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Security Tight, Holy Site Shut After Jerusalem Attack

Security forces locked down parts of Jerusalem's Old City on Saturday and an ultra-sensitive holy site remained closed...

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India To Get Head of State From Lowest Caste

India's next president will emerge from the Dalit caste -- a community so marginalised they were once known as...

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JPMorgan CEO Being American ‘almost An Embarassment’

JPMorgan Chase chief executive Jamie Dimon ripped into the political gridlock in Washington and said Friday that they...

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UN Chief Fears Jerusalem Attack Could Ignite More Violence

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned Friday that an attack that killed two Israeli police officers in Jerusalem...

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Italians Debate Citizenship Rights As Migrant Pressures Grow

With a flood of migrants arriving on Italy's shores, a bitter debate has erupted over whether children born on Italian...

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More Than 800,000 People Still Displaced From Mosul

More than a million people were displaced from Mosul by the battle in the Iraqi city against the Islamic State group,...

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Netanyahu, Abbas Speak By Phone After Attack

Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke by phone following Friday's...

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Thailand To Check Monks’ Bad Habits With ‘smart ID Cards’

Thailand's Buddhist monks could soon be issued "smart ID cards" flagging any drug or criminal records, in the latest...

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An Expatriate For Special Prosecutor Office? [Article]

History is littered with countless examples of sovereign states engaging professionals from different nations to man...

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Ranatunga Seeks Probe Into 2011 World Cup Defeat

Former Sri Lanka skipper Arjuna Ranatunga on Friday demanded an investigation into the country's 2011 World Cup final...

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China Won’t Pay Price For Nobel Winner’s Death

When China allowed Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo to die in police custody, it made a bet that world governments were more...

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Indian Police File Case Over ‘insulting’ Modi Meme

Indian police have filed a defamation case against a group of comedians accused of insulting Prime Minister Narendra...

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Iraq’s Mosul Residents Search For Their Old City Dead

Abdelrazaq Salman has lost everything but clings onto one last hope: finding the bodies of his family members killed...

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Australia To Compel Chat Apps To Hand Over Encrypted Messages

Social media giants like Facebook and WhatsApp will be compelled to share encrypted messages of suspected terrorists...

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Baghdad Probing Rights Abuses By Iraqi Forces

Baghdad is investigating allegations of torture and rights abuses meted out by Iraqi security forces to Islamic State...

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Morocco PM Plans Government Visits After Social Unrest

Morocco's government will make a regional tour to examine development projects, Prime Minister Saad Eddine El Othmani...

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Videos Appear To Show Killing, Beatings By Iraq Forces

Videos allegedly shot in the Mosul area appear to show Iraqi security personnel executing a detainee and brutally...

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Italy Proposes Libya Pact To Curb Illegal Migration

Italian Interior Minister Marco Minniti on Thursday proposed a pact with Libya to combat human trafficking during a...

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Israel Freezes Palestinian Housing Plan After Settlers Object

Israeli ministers have frozen a plan to allow for the construction of thousands of Palestinian homes in a West Bank...