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German MP being investigated over anti-Muslim social media posts
Beatrix von Storch was temporarily banned from social media for 12 hours on Monday
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Israel raises threshold to cede parts of Jerusalem in peace deal
Vote follows Likud party's call for West Bank annexation
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New York family of 5 among the dead in Costa Rican plane crash
Lawyer says family fears deportation is imminent
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13 people killed as Iranian protests escalate
Iranian protesters attack police stations, raise stakes in unrest
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UK's Johnson calls for meaningful debate in Iran, respect for rights
He looks to the Iranian authorities to allow peaceful protests and look that legitimate concerns
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US airport immigration computers go down temporarily: agency
A similar computer outage occurred a year ago
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South Korea offers high-ranking government talks with North Korea
Talks to focus on bringing a North Korean delegation to the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics scheduled for next month
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Visual shows just how many Rohingya villages have been burned
The military exonerated itself of all accusations of atrocities in an internal investigation
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Boy in jail after killing parents, sister on New Year Eve in New Jersey
Among the dead were the boy's parents and 18-year-old sister
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India demands consular access to Jadhav, Hamid Ansari
Ansari was imprisoned by military court in 2015
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Bahrain urges citizens against travel to Iran
Shiite Muslims, the majority in the small kingdom of Bahrain travel to Iran for religious reasons
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New protests break out in Tehran
Relatively small groups chant anti-regime slogans in downtown parts of the capital, according to social media reports
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Storm cuts power to 65,000 households in western France
Major power cuts or blackouts are rare in France
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Palestinian girl, mother charged with assaulting Israeli soldiers
Charges concern six different incidents of clashes with Israeli troops
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Four killed in London New Year knife violence
At least 80 people were killed in stabbings in London in 2017, more than half of them under the age of 25
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Indian state leaves 13 million citizens off register
There are also concerns the Assam state government, could use the issue to target the state's Muslim minority
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Trump says 'time for change' in Iran
Iranian President hit back saying the US leader had "no right" to sympathize with protesters
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Israeli archaeologists find 2,700-year-old 'governor of Jerusalem' seal impression
Finding supports Biblical rendering of the existence of a governor in Jerusalem 2,700 years ago
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Costa Rica plane crash kills 12, including 10 US citizens
The cause of the crash was not yet known, the country's security ministry said
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South Korea welcomes Kim Jong Un's New Year address
If PyeongChang Olympics are held successfully, it will contribute to peace and harmony on the Korean Peninsula
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China starts collecting environment tax
Companies will pay taxes for producing noise, air and water pollutants as well as solid waste
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Mohsin Hamid's Exit West makes it to Obama's favourite books of 2017
Exit West was included among the 12 books Obama says inspired him in 2017
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Liverpool car park blaze destroys hundreds of vehicles on New Year's Eve
Initial investigations indicated that an accidental fire within one vehicle had caused others to ignite
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New Year celebrations around the world
New year celebrations around the world went well amidst security measures
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Nuclear button is always on my table, warns North Korea's Kim
On being asked Trump comments on speech “we’ll see, we’ll see”
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Pope, in year-end message, says 2017 was marred by war and lies
'We must take responsibility for everything before God, our brothers and our creation'
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Prominent British CEO among those dead in Sydney seaplane crash
Cause of accident remains unknown with the investigation ongoing
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Eight killed, 13 missing after boat capsizes in Indonesia
Boat was on its way from Tanjung Selor to Tarakan when it overturned
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Iran protesters rally again despite warning of crackdown
US president sympathises with the Iranians though he called 'Iranian nation terrorists' a few months ago
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Likud party calls for de-facto annexation of Israeli settlements
Political commentators said the decision might bolster right-wing support for PM Benjamin Netanyahu
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Trump looks to US midterm elections in year-end tweets
The US President goes into 2018 with the lowest approval ratings of any modern first-year US president
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Hundreds of Indonesian couples ring in the new year at mass wedding
Nearly 450 couples gathered in a large tent in the city center just hours before midnight
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8 dead in held Kashmir clashes
At least 206 fighters, 57 civilians and 78 Indian security forces personnel killed during the year
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Rail traffic halted at Berlin station due to smoke, cause unknown
German media showed smoke billowing from the large station
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Snow strands thousands, kills skier in French Alps
Savoie department prefecture said 3,500 motorists spent the night in emergency shelters
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Social media access restricted on Iran mobiles
Access to Telegram, which the govt has accused of being used to foment violence during the protests, has been cut
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18 dead in attack on Afghan funeral
Authorities believe the blast was triggered by explosives attached to a motorcycle
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Turkey's endangered "bird language" enters UNESCO list
Mobile phones and out-migration are among major factors that have lead to 'bird language' and its culture's decline
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Six dead after Sydney seaplane crashes into river
There were no details on the identity of the occupants and investigators did not yet know why the plane crashed
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30 dead in central Kenya bus crash
Police said the death toll for that stretch of road has now reached 100 this month alone
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Merkel eyes social cohesion as she presses for new government
Merkel's popularity has waned since her efforts to form a three-way coalition with two smaller parties collapsed
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South Korea seizes Panama vessel for alleged North Korea ties: report
China has kept rejecting accusations that it helps Pyongyang circumvent sanctions
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Iran warns protesters will 'pay the price' as unrest turn deadly
Two citizens from Dorud killed in clashes
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Ex-Catalan leader demands regional govt be reinstated
In his recorded message Puigdemont insisted he was still Catalonia's legitimate leader
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January 1 marks mass birthday in Afghanistan
There has been no system of proper record-keeping so many people state January 1 as their birth date
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Trump on Iran: 'Oppressive regimes cannot last forever'
Iran protests continue into third night
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Saint Petersburg supermarket bomber arrested
18 people wounded in attack
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Mother gang-raped in India's Uttar Pradesh after son elopes with woman
The incident took place in Nojal village of Shamli district
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Competing protests at Tehran University
Demonstrations sparked by anger over Iran's economic problems
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The real enemy on the world's highest battlefield
70% of all deaths in Siachen have been due to the harsh weather and terrain