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Chandimal’s Sri Lanka Face Buoyant Zimbabwe

Sri Lanka are looking to usher in Dinesh Chandimal's era as skipper by bouncing back from a humiliating ODI series...

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China’s Uighur Muslims Struggle Under ‘police State’

Worshippers quietly passed through metal detectors as they entered the central mosque in China's far western city of...

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South African ‘political’ Murderer In Parole Limbo

Inside South Africa's maximum security Groenpunt prison, hawk-eyed guards stroll between rows of wooden benches,...

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Nigerian University Digs In Against Boko Haram

A giant bulldozer digs a deep ditch among the bushes surrounding the University of Maiduguri in northeast Nigeria,...

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Prisoner Aid Cut Could Trigger Palestinian Crisis

International pressure on the Palestinian Authority to halt payments to the families of Palestinians held in Israeli...

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UN Identifies 38 New Probable Mass Graves In DR Congo

Another 38 probable mass graves have been discovered in DR Congo in the country's troubled central region of Kasai, the...

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US Troops Inside Raqa, IS Syria Stronghold

US military advisors are operating inside the city of Raqa, the Islamic State group's last major bastion in Syria, a US...

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Tunisia Museum Attack Trial Adjourned To Late October

A newly-opened trial over a 2015 attack at the Bardo museum in Tunisia's capital that killed 21 foreign tourists and a...

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South Sudan Forces Launch Fresh Offensive Against Rebels

South Sudan government forces have launched an offensive towards a rebel stronghold in the north of the country, the UN...

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Sudan Halts Talks After Trump Extends Sanctions

Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir on Wednesday suspended negotiations with Washington aimed at ending sanctions against...

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UN Blames Yemen Warring Sides For ‘man-Made’ Cholera Crisis

The UN aid chief on Wednesday blamed Yemen's warring parties and their foreign backers for a 'man-made' cholera...

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Civilian Deaths Soar In Iraq, Syria

The US-led coalition attacking the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria killed as many as 744 civilians in June, an...

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Sudan Regrets US Decision To Extend Sanctions But Still Hopeful

Sudan voiced regret on Wednesday over a US decision to keep sanctions in place for another three months but expressed...

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Zimbabwe Police Fire Tear Gas At Opposition Protesters

Zimbabwean riot police in the capital Harare fired tear gas and used water cannon on Wednesday to break an opposition...

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Four Suicide Bombers Kill 15 In Maiduguri, Nigeria

At least 15 people were killed when four female suicide bombers detonated their explosives in Maiduguri, northeast...

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Gunmen Kidnap Afghan Bus Passengers, Killing At Least Seven

Afghan authorities on Wednesday recovered the bullet-riddled bodies of seven passengers kidnapped by gunmen in the...

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ISIS Admits Its Leader Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi Is Dead

ISIS has finally admitted its leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is dead, according to reports in Iraq. The terror group is...

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Iran and Oman To Strengthen Ties Amid Gulf Crisis

Iran and Oman will work to boost their ties, the Islamic republic's President Hassan Rouhani said on Wednesday, as a...

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Curfew Imposed After Three Rebels Killed In Indian Kashmir

Authorities imposed a curfew Wednesday in parts of Indian-administered Kashmir after three rebels were killed in a...