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Saudi-led strikes on Yemen market killed 119: UN
Among those killed in Mastaba district on Tuesday were 22 children, while another 47 people were wounded
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Kazakhstan bars smartphones at government offices to prevent leaks
The new rule aims to curb the spread of confidential information through WhatsApp
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Kazakhstan to chemically castrate paedophiles
The bill has been sent to the office of President Nursultan Nazarbayev for approval
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Islamic State in 'genocide' against Christians, Shias: US
Secretary of State John Kerry John Kerry says Daesh is genocidal by self-proclamation, by ideology and by actions
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Protesters mark one year since mob killing of Afghan woman
The mob killing of the 27-year-old woman known as Farkhunda in broad daylight last March triggered nationwide protests
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Erdogan wants to broaden definition of terrorists to include journalists
The statement came after an incident of suicide car bombing at a bus stop in central Ankara on Sunday
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India's Bharti Airtel to buy mobile spectrum from Videocon for $664 million
With smartphone sales booming telecom operators are ramping up infrastructure spending to expand 3G and 4G services
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Egypt finds new clues that Queen Nefertiti may lie buried behind Tut's tomb
There is huge international interest in Nefertiti, who died in the 14th century BC
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Muslim nursing staff in Bradford stopped elderly residents from having bacon: report
Staff members refused to help residents buy or cook pork, saying it was against their cultural beliefs
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Russia says to complete withdrawing most of Syria force in two-three days
Russian Air Force Commander Viktor Bondarev made the announcement in an interview with the Komsomolskaya Pravda
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Four Kashmiri students arrested in India over false claims of cooking beef
Police later confirmed that the meat was not beef
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US made dengue vaccine 100 percent effective in small study
Dengue infects nearly 400 million people in more than 120 countries annually
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Half of US women have 'very unfavorable' view of Trump
Poll results are up from the 40 percent women who felt that way in October
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A tragic tale of two friends killed in separate attacks in Turkey
Both died a few months apart in terrorist attacks
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Modi, Trump on TIME's list of 30 most influential people on the Internet
Candidates are chosen based on factors like social-media followings, site traffic, and overall news ability
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Kurdish TAK militant group says it was behind Ankara bombing that killed 37: website
TAK previously claimed responsibility for a separate car bombing in Ankara last month that killed 29 people
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Security fears haunt Turkey's biggest cities after Ankara blast
There have been several security scares in Ankara and Istanbul amid fears of repeat bombings
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Trump victory a major global risk: EIU
EIU highlighted the tycoon's alienation towards China as well as his comments on extremism
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Worst airports in the world, according to pilots
On a recent AskReddit thread, pilots and flight attendants debated which the worst airports in the world are
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Faulty printer implicated in $81 mn Bangladesh bank heist
Another transfer of $20 million was halted by a bank in Sri Lanka at Bangladesh Bank's request
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Video apparently of Japanese hostage surfaces with message to family
Yasuda, a freelance journalist since 2003, was held in Baghdad in 2004
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US-Cuba thaw has yet to reach Guantanamo
As Obama prepares to jet in to Cuba next week, the American base stands as testament to bad old days in US-Cuban ties
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Japan highway tunnel pile-up kills two, sends dozens to hospital
Local media says about 70 other people were sent to hospitals for treatment and observation
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Apple signs up for Google's cloud services: Re/code
The iPhone maker is spending between $400 million and $600 million on Google's cloud services
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Nike fitness app, new products get more personal
Nike+ users also will have exclusive access to new products such as HyperAdapt 1.0
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Air India flight evacuated after false bomb scare: Bangkok airport
Authorities say passengers were evacuated on emergency slide, with 42 sustaining minor injuries
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Iraq offensive uproots 35,000: US military
A military spokesperson said Iraqi forces have detained 149 IS fighters trying to blend in with the civilians
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Ohio man pleads guilty to trying to support Islamic State
Al-Ghazi is one of more than 80 individuals whom the US has charged with Islamic State-related crimes since 2013.
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Islamic State flag found with dead Brussels gunman
Belgian investigators named the fatality in the Brussels operation as Mohamed Belkaid, 35, an Algerian national
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Australian minister says Trump phenomenon 'terrifying'
Australian government ministers rarely make critical comments about elections in other countries
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Scientists may have made huge breakthrough in explaining mystery of Bermuda Triangle
Historians found that 300 ships and many other planes were lost in the area throughout the 20th century
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Modi's wax statue to be unveiled at Madame Tussauds
The wax figures in London, Singapore, Hong Kong and Bangkok will be dressed in Indian PM's 'signature kurta'
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Four arrested for planning attack in Paris
Three men and one women were arrested at dawn in Paris and the nearby northern suburb of Seine-Saint-Denis
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Obama nominates moderate, veteran judge for US Supreme Court
Merick Garland, 63, has won the respect of Republicans and Democrats, says US president
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Obama to pick judge Merrick Garland for Supreme Court: White House
Obama would formally announce his intent at the White House's Rose Garden at 1500 GMT
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Iran fire festival celebrations kill three, injure 2,500
Among the dead on Tuesday night was a 45-year-old man who suffered a heart attack brought about by an explosion
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Iraqi army plane crashes, 3 crew missing
In a statement on Twitter, Islamic State said it had shot down a military plane with anti-aircraft artillery
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Indian mother kills herself after caste discrimination
She hanged herself after a council punished her family for her suspected extra-marital romance with a lower-caste man
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Germany tightens rape law in wake of Cologne assaults
Chancellor Angela Merkel's cabinet signed off on the measure which still requires parliamentary approval
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Obama to announce Supreme Court pick at 1500 GMT: White House
Obama's choice for the US high court vacancy is seen as one of the most consequential actions of his presidency
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Trump predicts riots if denied Republican presidential nomination
"I think you'd have riots. I'm representing many, many millions of people" Donald Trump
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UN suspends Sharapova as goodwill ambassador
Sharapova had been a goodwill ambassador for the UN Development Programme for the past nine years
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Instagram to ditch chronological user feed for 'interest' based one
Sequence of posts to be based on interest in content, the user's relationship with the person or timeliness of post
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Clinton, Trump move closer to White House nominations
Trump on Tuesday won key Republican primaries in Illinois, North Carolina and Florida
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Nasa to test fire in space by burning unmanned orbiting craft
The goal is to measure the size of the flames, how quickly they spread, the heat output, and how much gas is emitted
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10 happiest countries in the world
The report showed Syria, Afghanistan and eight sub-Saharan countries as the 10 least happy places on earth to live
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North Korea threatens nuclear test, defying UN
'If this H-bomb were to fall on Manhattan, all the people there would be killed immediately' Cho Hyong Il
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Royal Brunei Airlines' first all-female pilot crew lands plane in Saudi Arabia
Flight comes three years after Captain Surainy became the first female captain of a flag carrier in Southeast Asia
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Apple: US founders would be 'appalled' by DOJ iPhone request
Apple is fighting a court order which requires the company to write new software to disable passcode protection
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Birth defect risk 1-in-100 for Zika-infected pregnant women: study
Zika increases the risk of microcephaly that results in an abnormally small head -- by fifty-fold