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Iran signs $16.6 billion deal for 80 Boeing planes
It is the the biggest US-Iran deal since the 1979
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A 500-year-old mystery has finally been solved
Find out here
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Nigeria president says "many deaths" in church collapse
A rescue operation is underway
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At least 20 dead in blast at Cairo church
The blast at the Saint Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral in the Abbasiya neighbourhood also wounded 10 people
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The oldest known seabird lays an egg at 66
The birds spend almost 90 percent of their lives flying, traveling thousands of miles every year looking for food
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Fall of Aleppo will be a pivotal moment in Syria war
Regime troops and allied militia now control at least 85 percent of the one-time rebel stronghold
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Suicide car bomb at Somalia port kills at least four: police
The al Shabaab militant group has been carrying out a series of deadly attacks in Somalia
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The secret, hypocritical gay world of Islamic State
ISIS murdered a 15-year-old accused of being gay but spared the life of his ‘rapist,’ a senior jihadi commander
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Canada's 'Marathon Man' finally achieves Afghan ambition
Parnell sees the sport as a form of meditation
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Ukrainian schoolchildren learn to the echoes of shelling
The drills in the town of Marinka are held every month since the conflict broke out with pro-Russian insurgents
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The ibex code: deciphering Iran's ancient rock art
It is hard to imagine that the desolate, rock-strewn landscape outside the town of Khomein conceals any treasures
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Big banks in US could see fat payday under Trump
Donald Trump victory has bolstered the chances for pro-growth measures, tax cuts and loosening of regulations
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Fed to raise rates as Trump economy looms
Members of the Federal Open Market Committee have cautioned low rates could harm the central bank's credibility
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North Korea military drill targets South's presidential office
The military exercise was aimed at 'destroying specified targets of the enemy,' including the South's Blue House
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ExxonMobil CEO is Trump's top pick for secretary of state: reports
Rex Tillerson has extensive experience in international negotiations
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Republicans reject reports Russia helped Trump win election
The reports follow President Obama's order for a review of all cyberattacks that took place during the 2016 election
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US-led coalition strike kills Islamic State leader in Syria: Pentagon
Coalition warplanes targeted and killed Tunisian Boubaker al-Hakim in Raqa
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OPEC and other oil giants agree cuts in 'historic' deal
Russia and 10 other non-OPEC states will reduce their production by more than half a million barrels per day
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US concerned about escalation along LoC
Susan Rice says Washington wants countries of the region to cooperate
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Twin bombing outside Istanbul soccer stadium kills 38, wounds 166
Police cordoned off the area immediately, which occurred near Prime Minister Binali Yildirim's office
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Taliban chief reinforces position with backing of two key members
Akundzada in May replaced former Taliban leader Mullah Mohammad Akhtar Mansour who was killed by a US drone strike
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Suicide bomber kills at least 40 Yemeni troops in Aden
The attacker blew himself up as the troops were waiting to collect their salaries
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Colombian president receives Nobel Prize for peace accord
Juan Manuel Santos reached an accord with Marxist rebels to end a 52-year civil war
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Air raids pound Aleppo as US decries 'war crimes'
Regime's more than three-week-old assault aimed at retaking all of Aleppo has triggered mounting international outrage
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‘260 million children and adolescents out of school globally’
It is forecast that by 2030, half of 1.6 billion young people in the world won't have secondary level skills
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Pictures of the day: December 10, 2016
We look at 13 pictures from events around the world
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Indian foreign minister Sushma Swaraj to undergo kidney transplant today
She was admitted to hospital a month earlier for kidney failure
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Pakistani man convicted of sexual assault in Canada flees country
Moazzam Tariq, 29, flew to Pakistan from Montreal two weeks before his sentencing hearing
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France seeks to extend state of emergency until July
The socialist government imposed the state of emergency in November 2015
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Turkish jets hit 39 Islamic State targets, kill four militants
Turkey's ramping up of its air strikes in northern Syria are part of Ankara's almost four-month-old operation
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Iran jails 12 for 'un-Islamic' Instagram posts
The arrests were made under a two-year-old sting operation named “Spider II”
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Taiwan says China air force conducts long-range drills
China lodged a diplomatic protest over the call and blamed Taiwan for what it called a "petty" move
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Imposter Express Tribune Facebook page spreading fake news
The impostor page has been reported to Facebook authorities
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Four killed in Bulgarian train blast
Around 20 homes were smashed and many of the residents of the village of some 800 people were evacuated
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Feathered dinosaur tail found encased in amber
The chance find lends fresh insight into the extinct feathered creatures and the evolution of feathers themselves
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Muslim teacher resigns after being told to remove burqa in India
School administration calls episode 'misunderstanding'
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Pentagon chief announces 200 more US troops for Syria
Washington already has some 300 special forces troops deployed as military advisers
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Trump: America's reality TV president in waiting
With a single tweet, Trump can reach an audience of millions at the flick of a wrist
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The world needs Canada 'very, very badly': Biden
Biden reassured Canada that its historically close relationship with America will not suffer under Trump
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Trump phones Scottish leader who called him 'abhorrent'
Sturgeon offered her congratulations and "expressed her belief in the values Scotland and the United States share"
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Afghan filmmaker, seeking to free oppressed voices, finds own voice quieted
Hassan Fazili fled Afghanistan after the Taliban threatened him with death over one of his movies
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IMF chief Lagarde on trial in France over tycoon case
The case also threatens the credibility of the International Monetary Fund
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Mexico quietly marks 10 years of drug war
Pena Nieto's government has created a new federal police force and imprisoned or killed several drug kingpins
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CIA report says Russia interfered in US election to help Trump win
The report comes after President Barack Obama ordered a review of all cyberattacks during the 2016 election cycle
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Joint report: ‘Climate refugees in South Asia need protection’
Advocates call for Saarc nations to adopt a treaty and policies to help protect them
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Sky receives takeover approach from 21st Century Fox
The deal values at £18.5b but the London-listed firm stressed there was no certainty that an offer would be made
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Coca-Cola chief Muhtar Kent to step down
Move comes as Coca-Cola and rival PepsiCo face rising trend of soda taxes in some key markets
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Sri Lanka seizes biggest ever cocaine haul
The seizure was made following a tip off and with the help of anti-narcotic authorities in India
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India arrests former air force chief in chopper scam
SP Tyagi held in New Delhi over his alleged role in bribing officials to swing deal in favour of Anglo-Italian firm
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Earth races towards sixth mass extinction of animals, claims study
Half the world's species are failing to cope with global warming, says leading evolutionary biologist