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Brawl Breaks Out After Protesters Storm Macedonia Parliament

Protesters stormed into Macedonia's parliament on Thursday after an ethnic Albanian was elected as speaker. A brawl...

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Ex-Olympus Bosses Face $529m Fraud Bill

Former Olympus chairman Tsuyoshi Kikukawa (right) is among those who must pay damages Six executives sacked by Japan's...

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Suspected Maoist Rebels Kill 24 Troops In Chhattisgarh

Suspected Maoist rebels have killed at least 24 paramilitary soldiers on Monday in a remote part of central India, a...

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Suspected Maoist Rebels Kill 24 Soldiers

Suspected Maoist rebels have killed at least 24 paramilitary soldiers on Monday in a remote part of central India, a...

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Le Pen-Macron ‘in French Run-Off’

The centrist Emmanuel Macron and far-right leader Marine Le Pen have won the first round of voting in French...

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Macron, Le Pen Likely To Face Off In Final Round

Polls have closed in the first round of the French presidential election, with higher than expected turnout in a...

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Deadly Israeli Attacks Hit Syria’s Quneitra Province

Israeli forces have attacked pro-Syrian government groups in the countryside of Quneitra, two days after carrying out...

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Afghanistan Mourns Deadly Taliban Assault

Afghanistan is holding a day of national mourning after the Taliban attacked an army base, killing or wounding more...

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Taliban Fighters Attack Afghan Army Base, ‘killing 140’

As many 140 Afghan soldiers were killed on Friday by Taliban attackers apparently disguised in military uniforms in...

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Gunman Was ‘focus of Anti-Terror’ Probe

People could be seen walking towards police with arms raised to show their hands after the shooting The gunman who shot...

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LA Airport Failed To Spot Gun In Hand Luggage

An off-duty policewoman flew from Los Angeles international airport (LAX) to Taiwan with a gun in her hand luggage. The...

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Russia Court Outlaws ‘extremist’ Jehovah’s Witnesses

Russia's Supreme Court has accepted the government's request to designate Jehovah's Witnesses as an outlawed religious...

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Policeman and Suspected Gunman Shot Dead In Paris ‘terror Attack’

One policeman has been shot dead and two others wounded in central Paris, French police say, with their suspected...

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Syria Evacuations Resume After Deadly Bomb Attack

The evacuation and transfer of thousands of Syrians from four besieged areas resumed on Wednesday, according to the...

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World’s Oldest Person Dies At 117

The world’s oldest person has died in Italy at the age of 117, reports say. Emma Morano was born on 29 November 1899...

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Huge Bomb Kills Dozens of Evacuees In Syria

A huge car bomb has blasted a convoy of coaches carrying evacuees from government-held towns in Syria, killing at least...

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Chicago Airport Security Under Fire Over United Fiasco

As United Airlines struggles to recover from the public relations disaster sparked when a passenger was violently...

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British Woman Killed In Tram Attack

A British woman has been stabbed to death on a tram in Jerusalem. She has been named as student Hannah Bladon by...

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Borussia Dortmund Football Team Bus Hit By Explosion

An explosion has hit a bus carrying the Borussia Dortmund football team to a Champions League match, the club says....