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Buenos Aires subway workers go on strike over asbestos claims
Metro de Madrid opens an investigation to determine if there were irregularities in the sale of the cars to Argentina
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Tillerson sacking spells doom for Iran nuclear deal
Tillerson urges Trump to listen to his European allies and to preserve Iran deal intact
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Trump fires top diplomat Tillerson, names CIA chief as successor
Senior White House official says, Trump wanted to reshuffle his team with a view to launching talks with North Korea
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Russia warns of reprisals if UK acts over spy attack
British Prime Minister Theresa May says Russia is highly likely to be behind the attack
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Indian man gropes woman in Dubai Metro
Victim says he caught me off-guard when he slipped his right hand between my shirt and purse, which I was holding'
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Saudi Arabia's 'Highway 10' is world's longest straight road
Australia’s 146-kilometre Eyre Highway topped the list previously
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Moroccan street cleaner wins beauty contest
Sanaa Maatat does not consider changing her job
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Turkey jails man for murder of Syria activist and journalist daughter
Barakat was a prominent political opponent of Syrian leader Bashar al Assad
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Girl's picture goes viral after sending it to stranger
The act ends up helping raise over $33,000 for a child suffering from leukaemia
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Iran academic says sentenced to 18 months for 'propaganda'
Zibakalam is known for his criticism of Iran's foreign policy
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Female students start learning ‘cinematic arts’ as 300 theatres opening in Saudi Arabia
Student of visual and digital production at Effat University says 'Everything is about to change,'
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Bangladesh court sentences 39 to death for murdering official
A number of those travelling with the local party leader were injured in the brutal assault
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Nepal's first female president wins second term
Bhandari first five years in office have been largely uncontroversial
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Bus crash kills 38 in Ethiopia: state media
Ten passengers survived but suffered 'serious and minor injuries'
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More than 350,000 dead: Syria's war in numbers
Killed include 106,390 civilians, of which 19,811 were children and 12,513 women, according to British observatory
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Editor of National Geographic admits to magazine's racist past
Goldberg wants to confront the use of racism as a political strategy, and prove the publication is improving
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Maoist rebels kill 8 Indian paramilitary troopers in restive Chhattisgarh
Blast in a remote forest region also injured three others who were airlifted to state capital Raipur for treatment
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'Punish a Muslim Day' letters in UK prompt terror investigation
At least six communities have reported receiving anonymous letters encouraging people to act violently towards Muslims
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Stone Age people in South Africa unharmed by supervolcano eruption
scientists
found evidence that the hunter-gatherers at these sites
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Blast targets Palestinian PM's convoy during rare Gaza visit
Hamdallah appeared on television shortly after the explosion as he opened a plant in the territory
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Turkey, US to oversee Syrian Kurdish YPG withdrawal from Syria's Manbij
Turkey and the United States will decide on a plan for
securing Manbij during talks on March 19 -
Saudi graft suspects were physically abused
Many of the 381 suspects, including princes, ministers and tycoons, remain under military surveillance
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Elements of the Taliban open to talks with Afghan government, says Mattis
US Defence Secretary is currently in Kabul on an unannounced visit, according to sources
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British PM says 'highly likely' Russia behind spy attack
Theresa May tells parliament that Moscow uses group of nerve agents known as Novichokn for assassinations
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Compromise seeks to save Netanyahu's coalition
Polls suggest Netanyahu could remain prime minister in fresh elections despite corruption allegations
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Convicted 'Bookkeeper of Auschwitz' dies aged 96
Groening found guilty in July 2015 of being accessory to the murders of 300,000 Jews
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Venezuela opposition asks UN not to send observers to May vote
Main opposition coalition boycotts the election on the grounds that election council favors ruling party
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Russia says May's spy statement a 'provocation': reports
Kremlin rejects any involvement in the death, despite a British judge concluding Putin likely approved killing
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Saudi crown prince to visit White House on March 20
Trump looks forward to discuss ways to strengthen ties between US and Saudi Arabia
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Trump accused of backpedaling on gun control
Trump signals support for raising from 18 to 21 federal minimum age for purchasing powerful weapons
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Women are happier yet more anxious than men: survey
70 and 74 years old is the happiest age group and also least anxious in the most recent survey
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Da'aish local commander’s son among six killed in US drone strike near Pak-Afghan border
Commander Dawood Mehmood's son killed in attack, according to reports
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Iran jails 11 for attacks on mosques, public property
11 defendants including women were also convicted of 'propaganda against the system of the Islamic republic'
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British paedophile ring abused 1,000 children
Girls were lured from their families to be drugged, beaten and raped, the newspaper said
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Crashed jet was carrying Turkish bride-to-be, seven friends on bachelorette trip to Dubai
28-year-old daughter of business tycoon Huseyin Basaran, was celebrating ahead of her wedding next month
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Over 1,000 need urgent medical evacuation from Syria's Ghouta: UN
Linda Tom says 'The majority of them are women and children,'
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Teenager jailed for spate of acid attacks on streets of London
The use of acid in street attacks in Britain has risen sharply over the past two years
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Pakistan has significant importance in Muslim world: Imam-e-Kaaba
Says Saudi Arabia and Pakistan are like two bodies and one soul
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Space bases could preserve civilization in World War III: Elon Musk
There is "some probability" that there will be another Dark Ages, particularly if there is a third world war
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49 dead in Nepal's worst plane crash in decades
Rescuers had to cut apart the mangled and burned wreckage of the aircraft to pull people out
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Right-wing parties opposed to FARC peace deal lead Colombia vote
It's the first time in my life that I've voted and I do it for peace
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Chief of Air Staff Sohail Aman awarded US Legion of Merit
It is the highest military award of US armed forces awarded to any foreign military high official
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Against Putin, seven candidates and one glaring absence
His primary political opponent will not be on the ballot
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The world's longest-serving leaders
World leaders who have held power the longest -- excluding monarchs enthroned for life
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Nearly 96 mln students receive educational aid in China
China's educational aid program covers both public, private schools, as well as students with financial problems
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US not interested in bringing peace to Afghanistan: Iran’s Foreign Minister
Javad Zarif was warmly welcomed by senior officials of Foreign Ministry at Islamabad airport
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Afghanistan has one million female drug addicts: health officials
Almost 100,000 children, all believed to be under the age of 10, are also afflicted, new figures show
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All five passengers died after helicopter crashes in New York City's East River
Divers reached the helicopter it was inverted and in 50 feet of water with below 40-degree Fahrenheit
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War, conflict fuel arms imports to Middle East, Asia, says study
Middle East accounts for 32 per cent of all arms imports worldwide, according to research
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Rise of violent Buddhist rhetoric in Asia defies stereotypes
What has prompted a surge in aggressive rhetoric from followers of a faith that is equated with non-violence?

















































