dennis roared through

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  • 14 Americans evacuated from cruise ship in Japan test positive for coronavirus

    Meanwhile, China considers canceling annual congress meeting.

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  • UK govt adviser quits amid furor over comments on IQ, race

    An adviser to British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has resigned amid fierce criticism of his past comments linking intelligence to race and suggesting...

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  • North Macedonia: Thousands rally to back judicial reforms

    Thousands of people have attended a march in North Macedonia's capital in support of landmark judicial reforms approved just before parliament was...

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  • French town uncouples with its Polish twin over LGBT rights

    A Polish mayor has deplored the decision by a French sister city to suspend 25-year bilateral ties with her town because it declared itself an area...

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  • Syria military hails advance against rebels in 'record time'

    Syrian President Bashar Assad is congratulating his troops for consolidating control over the northern province of Aleppo

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  • UK to EU: we won't accept supervision in post-Brexit deal

    Britain has set out on a clashing course for trade talks with the European Union, saying the 27-nation bloc has totally missed the point of Brexit if...

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  • Priests of disgraced Legion face trial

    The Vatican effort to reform the disgraced Legion of Christ religious order is coming under new scrutiny

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  • Disgraced religious order tried to get abuse victim to lie

    Five suspects are scheduled to be tried next month.

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  • French TGV maker Alstom in talks to buy Bombardier rail unit

    French train maker Alstom has announced an offer to buy the train business of Bombardier, the Canadian aerospace and engineering company

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  • Study: Cyprus peace deal would see economy, incomes grow

    A World Bank and U.N.-funded report says a deal reunifying ethnically divided Cyprus would mean more money in the pockets of the island nation's...

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  • Over 1 billion euros pledged for Albania quake rebuilding

    International donors have committed over a billlion euros in relief for Albania in the wake of last year's earthquake

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  • French pension reform embarks on heated debate in parliament

    French lawmakers have started debating President Emmanuel Macron's divisive plan to overhaul the pensions system in what is expected to be a fierce...

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  • US House speaker Pelosi warns allies against using Huawei

    U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is pleading with NATO allies to stay away from the next-generation cellular networks of the Chinese tech giant Huawei

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  • Protester chains himself to Russian security agency's doors

    A Russian activist has chained himself to the front doors of the nation's top security agency to protest its handling of a controversial criminal case

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  • Lesotho's drought makes 500,000 people hungry, UN says

    The United Nations says an estimated 500,000 people are threatened with hunger in Lesotho

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  • Pompeo in Africa visit praises Angola's moves against graft

    U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in his latest Africa stop has praised Angola’s president for his actions against corruption

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  • Leaked data shows China's Uighurs detained due to religion

    A newly revealed database has exposed the detention of 311 individuals in extraordinary detail, offering the fullest view yet into how Chinese...

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  • Coronavirus, bull riding competition, naked festival: World in Photos, Feb. 17

    A look at the top photos from around the globe.

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  • Russian defense minister visits Serbia amid Balkan tensions

    Russia’s defense minister says military cooperation with Serbia has reached a “fundamentally” new level as he visits his Balkan ally amid rising...

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  • Latest Cameroon fighting kills at least 22, including kids

    Residents say small children were among at least 22 people killed in weekend fighting between separatists and the military in northwestern Cameroon

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  • Suspect in Norway mosque attack charged with terror

    A Norwegian man suspected of killing his stepsister and then storming an Oslo mosque with firearms “with the intention to kill as many Muslims as...

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  • Ex-South African leader sorry for apartheid comment

    Former South African president FW de Klerk has apologized and withdrawn his statement that the country's former harsh system of racial separation...

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  • Popular Rwandan gospel musician found dead in police cell

    Authorities in Rwanda say a popular gospel musician who in 2015 was found guilty of conspiracy to murder or harm the president has been found dead in...

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  • Suicide bomber in SW Pakistan kills 8 at Islamist rally

    Local police in Pakistan's Baluchistan province say a powerful suicide bombing has killed eight people and wounded 16 others after hitting an Islamist...

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  • Largest mass graves uncovered in Burundi with 6,000 bodies

    Authorities in Burundi say they have opened six mass graves containing more than 6,000 bodies from unrest that occurred decades ago, the largest such...

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  • Women in politics: Theresa May recounts 'sticky tape' moment

    Former British Prime Minister Theresa May says she vowed early on in her political career never to think that being a woman held her back

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  • EU post-Brexit budget proposal under attack from many sides

    The European Union is in for a bruising week when it comes to the next 7-year budget

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  • Europe's busiest airport hit by a second day of disruptions

    Europe’s busiest airport suffered the knock-on effects of technical issues that disrupted travel over the weekend

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  • Amid protests, Greece suspends migrants detention plan

    Greece's government says it is suspending an emergency plan to build migrant detention camps on islands near the Turkish coast to allow for...

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  • Port operator DP World to delist from Dubai stock exchange

    Port operator DP World says it will delist from the Nasdaq Dubai stock exchange, returning the company to full state-ownership in a move that will...

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  • Body of reporter found hours after he went missing

    His family said he was brutally killed but that they have no idea who.

    Feb 17