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UN Calls For Halt To South Sudan Fighting

The United Nations on Saturday called for a halt to fighting in South Sudan after the government launched a new...

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Judge Orders Arkansas To Conduct Autopsy On Executed Inmate

A federal judge has ordered the Arkansas authorities to conduct an autopsy on the body of an executed inmate whose...

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Pope Lifts Spirits of Egypt’s Persecuted Christians

For a minority devastated by a series of church bombings that killed dozens of Christians, it was a chance for a rare...

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World’s Only Tiananmen Museum Returns To Hong Kong

The world's first museum dedicated to China's Tiananmen Square crackdown will once again open its doors in Hong Kong...

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Japan’s Abe Warns of ‘confusion’ Without UK/EU Brexit Deal

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Saturday urged Britain and the European Union to secure a "smooth and...

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Burundi Refugees Find Hope In ‘at Home’ Bar In Rwanda

Outside Rwanda's national stadium is a bar that has become a second home for Burundian refugees fleeing their country's...

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Turkey, US Can Turn Raqa Into ‘graveyard’ For IS

Turkey and the United States can join forces to turn the Islamic State group's defacto capital of Raqa in Syria into a...

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Southeast Asia Faces ‘massive’ Drugs Menace

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte warned Southeast Asian leaders Saturday they were facing a "massive" illegal drug...

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Hamas To Amend Controversial Charter In Bid To Ease Ties

Hamas is to unveil a new version of its controversial founding charter which called for the destruction of Israel in a...

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Thai Family Buries Baby Murdered On Facebook Live

Tearful relatives gathered outside a Thai temple on Saturday to bury an 11-month-old girl killed by her father in a...

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Infamous Afghan Warlord Returns To Public Life After Exile

Notorious Afghan warlord and ex-prime minister Gulbuddin Hekmatyar returned to public life Saturday after more than 20...

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Thousands of Egypt Catholics Gather For Pope Mass

Thousands of Egyptian Catholics waving the colours of the Vatican flag gathered amid tight security Saturday in a Cairo...

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Philippine Police Chief Backs ‘secret Cell’ Detention

The Philippines' police chief has defended the detention of a dozen people inside a closet-sized secret cell in a case...

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Pope Francis Leads Mass For Thousands of Egyptian Catholics

Pope Francis led a jubilant mass for thousands of Egyptian Catholics on Saturday during a visit to support the...

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China Deports US Woman Convicted of ‘spying’

An American woman convicted of espionage this week has been deported by China, a human rights group that campaigned for...

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US Marines Return To Afghanistan’s Volatile Helmand

US Marines returned to Afghanistan's volatile Helmand province Saturday, the first to be deployed in the war-torn...

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Trump Eyes Embrace of Base As He Marks Tough First 100 Days

Donald Trump faced the sober realities of his office Saturday as he marked the 100th day of a presidency stamped by...

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A Chaotic Discovery of Power

From his resounding setbacks in Congress to his stunning policy flip-flops, Donald Trump has faced a steep learning...

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Southeast Asian Leaders Wrestle Over China At Summit

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte faced pushback on Saturday at a regional summit in his efforts to weaken Southeast...