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Russian hackers attack two US voter databases: reports
Illinois officials said last month that they shut down their state's voter registration after a hack
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Germany's Oettinger: Turkish accession unlikely until Erdogan goes
Turkey began talks about joining the European Union in 2005 but has made little progress
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Italy rescues 6,500 migrants from Mediterranean
According to International Organization for Migration around 105,000 migrants have reached Italy by boat in 2016
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Apple hit with record 13 bn euro Irish tax bill
The firm could be ordered to pay back taxes to Ireland
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How human ancestor Lucy died
A high resolution X-ray CT study of Lucy, indicates she suffered fractures to her right humerus
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Obama to meet Philippines' controversial president
White House says Obama would meet the firebrand leader on the sidelines of a summit in Laos
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No short dresses, Indian minister advises women tourists
The minister's comments have been widely rapped
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Nepal bans Indian police couple for faking Everest climb
Dinesh and Tarakeshwari Rathod, both police constables, said they reached the top of Everest on May 23
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Fox News calls anchor an 'opportunist' over her harassment claim
Tantaros in her lawsuit says she was taken off the air in April in retaliation for rebuffing Roger Ailes' advances
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France to call for halt to talks on EU-US trade deal: minister
The setbacks have raised serious doubts that it will be achieved by the end of the year as hoped
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Thailand opens first halal hotel
The Al Meroz, which boasts mosque-like architecture, has two prayer rooms and three halal dining halls
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Swiss fighter jet missing, believed crashed: ministry
The F/A-18 C single-seater had been taking part in a training exercise
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North Korea publicly executes two officials: South Korean newspaper
The report of the executions comes soon after the South said North Korea's deputy ambassador in London had defected
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Bangladesh upholds miltant tycoon's death sentence
Supreme Court rejects Mir Quasem Ali's last attempt to overturn the death sentence handed down two years ago
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Hurricane Madeline threatens Hawaii
Currently a Category Three hurricane, Madeline is expected to pass "dangerously close" to Hawaii's Big Island
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US, India to discuss business ties, tensions with Pakistan
Situation in IoK and concerns over Afghanistan will be raised in talks on Tuesday with NSA Ajit Doval
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British 'hero' dies after Australian hostel stabbing
Police had alleged Ayad said "Allahu Akbar" during the attack and again when arrested
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American Muslims on edge as Eidul Azha looks set to fall on September 11
'If people are trying to build walls, we are building bridges' Imam Shamsi Ali of New York says
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Chinese embassy in Kyrgyzstan hit by suspected suicide car bomb
The attacker dies and at least three other people wounded in the assault described as a terrorist attack
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'Teammates' Qatar and Turkey assert post-coup ties
Turkey has a military base in Qatar which houses up to 3,000 troops or possibly more 'depending on the needs'
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France seeks new chapter in Muslim relations
Efforts to foster good relations will include creation of an Islamic foundation, funded with money from within France
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Sustainability certified India tea estates violate worker rights
Tea plantations in India - the world's second largest producer of tea after China - employ about 3.5 million workers
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US, India sign agreement to share military assets, bases
The US military has made clear it wants to do more with India, especially in countering China
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'Willy Wonka' star Gene Wilder dead at 83
Wilder's last major role was in a TV film version of "Alice in Wonderland" in the late 1990s
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Facebook CEO says group will not become a media company
Mark Zuckerberg also met Italian PM Matteo Renzi, who is pushing to upgrade Italy's limited internet infrastructure
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Sri Lankan teen arrested after hacking president's website to postpone exam
The teenager posted a message calling for the postponement of A-level examinations
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Apple announces date for new offerings
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US prison rejects parole for ex-Beatles legend Lennon assassin for 9th time
The denial comes two years after Mark David Chapman's last parole request was rejected
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Kerry arrives in India for trade, security talks
Kerry will meet with PM Modi and take part in a 'strategic dialogue' between the two nations
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Curfew reimposed in Indian-held Kashmir after fresh fighting
The move comes hours after the Modi government announces an end to a 52-day lockdown in the disputed region
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Tunisia 'terrorist' blast kills three soldiers
Seven other soldiers also wounded in the attack; two militants believed to have been killed, says official
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Indian principal jailed for 17 years over deadly school meal
23 pupils had died after consuming the poisonous lunch in 2013 in eastern Bihar
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Germany charges teenage girl who stabbed policeman with supporting Islamic State
The teenager contacted Islamic State members and asked them to help her plan an attack, prosecutors say
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Racism row over South African school's hair policy
Pupils at Pretoria High School for Girls say they were forced to chemically straighten their hair and not have afros
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Teacher in Indian Kashmir starts makeshift schools
Ghulam Rasool Kambay has more than dozen tutorial centres in villages in a district south of main city of Srinagar
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Philips introduces new motion sensor lighting device
The Hue motion sensor also senses whether its day or night time and adjusts its lighting accordingly
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Kerry says evidence of Islamic State links to Bangladesh attacks
The organisation has contacts with eight entities around the world and one of them is in South Asia, says US Secretary
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France's Sarkozy says would change constitution to ban burkinis
Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said a law against the garments would be ruled unconstitutional
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New suspected MH370 debris found in Mozambique
A South African hotelier said he had picked up a piece of aircraft wreckage off the coast
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Pictures of the day: August 29, 2016
We look at 13 pictures from events around the world
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More than 300 reindeer killed by lightning in Norway
Television footage showed the animals' dead bodies lying close together on the ground
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Doha airport brings in passenger tax
The 35-riyal ($10) levy is to be introduced this week, Hamad International Airport says
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Iran deploys Russian-made S-300 missiles at its Fordow nuclear site: TV
Iran and the six major powers reached a landmark nuclear deal in 2015 aimed at curbing Iran's nuclear programme
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US drone enters Iran's airpsace, leaves after warning
Tasnim gave no details on how the Iranian authorities had warned the unmanned drone to leave its airspace
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Muslim women can pronounce triple talaq: Indian seminary
Ruling comes in the wake of the practice being challenged by an Indian Muslim woman
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Suicide attack kills 18 in Iraq oasis town
Health official says five members of a same family are among the dead
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Indian press face violence, murder: rights group
Committee to Protect Journalists says intimidation and attacks on reporters were especially rife in rural areas
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Mars isolation experiment ends after a year
The team was based on a barren, northern slope of Mauna Loa, living inside a dome that is 36 feet
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Kerry meets Bangladesh PM after extremist attacks
One-day trip of US Secretary of State is expected to focus on mounting concerns of extremist violence in country
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10 amusing pictures of dogs in motion
If you're a dog owner, you'll be familiar with the frantic shaking after bath time

















































