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Rape Victim Jailed For 30 Years Because Baby Was Stillborn

A teenager who survived rape before giving birth to a stillborn baby in a bathroom has been jailed for 30 years. The...

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Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapons Approved At UN

More than 70 years after the world witnessed the devastating power of nuclear weapons, a global treaty has been...

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School Under Tree Relocated Into Ultra-Modern Block

Kalveo Kindergarten and Primary School in the Kassena Nankana West District of the Upper East Region which was under...

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Eritrea’s ‘city of Dreams’ Given UNESCO Heritage Listing

The people of Eritrea have long said their capital Asmara is like no other city in Africa, and on Saturday the UN...

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In IS-Held Raqa, Parched Civilians Risk Lives For Water

Syria's Raqa once thrived on the banks of the gushing Euphrates River, but dire shortages in the Islamic State group...

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US Reviews Ties With UNESCO Over Hebron Decision

The United States said on Friday it was reviewing ties with UNESCO after the UN cultural agency declared the Old City...

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UNESCO Declares China’s Hoh Xil Nature Reserve A Heritage Site

UNESCO on Friday declared the Hoh Xil nature reserve in China's Qinghai Province a natural heritage site in a...

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Heavy Regime Bombardment Reported Near Damascus

Government forces carried out heavy bombardment Friday of a rebel-held district on the eastern edge of the Syrian...

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What Is the Hebron Row?

The United Nations declared the Old City of Hebron a heritage site on Friday, sparking Israeli fury and Palestinian...

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UNESCO Puts Hebron On Endangered Heritage List, Outraging Israel

UNESCO on Friday declared the Old City of Hebron an endangered world heritage site, sparking outrage from Israel in a...

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Palestinians Hail UNESCO Hebron Vote Slammed By Israel

The Palestinians hailed a UNESCO decision Friday to label the heart of the occupied West Bank city of Hebron a...

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Explosions In Sky As Pyongyang Celebrates ICBM Launch

Fireworks lit up the sky over Pyongyang's Juche Tower as North Korea celebrated its launch of an intercontinental...

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UN Set To Adopt Treaty Outlawing Nuclear Weapons

A global treaty banning nuclear weapons is set to be adopted at the United Nations on Friday despite opposition from...

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No Last-Minute Reprieve For Mentally Ill US Man Sentenced To Die

The governor of Virginia on Thursday refused to grant a last-minute stay of execution to a mentally disturbed death row...

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Leave Atiwa Forest Out of Ghana-China Deal – Gov’t Told

A coalition of environmental groups has asked government to as a matter of urgency take out the Atiwa Range Forest in...

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France and Russia Vow To Fight Extremism

The French and Russian foreign ministers vowed Thursday to put aside their countries' differences to fight and defeat...

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Togo Purges Its Violent Past With Voodoo Ceremonies

The voodoo follower stood bare-chested with beads around his neck in the centre of the public square in Bè, a working...

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Mattis Slams N.Korea ‘provocation’ But Says Focus On Diplomacy

Pentagon chief Jim Mattis on Thursday slammed North Korea's test launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile as a...

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Absence of Victims Leaves Holes In Juba Hotel Trial

Witnesses described looting and finding a dead body, but the trial of 12 soldiers accused of raping foreign aid workers...