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Moroccan Journalist Jailed Over Rif Protets

A Moroccan court on Tuesday sentenced to three months in jail a journalist accused of having "invited" people to take...

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Mali YouTube Activist Hurt In Assassination Bid

A Malian activist whose fierce criticism of politicians and religious figures on YouTube has made him a cult figure,...

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Eight More Dead In India’s Worsening Monsoon Floods

Worsening floods killed another eight people in 24 hours in India's Gujarat state as rescue teams raced Tuesday to...

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The Rival Libyan Leaders Holding Paris Talks

Libya's UN-backed Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj and military strongman rival Khalifa Haftar are set to meet near Paris...

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Rival Libyan Leaders In France To Seek Way Out of Chaos

Libya's UN-backed Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj holds French-brokered talks Tuesday with Khalifa Haftar, the rival...

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Philippines’ Duterte Demands US Return Symbolic Church Bells

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has demanded the United States return church bells seized by American forces in a...

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Erdogan Urges All Muslims To ‘visit’ and ‘protect’ Jerusalem

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday urged all Muslims to visit and protect Jerusalem after violence broke...

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Trump Attacks US Attorney General As Weak On Clinton Emails

US President Donald Trump attacked Attorney General Jeff Sessions again on Tuesday, calling him "VERY weak" in pursuing...

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Vietnam Activist Jailed For ‘anti-State’ Charge

A Vietnamese activist was jailed for nine years on Tuesday for "anti-state activity", her lawyer said, the second such...

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Elephant Kills Handler In Zimbabwe Resort Town

An elephant that gave tourist rides in the Zimbabwean town of Victoria Falls trampled his professional handler to...

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China Urges US To Stop ‘unfriendly’ Recon Flights

China on Tuesday called on the United States to stop "unfriendly" and "dangerous" military flights after two Chinese...

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‘We Don’t Care’ About US Travel Ban

Washington's ban on US citizens travelling to North Korea will have no effect on the country's tourism industry and...

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Man Shouting ‘Allahu Akbar’ Attacks Police On Morocco-Spain Border

A knife-wielding man shouting "Allahu Akbar" charged across the border between Morocco and the Spanish territory of...

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Shell Shuts Down Key Supply Pipeline In Nigeria

Anglo-Dutch energy giant Shell said Tuesday it has shut down a key crude supply pipeline in Nigeria's restive south...

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China Urges ASEAN To Reject Outside Interference

Beijing urged Southeast Asian nations on Tuesday to unite and "say no" to outside forces seeking to interfere in the...

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Thai Polices Make $30m Drug Haul Linked To Laos Suspect

Thai police on Tuesday announced the seizure of drugs worth $30 million, including seven million methamphetamine...

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Pakistan Victims Call For Attack Masterminds To Hang

Anger was growing in Pakistan Tuesday as the grief-stricken relatives of 26 people killed by a suicide bomber in Lahore...

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Japan Woman Dies of Tick Disease After Bitten By Sick Cat

A Japanese woman has died from a tick-borne virus after being bitten by a stray cat in what is possibly the world's...

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Violence Against Afghan Journalists Soars

At least 10 journalists were killed in Afghanistan in the first half of 2017, a 35 percent surge from last year, a...