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Bullets, threat in Arabic sent to Italian justice minister
Sending bullets by post is a way that Italy's organised crime groups have traditionally threatened their enemies
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Palestinian teen attempts knife attack, shot dead
Palestinian security sources say Israeli authorities had taken the body of the attacker
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Pharma CEO Martin Shkreli who hiked prices of HIV-treating drugs has been arrested
His arrest comes amid growing outrage over soaring prices of prescription drugs
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Gulf Arab defence spending drops for first time in decade
Overall spending fell to $81.6 billion in 2015 from $86.7 billion last year
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Singapore PM wins $106,000 in damages from activist
A former govt employee had accused Lee of criminally misappropriating money from a multibillion-dollar pension system
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Turkey says kills 23 in intensifying battle against Kurdish militants
Turkish PM Ahmet Davutoglu has pledged to pursue "comprehensive campaign" until southeast area is "cleansed" of PKK
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Putin says FIFA's Blatter 'a respected person', deserves Nobel prize
Russian president says his country had won its right to host the World Cup fairly
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Libyan lawmakers to sign disputed peace deal
World powers urge the country's warring factions to break political deadlock that has allowed terrorists to flourish
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UK review says Muslim Brotherhood membership an indicator of extremism
The long-delayed review into the organisation was first commissioned in April 2014 by Prime Minister David Cameron
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Brazil court orders 48-hour WhatsApp block
The unprecedented blockage served to implement a court order requesting WhatsApp cooperate in a criminal investigation
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Putin says welcomes Trump's calls for deeper ties with Russia
Russian president says will not agree to outside force deciding who rules Syria
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China Southern Airlines orders 110 planes worth $10b from Boeing
The carrier will purchase 30 Next-Generation 737 and 50 737 MAX planes valued at $7.24 billion at list prices
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Beheaded Islamic State hostage's mother condemns French politician's photo stunt
Diana Foley says we are offended that awful image of our son's brutal murder be used publicly
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Michael Moore tells Donald Trump: We are all Muslim
Filmmaker launches 'We are all Muslim' campaign in response to Trump's repeated hate speech against Muslims
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India's Sanskrit speakers seek to revive 'dead' language
Rarely spoken as a mother tongue in India, Sanskrit is often dismissed as a dead language
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Lone Arab woman takes the reins to tame horses on the Golan
What makes Kheir different is that she is an Arab woman, perhaps the only one from the area taking the reins
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How a blonde American kid rose to stardom in Saudi Arabia
Recognising Joshua Van Alstine's popularity in Saudi Arabia, Saudi rulers invited him to move to Riyadh
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'Not impossible' Iran sanctions will end in Jan, IAEA chief says
Tehran is racing to keep its side of the deal reached with world powers in July, including limiting nuclear programme
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Police dispatched to Jewish school in Zurich
A police spokesperson says a statement would be issued later
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No women seated around the table at Syria talks in Paris
Not one woman is seated at the table in a position of power
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Pentagon chief Carter used personal email account at times, has stopped: statement
Pentagon press secretary says Carter used personal email account mainly to correspond with friends and family
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Kuwait female doctor jailed for torturing African worker
Female physician is sentenced to jail for torturing her household worker who became partially blind as a result
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Rights groups criticise Britain over arms sales to Saudis
Human rights groups criticised Britain for weapon transfers to KSA, claiming that trade regulations would be violated
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Indian-origin store clerk in US called ‘terrorist’, shot in face
Victim says robber called him a terrorist because of his Indian descent
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Unusual 'sail-backed' dinosaur roamed Spain 125 million years ago
Scientists have discovered a new dinosaur with a semi-circular structure protruding from its back that roamed Spain
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Man stabs himself in head at London airport: police
A man repeatedly stabbed himself in the head on Wednesday at London's Heathrow airport Terminal 5
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'Good times' a distant memory as India's Kingfisher tycoon turns 60
Mallya is deep in a financial fight following the travails of his Kingfisher Airlines, which is in a $1 billion debt
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New York man sentenced to 8 years in prison in 'death ray' plot
Plan intended to harm Muslim targets and President Barack Obama, federal authorities say
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Yazidi woman begs UN Security Council to wipe out Islamic State
Of around 5,000 Yazidi men and women captured by militants in the summer of 2014, some 2,000 have managed to escape
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Australia spy chief says 'tone down Islam criticism': report
Foreign Minister Julie Bishop says she supported Lewis' reported actions
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US professor suspended for saying Muslims, Christians worship 'same God'
Professor put on a head scarf in solidarity with Muslims and said they worship the 'same God' as Christians
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Man pleads not guilty to arson, hate crime at California mosque
The district attorney's office says the man remains held in the Indio Jail on bail of $150,000
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Soft power should not be mistaken for weakness, says Canada's Trudeau
During campaigning, opponents accused Trudeau of being weak on terrorism and said he would be pushed around
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French, British and US fighter jets train together
Western allies say the trilateral training mission is not for their fight against the militants
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San Bernardino shooters buried in quiet funeral following Islamic rituals
The couple buried in a cemetery far from San Bernardino after closer facilities refuse to take the bodies
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No evidence California shooters were part of terrorist cell: FBI
No evidence attackers Rizwan Farook, Tashfeen Malik were part of terrorist cell, says bureau director
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Iran's Rouhani expects sanctions to end by next month
Under the deal, Iran pledged to slash the number of centrifuges from around 19,000 to 6,104
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No shame in naming daughter: gang-rape victim's mother
The 23-year-old student died after being brutally assaulted on a bus in New Delhi in 2012
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Two men linked to Paris attackers arrested in Austria - report
The two Frenchmen, of Algerian and Pakistani origin, are being questioned by French and Austrian authorities
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Police searching for two women who punched Muslim woman, kicked her off London bus
An eye-witness says the attackers kicked the woman in her stomach off the bus backwards and she landed on the road
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Trump's anti-Muslim remarks 'divisive, stupid and wrong': British PM
'He would unite us all against him' David Cameron
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Saudi blogger's wife accepts EU Sakharov prize for jailed husband
Ensaf Haidar tells European parliament that her husband believed freedom of expression is like air we breathe
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Trump is 'three times a loser' says ex Scottish leader Salmond
'Scots American are likely to join the ever growing list of people alienated by Trump' Alex Salmond
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Two dead in US medical helicopter crash
Aircraft's owner says condition of third crew member is unclear following Tuesday's crash
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Turkey to set up Qatar military base to face ‘common enemies’
Move intensifies Turkey-Qatar partnership at time of rising instability and perceived waning of US interest in region
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Islamic State a 'state-like entity': German domestic spy chief
Hans-Georg Maassen says to call IS a terrorist organisation trivialises problem
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India lacks political will to end rape crisis: victim's father
The government did not spend funds promised to upgrade safety for women in the capital following 2012 gang-rape case
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Britain's top court rejects Trump's bid to stop wind farm near Scottish golf course
The decision, by five senior judges, was unanimous
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India's top court bans new diesel cars in capital
Courts are pushing authorities to act over the filthy air, ranked as the worst in the world in a WHO survey
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Every country should govern its own Internet: China's Xi
China censors online content it deems to be politically sensitive

















































