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  • Lebanese burn ruling parties' offices after night of clashes

    Lebanon's official news agency says attackers in the country's north set fire to the offices of two major political parties

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  • Indonesia nabs 2 suspected smugglers of leopard, lion cubs

    Indonesian police say they have arrested two men suspected being part of a ring that poaches and trades in endangered animals

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  • Strong quake kills 1, collapses building in Philippines

    A strong earthquake has jolted the southern Philippines, leaving at least one person dead and causing a three-story building to collapse

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  • Going home: Thunberg stuck on floor of crowded German train

    Climate activist Greta Thunberg has tweeted a photo of herself sitting on the floor of a German train surrounded by piles of suitcases and backpacks

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  • Police targets of both love and anger at Hong Kong rallies

    Several thousand people have turned out in Hong Kong in an unusual display of support for the police force, criticized as abusive by the city's...

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  • UK Labour chief Corbyn apologizes for election debacle

    Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn has apologized  to supporters for the crushing defeat in the British general election

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  • Boris Johnson goes north to celebrate crushing election win

    British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has visited northern England to thank newly elected Conservative lawmakers for their successful campaigns and...

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  • Home-cooked food in Iraqi square brings protesters together

    There are the anti-government protesters in Baghdad’s Tahrir Square, demonstrating for a better future for Iraq

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  • Iran says it's defused 2nd cyberattack in less than a week

    Iran's telecommunications minister is saying his country has defused a second cyberattack in less than a week, this time “aimed at spying on...

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  • 14 pilgrims die, 18 injured after bus crashes in Nepal

    A bus carrying Hindu pilgrims has driven off a highway in Nepal, killing 14 people

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  • Qantas aircraft evacuated in Sydney after smoke fills cabin

    Passengers on a Qantas flight from Sydney to Perth have used slides to evacuate the Airbus A330 after it was forced to return as the cabin filled with...

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  • Preservation or development? Brazil’s Amazon at a crossroads

    Brazil's president is resurrecting a long-held desire to develop the world’s largest tropical rainforest and building onto some decades-old highways

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  • Hourslong clashes between police, protesters engulf Beirut

    Lebanese security forces fired tear gas, clashed with men who attacked the camp.

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  • Supporters of embattled Thai opposition party hold big rally

    Several thousand people have rallied in the Thai capital in support of a popular opposition party that is under threat of dissolution in one of the...

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  • Mexico objects over US bill on ratifying trade pact

    Mexico won't accept foreign inspectors on its soil out of sovereignty principles

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  • Argentina: British tourist killed in mugging attempt

    Authorities in Argentina say assailants shot and killed a British tourist.

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  • Nicaragua nationalizes fuel firm 2 days after US sanctions

    The U.S. alleged President Ortega’s family used the firm for personal enrichment

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  • Specialist teams hope to recover last 2 volcano victims

    Specialist teams are expected to return to New Zealand's volcanic White Island on Sunday to resume a land search for the bodies of two victims of an...

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  • Fighting rages near Libya's capital amid push by rebel army

    Libyan officials say heavy fighting has raged around the capital Tripoli over the past 24 hours

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  • Tens of thousands anti-populist Sardines fill Roman square

    Tens of thousands of members of the Italian anti-populist Sardines movement have gathered in Rome for their first national rally

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  • Ex-Sudan strongman al-Bashir gets 2 years for corruption

    A court in Sudan has convicted former President Omar al-Bashir of money laundering and corruption, sentencing him to two years in a minimum-security...

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  • Main Polish opposition party picks presidential candidate

    Party chose the country's deputy parliament speaker as its candidate.

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  • Hong Kong police make 3 arrests in another explosives case

    Hong Kong police say they have arrested three men for testing homemade explosives they suspect were intended for use during protests

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  • Supporters of Iran-backed Iraqi group protest US sanctions

    Hundreds of demonstrators supporting a powerful Iran-backed militia group in Iraq have poured into a central Baghdad plaza to protest recent U.S....

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  • Police arrest 7 suspected militants in Indonesia's Papua

    Police say they have arrested seven suspected Islamic militants in Indonesia's easternmost Papua province as authorities beef up security ahead of...

