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High School Rape In US Fuels Trump-Era Debate On Immigration

A rape at a Washington area high school has drawn intense scrutiny as part of the immigration debate launched under...

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UN Fears 200 Died In Coalition Airstrike On Mosul

The United Nations has raised grave concerns about reports of high civilian casualties in the Iraqi city of Mosul. A...

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Tillerson To Meet Allies As NATO Races To Save Talks

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will meet with NATO members next week in Brussels, officials said Friday, as...

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Blast Outside Bangladesh Airport Kills Bomber

A bomber was killed in a blast outside the Bangladeshi capital's main international airport Friday, police said, the...

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Third of Yemen Provinces On Brink of Famine

A third of Yemen's 22 provinces are on the brink of famine, the UN said Friday, warning that 60 percent of the...

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Trump Administration Approves Keystone XL Pipeline

The Trump administration has issued a permit to energy company TransCanada to build the Keystone XL pipeline. The State...

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Indian Airline Bars Lawmaker After Shoe Attack

An Indian airline said Friday it had cancelled a booking by a Hindu nationalist lawmaker who repeatedly hit an Air...

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More Than 200 Migrants Feared Drowned In Mediterranean

More than 200 migrants are feared dead in a boat sinking off the coast of Libya, a Spanish aid organisation says....

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More Than 200 Migrants Feared Drowned In Mediterranean

More than 200 migrants are feared dead in a boat sinking off the coast of Libya, a Spanish aid organisation says....

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London Attack

Four people were killed, along with the assailant, in Wednesday's attack in Westminster, close to the Houses of...

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Russia Rejects Offer For Julia Samoilova To Perform ‘via Satellite’

Russia's state-controlled television has rejected an offer from organisers of the Eurovision Song Contest to allow...

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More Than 200 Migrants Feared Drowned

More than 200 migrants are feared dead in a boat sinking off the coast of Libya, a Spanish aid organisation says....

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Hundreds Feared Dead In the Mediterranean Sea

About 250 people are feared drowned in the Mediterranean after two partially submerged rubber dinghies were found off...

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Taliban Capture Key Afghan District; 9 Police Killed

The Taliban captured a key district centre in Afghanistan's southern Helmand province on Thursday while in the...

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Uganda At ‘breaking Point’ From S Sudan Refugee Crisis

The United Nations has warned that Uganda is at a "breaking point" as almost 3,000 refugees pour into the country every...

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Democrats Vow To Oppose Vote On Trump Supreme Court Nominee

The top Democrat in the US Senate vowed Thursday that his party will block a confirmation vote on President Donald...

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Trump Says ‘great American’ Killed In London Attack

Donald Trump on Thursday confirmed an American was killed during the bloody rampage at the British parliament that has...

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Indian MP Hit Flight Attendant 25 Times With His Slipper

An Indian MP has admitted hitting a flight attendant 25 times with his slipper during a row after he was given a seat...

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Israel Arrests Jewish Teen Over Anti-Semitic Threats In US, Elsewhere

Israel arrested on Thursday a Jewish teenager accused of making dozens of anti-Semitic bomb threats in the United...