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Female suicide bomber wounds seven in Turkey's Bursa
The bombing took place near Bursa's 14th century Grand Mosque
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FIFA boss wants North-South Korea friendly
Gianni Infantino said on Wednesday that he is willing to try and set up a football match between arch-rivals
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Four foreign climbers killed in Himalayas
The Swiss and Austrian climbers were part of a team attempting to summit China's 8,027-metre high Shisha Pangma
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Women allegedly kicked out of cafe in California for being Muslim
Sara Farsakh accuses Urth Caffe staff of treating her and her friends with bias because they were wearing hijabs
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Chinese rights activist Harry Wu dies at 79
He is survived by his son Harrison and former wife Ching Lee
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Self-driving Volvo to be tested on streets of London
Swedish carmaker Volvo on Wednesday announces it would give self-driving cars to ordinary Britons to test in London
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UN chief says end 'madness' of nuclear weapon testing
Ban Ki-Moon urges ratifying the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty, which turns 20 this year
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Russia asks UN to list key Syrian rebel group as 'terrorist'
Alloush is the chief negotiator for the High Negotiations Committee, the war-torn country's main opposition group
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Russia applauds cooperation with US over Syria
'Overall, we positively assess the cooperation with the United States in Syria' Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu says
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English junior doctors hold second day of all-out strike London
Some 21,600 junior doctors took part in the first day of the strike on Tuesday
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North Korea builds replica of South 'Blue House' for target practice
North Korea is preparing to blow apart a replica of South Korea's presidential Blue House on an artillery range
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Paris attacks suspect Abdeslam transferred to France
Paris prosecutor Francois Molins says Abdeslam was formally placed under arrest after arriving on French soil
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Iran's Khamenei says US lifted sanctions only on paper
In practice US is scaring businesses away from the country, Khamenei says
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Germany confirms departure of spy agency chief
The move comes a year after damaging revelations that BND had helped the US National Security Agency spy on EU allies
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Top Indian lawyer ordered to inspect sexy condom packets
Conservatives in deeply religious India often register complaints with police under the obscenity law
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India likely to become net importer of sugar as drought dries fields
It would give rival producers such as Pakistan, Thailand and Brazil the chance to boost shipments from their ports
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Back to the future as South Sudan's old rivals 'end war', again
Peace doves released, and after Machar was sworn into office, two men stood alongside each other with hands on hearts
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Dutch FM warns no safety 'guarantees' for visitors to Turkey
The warning comes as the Dutch government is working to lift a travel ban on Dutch-Turkish journalist Ebru Umar
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Art detective says female and male model used for Mona Lisa face
Infrared technology was used to examine the painting
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Instagram testing minimalist black and white design
The app may be modernising and moving away from its original orange and blue aesthetic
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Australian police charge four over terror killing
Farhad Jabar, 15, shot senior accountant Curtis Cheng, 58, outside Sydney police headquarters
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Korean dog meat farmers seek fresh start
The dogs in Gong's farm, one of thousands across the country, are bred specifically for consumption
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First shipment of US natural gas to EU arrives
A move which could lead to continental price wars and reduce Russian market domination
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Iran parliament in the balance in election run-offs
Nearly a quarter of Iran's parliamentary seats are at stake
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Brexit would cost Britons a month's salary by 2020: OECD report
Britain leaving the EU referendum would lead to average working Briton losing equivalent of a month's salary
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How Nasa teaches us to live more sustainably
More than 22,500 pounds of 'drinkable' water recycled from urine alone
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Surge in EU immigrants fuels Brexit campaign
A recent surge in immigration by mainly East European workers is giving momentum to "Brexiters" in the campaign
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US looks into Google edge on Android: report
Concerns at issue are similar to some targeted by European Union regulators
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Traffic to Wikipedia terrorism entries plunged after Snowden revelations, study finds
Knowledge about terror groups and their tools plunged nearly 30 per cent
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Panama Papers' data to be made public on May 9
Database is likely to be the largest ever release of secret offshore companies and the people behind them
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Greece sends 49 migrants, including four Pakistanis, back to Turkey
Expulsions came as tensions flared at a migrants' camp on Greek island of Lesbos during a visit by Migration Minister
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New York Times to shut Paris HQ of international edition
Changes are part of an effort to simplify the editing and production processes of the International New York Times
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German nuclear plant infected with computer viruses, operator says
'W32.Ramnit designed to steal files from infected computers, targets Microsoft Windows software' Symantec says
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US military conducts cyber attacks on Islamic State
Deputy Secretary Defence says 'We are dropping cyber bombs' on the IS group
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Brazil: Zika outbreaks tops 91,000 cases
There is no vaccine or treatment for the virus
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Trump and Clinton dominate in primaries, extend leads
Trump demolished his rivals Ted Cruz and John Kasich in Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania and Rhode Island
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Turkey's Erdogan defends secularism after remarks by parl't speaker
The reality is that the state should have an equal distance from all religious faiths, Turkish President said
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Prince left no will, sister tells court
She asks a court to appoint a special administrator to oversee his vast estate
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Air raids in Syria's Aleppo province kill at least 19
The strikes are latest in a surge of violence in and around the city that has severely tested February 27 ceasefire
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Chile reburies Nobel-winning poet Pablo Neruda
Doubts have surrounded his death since former driver claimed the poet was given a mysterious injection in his chest
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Uzbekistan wants restart of Afghan peace talks, sees Russia's role
"There is serious and real threat of instability spilling over into neighbouring countries and regions," Karimov says
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Is Kabul barking up the wrong tree?
Afghan politicians need to adopt a more pragmatic approach to the country’s many challenges
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Al Qaeda affiliate says killed gay activist in Bangladesh
Dhaka police dismiss claim as baseless, saying international militant groups had no organisational base in Bangladesh
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Pressure mounts on Bangladesh after gay activists murdered
Six men carrying machetes and guns killed Xulhaz Mannan activist Mahbub Tonoy on Monday in Dhaka
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Indian court allows Italy marine to delay return for murder trial
In 2012, India arrested the two men on suspicion of shooting dead two fishermen they mistook for pirates
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Turkey police fire tear gas at religious constitution protest
Police break up a group of more than 100 protesters, preventing them from making a press declaration
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Iran sentences four journalists to jail time: state media
Revolutionary Guard says it had arrested several members of infiltration network linked to hostile Western governments
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Ambitious Saudi reforms up against 'vested interests'
Given its sweep, analysts say the plan's boosters are likely to come up against an array of obstacles
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French court sentences 'dentist of horror' to 8 years in jail
The dentist ripped out healthy teeth and left dozens of patients in a remote French village with broken jaws
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French Muslim shopowner fined over sexist opening hours
Uproar was created when he pasted a notice outside his store indicating different shopping hours for men and women