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Syria forces retake Palmyra in major victory over Islamic State
Situated about 210 kilometres northeast of Damascus, it drew some 150,000 tourists a year before the war
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Mexicans burn Donald Trump effigies in Easter ritual
Media reported that Trump effigies burned across Mexico, from Puebla to Mexico's industrial hub Monterrey
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Workers suffer in Saudi Arabia as once-mighty Hariri firm falters
From managers to labourers, Saudi Oger employs around 50,000 people of various nationalities
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Belgium charges attacks suspect, 'March Against Fear' called off
Airport suspect identified as Faycal C, and named by sources as Faycal Cheffou, was arrested on Thursday night
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Trump would consider halting US oil purchases from Saudis: NYT
Trump's comment on Friday was included in a lengthy foreign policy interview published by the newspaper
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Missing Chinese columnist released from custody: lawyer
Jia's disappearance had attracted international concern from rights groups such as Amnesty International
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Charged Brussels suspect may be mystery 'man in the hat' bomber
Thought to be in his mid-thirties, Cheffou was identified by a taxi driver who drove the attackers to the airport
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Bernie Sanders wins Alaska, Washington caucuses
Sanders still faces a steep uphill climb to overtake Clinton but the big victories in the West
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Terror wave adds to fears for fragile Turkish economy
Six suicide attacks in eight months and a spat with Russia have added to concerns for the Turkish economy
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UK tabloid censured over story of Muslims' Islamic State support
The story generated more than 3,000 complaints to the Independent Press Standards Organisation
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Belgium charges attacks suspect, 'March Against Fear' called off
March organisers said the "security of our citizens is an absolute priority
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Trump details 'America first' foreign policy views to NYT
Trump said he got most of his foreign policy information by reading various newspapers including the New York Times
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Female Muslim teacher among Brussels attacks victims
Death of Loubna Lafquiri, a young mother of three, is mourned by legion of students and teachers
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Two Ukrainian soldiers killed, 8 wounded in fresh clashes in rebel east
Another three Ukrainian officers were wounded in a blast caused by an unidentified explosive device
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Iraq buries young victims of football pitch bomb carnage
Islamic State has been losing territory steadily in Iraq for almost a year
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'No terror link' in murder of guard at Belgian nuclear centre
Belga said the prosecutor had also denied media reports that Prospero's access badge had gone missing
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Four killed in plane crash at western Japan airport
Television footage showed the front and back of the fuselage as severely damaged
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Third suspect in Brussels airport blasts identified
Nine people in total have been arrested since Thursday in Belgium and two in Germany
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Indonesian prison fire kills five inmates
The blaze was started by angry inmates late Friday evening as police entered the prison in Bengkulu
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Turkey's Erdogan blasts foreign envoys at journalists' trial
"Who are you? What are you doing there?" Erdogan said in a televised speech in Istanbul
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Obama: US ramps up intelligence cooperation, to review Islamic State fight at summit
Obama emphasized that fighting Islamic State was a top priority
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Italian priest suspected of paying teen for sex suspended
Cardinal Scola appealed to parishioners for 'unity' as he announced he was suspending Father Alberto Paolo Lesmo
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Stigmatising Muslims 'plays into hands' of terrorists: Obama
Obama says Muslim-Americans are "our most important partners" in the nation's fight against terrorists
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UN chief Ban Ki-moon in Baghdad for talks
Ban was travelling with World Bank chief Jim Yong Kim and Islamic Development Bank head Ahmad al-Madani
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Belgium's nuclear plants face threat of cyber-attack: EU counter-terror chief
A security guard at a Belgian nuclear power plant was murdered and his access badge stolen
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Brussels Airport will not reopen for passenger flights before Tuesday
The prime suspect in the Brussels attacks has not yet been arrested
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Anti-Muslim graffiti in Dublin quickly corrected in the most perfect way
With a few neat brush strokes, graffiti which showed Muslims in a bad light was changed by a stranger
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Final edition of UK's Independent goes to print
The 30-year-old British newspaper will be available only in digital format
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Microsoft apologises for offensive tirade by its 'chatbot'
Tay began its short-lived Twitter tenure on Wednesday with a handful of innocuous tweets
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Belgium presses manhunt after new French terror plot revealed
Many believe the government has not done enough to stop young Belgian fighters going to Syria to join Islamic State
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Ten thousand rabbits shot in New Zealand Easter hunt
President of the Alexandra Lions Club, said the event had been running annually for 25 years
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Flag-waving patriotism rare in Belgium despite attacks
On streets of Brussels there has not been outpouring of national pride seen in Paris and New York after attacks there
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Pope slams Europe over migrants, denounces paedophile priests
The Argentine pope did not spare his own Church, fiercely denouncing paedophile priests
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Senior Glasgow imam praises Mumtaz Qadri
Imam Maulana Habib Ur Rehman says he is 'disturbed' and 'upset' at news of Qadri's execution
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Death toll in Iraq football pitch carnage at 32
Seventeen of those killed are boys aged between 10 and 16
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Analysis: Which India, Mr Modi?
It is tempting to agree with Modi’s offer of a useful yardstick to measure the health of Asian democracies
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Iran denies supporting US bank hacking
US announced computer hacking charges against seven Iranians who worked for firms linked to the Iranian government
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Belgium's Muslims vow to fight radicalisation after attacks
"These criminals committed barbaric crimes, what they did has nothing to do with Islam" Imam Mouhameth Galaye
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Snoop Dogg launches nature show
Over 60,000 people signed a petition to 'get Snoop Dogg to narrate whole season of planet earth'
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Sanders presses Clinton as 3 western states vote Saturday
The trio of western caucuses marks a chance for Vermont Senator Sanders
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British-Pakistani murdered by fellow Muslim for posting Easter message
A 32-year-old man has been arrested for involvement in the Glasgow shopkeeper's murder
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Belgian police shoot suspect in Europe-wide terror raids
The raids came as under-fire Belgian investigators uncovered alarming new evidence of a European militant cell
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US approves $3.2 billion sale of Boeing P-8A patrol planes to UK
Lawmakers now have 15 days to block the sale although such action is unlikely
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Don't rock the boat, Gibraltar pleads as Brexit breeds fear
At stakes is a thriving services-based economy that relies in large part on access to the EU's single market
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Pro-life Poles seek virtual abortion ban under new conservative govt
Pro-life activists in Poland want to tighten an abortion law that is already one of the most restrictive in Europe
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On Good Friday, pope says 'Islamist militants' profane God's name
Pope Francis condemned "unprecedented violence" by Muslim militants
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North Korea video depicts imagined submarine attack on Washington
Message in video says "if US imperialists budge an inch toward us, we will immediately hit them with nuclear...
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Brussels attacker had been on US watch list before Paris attacks: source
Belgian prosecutors have identified Brahim El Bakraoui as one of two suicide bombers who attacked Zaventem Airport
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Is Italy ready for the next wave of migrants?
Italian Interior Ministry has so far registered 13,829 arrivals this year, compared with 10,075 in 2015
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Unique Saudi course puts women in vanguard of film study
It is the only programme of its kind in the kingdom which lacks a film industry and has no similar course for men

















































