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China planning chief warns his officials to step up graft fight
Xu Shaoshi says there are weak risk controls to prevent corruption from happening
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Obama dives into Brexit debate on London trip
US president's four-day trip comes ahead of a June 23 referendum
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Obama visits Saudi Arabia amid tensions with historic ally
Obama is to hold talks with King Salman, attend a summit with the six Gulf Cooperation Council monarchies
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NATO, Russia to hold highest-level talks since Crimea annexation
Meeting of the NATO-Russia Council will be the first since Russia's annexation of Crimea in 2014
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Venezuela opposition seeks president's ouster
Thousands gather in Caracas and across the country seeking a referendum on cutting his term short
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Climate change: Is the 1.5C target a mirage?
UN's climate science panel announce it will deliver a "special report" in 2018
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Islamic State fighters from 70 countries, analysis shows
The treasure trove comes from an IS defector who hands over 11,000 personnel files to US television network
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Trump, Clinton score huge wins in New York primary
It is the most decisive New York primary in decades, leaves Bernie Sanders with a tough decision on how to proceed
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21 die in boat capsize off Myanmar: UN
"The boat sank because of a heavy wave in the sea," the official said
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Chinese consortium to buy 1% of Australian land
The farming estate includes 10 cattle stations, stretching across southern and western Australia, and Queensland
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Pakistan hands over body of death row prisoner to India
Kirpal Singh, 50, died under mysterious circumstances in Lahore's Kot Lakhpat jail
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Switzerland halts citizenship process for Muslim students' family
The brothers had informed officials that physical contact with women who are not family members violated their faith
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Trump, poised for win in New York, vows to rewrite political map
The Queens native could find his home state a political graveyard like many Republican contenders before him
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Texas floods kill at least five
Rain came down at rates as high as four inches an hour on Monday, Weather Channel reports
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Egyptian policeman kills a man, wounds another, over cup of tea
Witnesses says the argument was over the price of a cup of tea
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India is working to curb trafficking of women, children: minister
South Asia, with India at its centre, is fastest-growing and second-largest region for human trafficking in the world
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Uganda's only cancer treatment machine breaks, patients left waiting
The device, bought in 1995 and sited at the main Mulago referral hospital, stopped working early in April
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Panama president seeks global efforts to handle tax haven row
Panama is scrambling to avert redesignation as a tax haven after the disclosure of the offshore dealings
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Five dead in rocket fire on Turkey town after Syrian child dies
Four Syrian children are now confirmed to have been killed in the strikes by Katyusha-type rockets Monday afternoon
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Donald Trump’s top political aide lobbied for Pakistani intelligence: report
Records show Paul Manafort’s firm received $0.7m by Kashmiri council in 1990s for influencing US policy on Kashmir
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Donald Trump mixes up '9/11' with '7/11'
Republican frontrunner mistakenly mentions name of a popular convenience store chain in place of 9/11
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Iran-Saudi Hajj talks halted because of visa hurdle
An Iranian delegation travelled to Saudi Arabia, for discussions on the pilgrimage to the Muslim holy places
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Palmyra Arch to be recreated in London's Trafalgar Square
The reconstruction, which coincides with World Heritage Week 2016, will use 3D printing and carving technologies
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Israeli convicted of Palestinian murder that helped trigger 2014 war
Abu Khudair's killing raised tensions, and a seven-week Israeli offensive against the Hamas-run Gaza Strip
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US feels 'overwhelming frustration' with Israeli government: Biden
He says Palestinians and Israelis needed to tamp down rhetoric that fueled violence
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Mosquitoes: can't live with 'em, can't live without 'em
Mozzies. Skeeters. Stingers. Whatever you call them, mosquitoes don't get much love from our species
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Chinese man sentenced to death for leaking state secrets
The man, a computer technician from Sichuan, worked for a government department which handled state secrets
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New York votes, Clinton and Trump tipped to win
Clinton leads the polls by double digits over Bernie Sanders, even if nationwide surveys put them neck and neck
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US poised to approve Boeing fighter jet sales to Qatar, Kuwait
Both deals have been stalled amid concerns raised by Israel
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US admin to push MidEast peace until end of term: Kerry
International attempts to coax Israeli and Palestinian leaders back into talks have been moribund for months
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AP, Reuters, New York Times among 2016 Pulitzer Prize winners
The Pulitzer Board, also honored the LA Times for breaking news reporting for its coverage of San Bernardino shootings
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30 dead, hundreds wounded as Taliban attack rattles Kabul
PM Nawaz Sharif condemns incident; Dr Abduallah Abdullah postpones Pakistan visit
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Head of German anti-Islam group due in court for hate speech
If found guilty, Bachmann could face between three months and five years in jail
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Jordan halts Jerusalem Al-Aqsa cameras project
Jordan said it would set up 55 security cameras around the flashpoint compound to monitor any Israeli 'violations'
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French terror film stalled twice by Paris attacks gets US bow
The film follows Sam, a Franco-Algerian journalist who is researching extremism and goes undercover at a mosque
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Explosion heard in central Kabul, smoke seen near US embassy: witnesses
The US embassy said they were not affected by the blast
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Queen marks 90th birthday, as popular as ever
The queen has reigned for more than 63 years and shows no sign of retiring
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Not in Saudi interest to destabilise global economy over 9/11 bill: White House
Most of the 19 attackers on September 11, 2001 were Saudi nationals who hijacked four planes
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Blast hits Jerusalem bus, wounding at least 16
The bus appeared to have been empty, police said, with the wounded apparently on another bus situated next to it
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Indian teen raped by over hundred men, including police personnel
The 16-year-old girl was brought to Pune on the pretext of job and forced into prostitution for two years
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Muslim student taken off US flight for speaking Arabic
UC Berkeley student was having a conversation in Arabic with his uncle in Baghdad when a fellow passenger reported him
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German right-wing AfD party under fire over anti-Islam comments
Konstantin von Notz accused AfD of trying to 'deliberately turn Islam into a bogeyman to capture voters'
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Swiss right-wing icon likens party's treatment to Nazis' exclusion of Jews
Blocher was critical of the campaign that defeated his party's proposal for deportation of foreign law-breakers
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Italy president says hundreds appear to have died in new migrant disaster
Several hundred people die in a new migrant tragedy in the Mediterranean
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US-led troops seize Islamic State fighter in Iraq helicopter raid: sources
Forces quickly take off again with their captive
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20 foreigners linked to $81m Bangladesh bank heist: police
At least 20 people from multiple foreign countries have been found to be involved
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Obama courts Gulf kings keen just to see him go
King of Saudi Arabia and his regional allies have long been offended by the US president's tone
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Sushi for Passover? With age-old ban lifted, rice is now kosher at seder meal
The rule had earlier prohibited Ashkenazi Jews outside Israel from eating a group of foods known as kitniyot
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Anti-pollution activists cover London statues with masks
Masks put on 17 statues, including Queen Victoria near Buckingham Palace
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Decriminalising cannabis would hurt Islamic State, Mafia: Italy prosecutor
Legalisation would be a weapon against traffickers, among whom there are terrorists who make money off of it