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Obama launches Facebook page
The political motive of the post was to urge support for tackling climate change
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Saudi execution toll highest in two decades: Amnesty
So far in 2015, on average, one person has been executed every other day, says Amnesty
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Indian bid to reclaim jewel in British crown
Indians believe jewel is part of their history and culture and should undoubtedly be returned
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SeaWorld to phase out killer whale show in San Diego: report
A new orca experience in a more natural setting will take its place and debut in 2017
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Schoolteacher saves 58 children from Brazil mining flood
Eliene Almeida, head teacher at the municipal school in Bento Rodrigues, helped students survive disaster
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'Act of terror' possibly behind Egypt crash: Russian PM
The Islamic State group's branch in the Sinai claimed responsibility after the crash
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Second cyclone kills 6 on Yemen island
The cyclone causes panic and prompts appeals for help for residents on the island
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France fights sexual violence on public transport
A study found 100 percent of group of 600 women interviewed had experienced sexual harassment on public transport
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Two Tajik military officers stabbed to death amid recruitment drive
Police say they have yet to determine the assailants' identity or the motive behind the attack
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Afghanistan condemns beheading of Shia women and child
The headless bodies of four men, two women and one child were found in Khak-i-Afghan district of Zabul on Sunday
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UN prepares for refugee exodus when Iraqi forces attack Mosul
It is not clear when Iraqi forces will be ready to attack the northern city
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UK customs seizes £900,000 from Pakistani-born business tycoon
Cash was seized after the Customs and Police Scotland started a probe into an alleged tax evasion case of £4 million
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Iran cyberspy group hit in coordinated European raids
The hacker group mounted cyberattacks on high-profile political and defense figures globally since year 2014
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BJP leader compares Shatrughan Sinha with a 'dog' for meeting rivals
Internal rifts seem to be getting deeper in the Bharatiya Janata Party after Bihar defeat
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Kosovo fails in bid to gain UNESCO membership
The vote was fiercely opposed by Russia and Serbia, which attempted to get the vote postponed earlier in the day
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One killed, two injured in New York
The incident occurred around 6 a.m. at the entrance of the Penn subway station in Manhattan
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Ericsson, Cisco expect sales boost from network alliance
The Swedish company said the partnership would 'create the networks of the future'
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Emirates signs $16-bn maintenance contract with GE
The airline said has also signed a 12-year contract worth $36m for the maintenance and support of the aircraft
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Next Vienna talks must identify 'terrorist groups' in Syria: Iran
FM Zarif stressed the importance of preventing terrorist groups from selling oil, cutting their access to funds
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Saudi carries out 146th execution this year
Ayed al-Jahdali was convicted of shooting dead a policeman who was trying to arrest him for drug trafficking
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400 more Sudanese soldiers arrive in Yemen
Loyalist forces, backed by Saudi-led coalition strikes, supplies and troops, pushed the rebels out of Aden
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Egypt police kill leading Islamic State militant in Cairo
Hassanein was implicated in the bombing of the Italian consulate in Cairo last July
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Pakistan and Saudi Arabia have made peace after Yemen war rift: US security expert
Riedel believes that Army Chief General Raheel Sharif should be encouraged to help end the war in Yemen
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Two Americans shot dead at Jordan security training facility: security source
The Jordanian went on a shooting spree at the King Abdullah Training Centre facility near Amman
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Silence is golden: China tightens screws on online music
Country already operates what experts say is one of world's most sophisticated online censorship mechanisms
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Editor behind Denmark's Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) cartoons steps down
The cartoons were also published in 2006 in French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo
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UK suffering 'identity crisis' on world stage: study
The study suggests that the country should give up its obsession with its supposed past glories
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Lockheed Martin secures $263m contract to service Saudi F-15s
The value of the deal is the largest announced so far at the biennial Dubai Airshow, which runs until Thursday
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Turkey detains 38 foreigners seeking to join Islamic State
The group which includes women and children were reportedly seeking to join the extremists in Syria
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113,000 passengers grounded as Lufthansa cabin crew expands strike
Strike is expected to last a week, becoming longest in Lufthansa's history as both sides fail to agree on cost cuts
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Indonesia plans crocodile-guarded prison island for drug convicts
The anti-drugs chief will visit various parts of the archipelago in his search for fierce reptiles to guard the jail
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Three men receive lashes, jail sentence for harassing Saudi women in public
After the incident Governor of Makkah, issued orders to arrest those involved and to increase the security in parks
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Egypt military detains leading journalist
Hossam Bahgat arrested on suspicion of publishing false information
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China's Xi calls for strengthening of reform and governance
Says further development needs to be based on reforms while progress in reforms gives strong impetus for development
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Britain will stay if EU more flexible, says PM Cameron
The EU needs to be more flexible if it wants British people to stay in the bloc, says the premier
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World in 'unchartered territory' as greenhouse gases hit new high: UN
WMO says concentrations of carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide once again broke records last year
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Russia, Iran have signed contract for missile system delivery
Under the agreement, Moscow will supply Tehran with S-300 surface-to-air missile systems
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UAE buys Saab surveillance planes in $1.27b deal
Deal includes two new aircraft and an upgrade of several old ones
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Modi to push on with reforms despite crushing poll loss
Modi's BJP has suffered shock defeat at assembly elections in one of India's biggest and poorest states
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US city makes history by electing Muslim-majority city council
Hamtramck is also one of the few cities in the US to allow mosques to broadcast the call to prayer
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UK to boost intelligence staff to disrupt terror plots -Osborne
Says PM David Cameron will provide further details at the end of the government's defence spending review on Nov 23
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400,000 Syrian refugee children not in school in Turkey: HRW
HRW called on international community and Turkey to act urgently to ensure syrians have greater access to education
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UK Catholic schools to ban Islam from O'Level religious studies
Muslim leader says the decision undermines Pope Francis’s message of greater tolerance between faiths
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Nigerian bags World Scrabble title, in first for Africa
Wellington Jighere from Nigeria crushed his English opponent 4 - 0 at the World Scrabble Championship
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Muslim man claims he was fired from job over beard in US
Alcantara was asked by the HR manager if he was, 'seriously following the Muslim religion'
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India's Jet Airways confirms order for 75 Boeing 737 planes
The order includes conversions of 25 Next-Generation 737s to 737 MAX8s
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India successfully test-fires nuclear capable Agni-IV missile
Defence official says flight was successful and it met all the mission parametres
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China smog around 50 times WHO recommendations
Pictures show smog so thick that buildings in Changchun, the capital of Jilin province, were rendered invisible
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Megacities hit hard by surging sea levels even at 2C rise: study
The projections are based on climate models taking into account the expansion of ocean water as it warms
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Israeli officers shoot dead knife-wielding Palestinian woman
The woman had approached an Israeli checkpoint in the occupied West Bank wielding a knife

















































