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Trump pledges to move quickly to name new FBI director
Trump set off a political firestorm by firing the man probing "collusion" between Russia and his presidential campaign
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Wife of Canada's Trudeau plugs parks with parliament tents
Free access is granted to locals and foreign tourists celebrating the country's founding 150 years ago
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At the end of the world in Chile, a culture on the brink
The Yaghan have lived here for some 6,000 years and numbered around 3,000 people before the arrival of Europeans
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Costa Rica woos European tourists, French investment
Lagging infrastructure and regional connectivity are crimping its potential
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Top ten paid US executives for 2016
Evercore, founded in 1995, hired 32-year-old veteran from top ranking Wall Street firm
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Palestinian stabs Israeli officer in Jerusalem, shot dead
The attacker stabbed the policeman in one of the alleys of the Old City before the wounded officer shot him dead
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Pope Francis makes Fatima child shepherds saints
Catholic faithful cheered in the esplanade that faces the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Fatima
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Pictures of the day: May 13, 2017
We look at 13 pictures from events around the world
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17 mummies discovered in central Egypt: ministry
The discovery was "important, unprecedented, because it's the first human necropolis", said the Antiquities Minister
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France's Macron faces first challenges ahead of swearing in
The parliamentary selection process is seen as a tricky and risky balancing act for Macron
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China says all welcome at Silk Road forum after US complains over North Korea
Western diplomats have expressed unease about both the summit and the plan as a whole
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Purported Boko Haram fighter says group plans to bomb Nigerian capital
'More bombs attacks are on the way, including Abuja that you
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US to send delegation to China's Belt and Road summit
The United States said it "recognizes the importance" of the plan for a new Silk Road
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Two Muslim men hauled off flight for 'making gestures'
Two British women complained that the Muslim men had 'skipped security checks and making gestures'
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UN condemns 'widespread' torture by police in Pakistan
Called on Islamabad to implement urgent reforms to law
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Detroit high school hosts ‘Girls-only prom’ for Muslim students
Both boys and phones were banned from the May 6 event
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Addressing climate change could be key to African peace, leader says
The mix of global warming with economic woes and political conflicts keeps peace from taking hold
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The players in Trump's Russia scandal
The shock dismissal of the FBI chief James Comey has triggered days of turmoil in Washington
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Justin Trudeau took his three-year-old to work and the pictures are heart-warming
Three-year-old, Hadrien Trudeau is melting hearts just like his father has been
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Gunmen kill Saudi child, Pakistani in Shia district: ministry
The gunmen tried to stop redevelopment work in the old quarter of the town of Awamiya
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India cool on Beijing summit as 'Silk Road' stirs unease
India's main objection is that CPEC, a key part of the plan, runs through disputed Kashmir
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Pakistan set to expose India’s complicity at ICJ
Lengthy sessions are being held in various departments, especially the Attorney-General’s office
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10 outrageous reasons for Muslims being kicked off flights
Asking for a glass of water, watching the news, or even sweating can get you kicked off
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Trilateral talks: Concerted efforts against Da’ish urged
Pakistan, Afghanistan and US discuss ways to prevent cross-border incidents
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British hospitals hit by cyber attacks
Several individual health service trusts report problems with their computer systems
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Trump warns sacked FBI chief not to 'leak' conversations
Trump assailed critics and the media over their response to Comey's ouster, threatening to cancel news briefings
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Pictures of the day: May 12, 2017
We look at 13 pictures from events around the world
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Pakistani-American taking down terrorists in court
Zainab Ahmad is one of America’s top counterterrorism prosecutors specialising in extraterritorial cases
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Turkey detains online editor-in-chief of opposition daily
The editor was held over a news story about the death in a traffic accident of senior Turkish prosecutor
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'Risk': Inside the inner sanctum of Wikileaks' Assange
WikiLeaks, founded by Assange in 2006, specializes in large-scale breaches of classified data
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49 foot long dead squid washes up Indonesian beach
49-foot-long giant squid believed to have been dead for at least three days before washing up on shore
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Five men bashed, arrested, in India over alleged cow killing
Police said a Hindu mob raided a dairy farm and attacked five Dalits skinning a buffalo
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Anxiety mounts as Italy moves to get more migrants out
Italy is sheltering more than 176,000 asylum-seekers
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Rifts grow on both sides of Yemen conflict
This rift reverberates in the Arab coalition, particularly as the sidelined southern leaders are supported by the UAE
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Fifth UN peacekeeper found dead after Central Africa attack
Bodies of the four peacekeepers were badly mutilated, to the point of making identification difficult.
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White House fumes after Moscow releases Trump meeting photos
Two officials admitted they were not told that the images would be made public.
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Fatima Faithful await Pope Francis in their thousands
Many pilgrims have trekked for days on foot to the central Portuguese town
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Copenhagen imam promotes killing of Jews
Danish immigration minister called the Friday sermon completely preposterously
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'The best words': Trump may be a poet without knowing it
'What Trump says is closer to poetry and fiction than to reality'
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MMA star's thrashing of Tai Chi master leaves China furious
Video of 10 second fight went viral and many Chinese saw this as an insult to Tai Chi
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US airlines meet with Homeland Security on expanding laptop ban
Met to discuss impact of expanding ban on large electronic gadgets on planes to flights from some European airports
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Black Muslim woman 'treated as threat' for wearing hijab in US
Staffers at a bank in Washington threatened Muslim woman to call police if she didn't remove her hood
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Australia considering NATO request to send more troops to Afghanistan
Australia currently has nearly 300 troops stationed in Afghanistan, training and advising Afghan forces
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PM Nawaz leads high-level delegation to China
Nawaz leaves for two-day visit to attend Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation in Beijing
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Tillerson gives nod to acting on climate at Arctic meet
Tillerson's signing of the document surprised a source close to the State Department
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The firing of James Comey, as told by the White House
Here is a timeline of explanations provided by the White House and the president himself
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World's tallest building delayed to 2019: Saudi prince
Jeddah Tower is to rise more than a kilometre (almost 3,300 feet), placing it above Dubai's Burj Khalifa
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Macron's party unveils new faces for French parliamentary polls
His newly renamed grassroots movement revealed 428 out of 577 candidates for the parliamentary polls
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Security in Afghanistan likely to 'deteriorate': US intelligence
US-led forces have been fighting in Afghanistan for almost 16 years
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Hezbollah says future war with Israel could take place in Israeli territory
Two Israeli air strikes against Nasrallah targets inside Syria in recent weeks have raised tension