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Egypt Extends State of Emergency

Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi extended a state of emergency declared after twin church bombings in April by...

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Zimbabwe Begins Mass Transfer of Animals To Mozambique

The animals won't travel two-by-two, but thousands of safari stalwarts will soon begin their journeys from Zimbabwe to...

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CIA Penetrated By Insider Network of Candy Thieves

The Central Intelligence Agency admitted this week that it had been compromised for months in 2013 by a network of...

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Trump Says He Does Not Have Tapes of Comey Meetings

US President Donald Trump said Thursday he did not have recordings of his meetings with former FBI director James...

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Milligan Penalty Rescues Confederations Cup Draw For Australia

Australia captain Mark Milligan converted a second-half penalty in Thursday's 1-1 draw with Cameroon in Saint...

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Merkel Slaps Down May On Brexit Talks

German Chancellor Angela Merkel insisted Thursday that the EU's future take priority over Brexit talks as Prime...

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India Separatist Charged With Murder Amid Darjeeling Unrest

Indian police on Thursday charged a separatist leader and his wife for their involvement in a murder and arson, after...

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Multinational Forces Could Patrol Syria ‘de-Escalation Zones’

Turkey on Thursday said multinational forces from differing sides in the Syria conflict could be deployed to ensure...

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Macron Unveils France’s New Realpolitik For Syria

Recalibrating France's long-held policy of insisting that Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad must step down, President...

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S.Sudan To Lift Ban On Foreign Journalists

South Sudan's media authority will lift a ban on around 20 foreign journalists who had been refused access to the...

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Ireland and Afghanistan Join Test Elite

Ireland and Afghanistan were awarded Test match status on Thursday, taking the number of countries playing at the...

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China Orders Halt To Video Streaming On Major Websites

China's media oversight body announced Thursday that it has ordered three prominent Internet companies to terminate...

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India’s Opposition Pitch Dalit For President

Opposition parties Thursday picked a former parliament speaker from India's lowest Dalit caste as their presidential...

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Morocco Busts ‘IS-Linked Cell Plotting Tourist Attacks’

Authorities in Morocco on Thursday dismantled a suspected "terrorist cell" linked to the Islamic State group and...

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US Balks At ‘abortion’ Mention In UN Call To Fight Abuse of Women

The UN Human Rights Council unanimously adopted a resolution Thursday condemning abuse and discrimination of women, but...

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Senate’s Obamacare Replacement Bill Will Cut Medicaid, Defund Abortion

Senate Republicans would cut Medicaid, end penalties for people not buying insurance and erase a raft of tax increases...

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Afghanistan To Hold Delayed Parliamentary Polls In July 2018

Afghanistan will hold its delayed parliamentary elections on July 7, 2018, the top polling official said Thursday,...

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France’s Altice USA Rallies In New York Market Debut

Altice USA shares rallied Thursday in their New York market debut after the telecom group controlled by French...

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India Drops Sedition Charges Against Villagers Over Pakistan Win

Indian police said Thursday that 15 Muslims arrested for celebrating a recent Pakistani cricket victory over India...