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In August 1989 the human chain helped the Baltic states win independence from the Soviet Union

In August 1944 ordinary Parisians rose up, led by Resistance fighters, to throw off the Nazi yoke

As the fires have already burned more than 1.6 million acres of tropical forest

Woman stabs her husband 11 times with a kitchen knife

Hemingway's high jinks at the Ritz pushed for him to be court-martialed for carrying arms as a war correspondent

Thousands of people moved to safety, most of them tourists on islands off the east coast

Many businessmen say the government is going overboard in a drive against tax evasion, corruption

Malaysia’s official poverty rate dropped from 49% in 1970 to just 0.4% in 2016

About half the prison's 500 inmates fled on Monday as protesters outside set the jail and other buildings ablaze

Israeli rights organisation B'Tselem says its investigation concluded Abdelrahman was hit with live ammunition

Authorities additionally found other firearms, hundreds of rounds of ammunition and tactical gear

The G7 community of nations is extending a hand to a democratizing, reforming Russia

Hong Kong is bracing for more anti-government demonstrations

There have been a series of blasts in Iraq over the past month at training camps and arms depots

Almost a year after a similar effort failed amid protests

The decision comes with countries at loggerheads following a run of South Korean court rulings against Japanese firms

Malaysia is a key transit point for illegal narcotics

Has demanded Pompeo be replaced since the second failed summit between Trump and Kim

Johnson has staked his leadership on withdrawing Britain from the EU by the current deadline "do or die"

Pro-democracy and pro-Beijing students clash physically, hurl insults and death threats

Data shows 152 Kashmiris have been reported to hospitals between August 5 and August 21

He says farmers could be illegally setting the forest on fire

Official figures show nearly 73,000 forest fires were recorded in Brazil in the first eight months of the year

France leaves door open to Britain seeking solution to Irish backstop

Emmanuel Macron urges India and Pakistan to resolve their differences bilaterally

Wife complains that her husband doesn't argue at all

Wife of Prince Harry is a patron of the charity that provides high-quality interview clothes and training

15th of Osama bin Laden's 20 children, the 30-year-old was 'emerging as a leader in the al Qaeda franchise'

Apple, Google, and Mozilla have taken steps to block the use of the government’s root CA certificate

The All India Tennis Association requested the tennis world body to postpone or move the tie scheduled in Pakistan

The site will build a team of journalists to select the top national news to ensure right stories are highlighted

The research used X-rays and CT scans of the inside of the Chilebus' skull to determine its internal structure

Call on New Delhi to end curfew, release those illegally detained

There are times when I can be vaguely useful, says speaker Trevor Mallard

Pakistan had closed its airspace in February after a standoff with India in the wake of an attack in IoK

As violence over mistreatment of students and perceived ethnic discrimination continues

Damascus has opened such corridors out of other rebel bastions in the past as a prelude to retaking them

MIT lab director Joi Ito took money from Epstein, who committed suicide in prison on August 10

A Palestinian security source said a naval base west of Gaza had been "targeted several times" by Israeli aircraft

Officials say it is the Islamic republic's first domestically produced long-range missile defence system

Rohingya refugees said they did not want to return unless their safety was ensured and they were granted citizenship

Territorial gains made in Esbea sector, some 40 kilometres south of the capital

#PrayforAmazonas becomes a top trend on social media as millions of people shared concerns over Amazon’s future

Regime forces have taken full control of the town of Khan Sheikhun and are currently clearing it of mines

He had earlier approvingly retweeted a description of himself as the king of Israel

A government is expected to be formed within a week

The Defense Department says it would seek bids for a new version of the weapons system

She was one of the first African slaves known to reach the first permanent English settlement in North America

Analysts say the divergent statements from Iraq's top commanders reflect a wider rift within the alliance

As a cash shortage threatens to reduce food rations for 12 million people