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  • Johnson's victory may deliver Brexit but could risk breaking up the UK

    Scotland and Northern Ireland now may be drifting permanently away from London.

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  • EU to hold donors' meeting for Albania quake reconstruction

    The European Commission says member states have agreed to hold a donors’ conference in January to help Albania rebuild after an earthquake killed 51...

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  • Insider attack kills 9 Afghan militia, officials say

    An Afghan official says at least one militia member has opened fire on his comrades, killing nine

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  • Death toll in volcano eruption climbs to 15, as divers search for more bodies

    Two other victims are feared dead, police said.

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  • Rebel attack on eastern Congo city leaves at least 6 dead

    A Congolese city at the center of the Ebola outbreak has again come under attack from rebels and at least six people are dead

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  • Alleged militants kill police officer in eastern Indonesia

    Alleged members of an Islamic militant group have shot a police officer to death in the latest assault targeting officials in the world's most...

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  • Sudan court convicts Omar al-Bashir of money laundering, sentences him to 2 years in rehabilitation facility.

    Sudan court convicts Omar al-Bashir of money laundering, sentences him to 2 years in rehabilitation facility.

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  • Cries of abuse in Catholic Church start to be heard in Japan

    Harumi Suzuki and Katsumi Takenaka are among a handful of people who have gone public as survivors of Catholic clergy sexual abuse in Japan

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  • North Korea says it conducted another ‘crucial test’ at its long-range rocket facility

    North Korea says it conducted another ‘crucial test’ at its long-range rocket facility

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  • Explosion in south Nepal town kills 3, injures another 3

    An explosion at a house in a southern Nepal town has killed three people including the owner, his son and a police officer who responded to the call...

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  • Gang of gunmen on motorcycles kill head of Honduran prison

    A gang of gunmen on motorcycles killed the director of a prison in Honduras where a key witness against the president's brother was slain in October

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  • Brazil's women join in anthem denouncing sexual violence

    Brazilian women have staged demonstrations in the capital and in Rio de Janeiro, singing a song protesting sexual violence that has become an anthem...

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  • US Pacific commander says China seeks to intimidate region

    The commander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet says China's activities in territory it claims in the South China Sea are meant to coerce and bully other...

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  • New Zealand divers attempt to recover last 2 volcano victims

    Police divers have returned to the waters around New Zealand's volcanic White Island to search for the remaining two victims of an eruption that left...

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  • Iraq's top Shiite cleric condemns gruesome hanging of teen

    Iraq's top Shiite cleric has denounced the killing of a teenager whose body was strung up by his feet from a traffic pole in a Baghdad square

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  • Conservatives win big in UK election

    The Conservative Party headed by Prime Minister Boris Johnson won by a landslide in the UK general elections.

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  • Belgian carnival removed from UNESCO list over racism row

    A famous Belgian carnival has been removed from the U.N.'s cultural heritage list following complaints that last year's edition contained blatant...

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  • $66 million Klimt painting stolen 20 years ago may have been found

    The artwork was discovered in the Italian gallery from which it went missing.

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  • El Salvador court gives hefty sentences in mass gang trial

    A court in El Salvador has sentenced 373 convicted members of the notorious Mara Salvatrucha gang to prison terms of up to 74 years

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  • UN official: Chilean police abused protester's human rights

    The United Nation's chief human rights agency says Chile's security forces abused protesters taking the streets in recent months

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  • Who is Greta Thunberg?

    The teen climate activist from Sweden was named Time magazine’s 2019 Person of the Year.

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  • Lawyers' attack on hospital leaves 3 dead

    The patients died during the attack after being left unattended.

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  • Johnson claims Brexit mandate with new conservative majority

    Prime Minister Boris Johnson pledges to heal Britain's divisions over Brexit after his gamble on early election rewarded him with a commanding...

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  • Ex-PM elected Algeria's new president, to protesters' dismay

    Algeria's newly-elected president has vowed to reach out to pro-democracy protesters, who have massively taken to the streets again to challenge his...

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