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Pope Francis defrocks two Chilean bishops for sex abuse of minors
Pope Francis has defrocked two retired Chilean bishops caught up in a sexual abuse crisis rocking Chile's Roman Catholic Church. The Vatican named the two men as Francisco Jose Cox Huneeus and Marco Antonio
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Israeli police investigating Palestinian woman’s death in car
NABLUS: Israeli police said on Saturday they were investigating the death of a Palestinian woman in the occupied West Bank, after her husband said he suspected Israeli settlers had pelted their car with rocks.Reuters
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Crossing point between Israeli occupied Golan and Syria to reopen
NABLUS: Israeli police said on Saturday they were investigating the death of a Palestinian woman in the occupied West Bank, after her husband said he suspected Israeli settlers had pelted their car with rocks.Reuters
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Suspended Gaza fuel deal shreds tough diplomatic efforts
RAMALLAH, Palestinian Territories: By suspending badly-needed fuel deliveries to the Gaza Strip after deadly overnight clashes, Israel has cast doubts on the viability of the hard-won measure aimed at helping the Palestinian people and
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Malaysia’s Anwar Ibrahim wins parliamentary by-election
Malaysian politician Anwar Ibrahim has won a parliamentary seat in a by-election that sets the stage for his eventual takeover from Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad. The Election Commission said on Saturday that Anwar received 71
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Thousands attend funeral of Palestinian Aisha al-Rawbi
Thousands of Palestinians attended the funeral of Aisha al-Rawbi in Biddya village after she was killed when stones were thrown at the car she was traveling in. Al-Rawbi, 47 and a mother of eight,
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Nigeria: Dozens of ‘petrol thieves’ killed in Aba pipeline blast
At least 30 people were killed when a pipeline caught fire and exploded in southeast Nigeria after a raid by suspected petrol thieves, a survivor and officials said. The incident happened in the town
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Trump to host freed US pastor Brunson at White House
US President Donald Trump has welcomed the release of US pastor Andrew Brunson, who is on his way back home from Turkey following two years in detention. The evangelical pastor was convicted of terror-related charges
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UN accused of letting ‘abusers’ into human rights council
Bahrain, Cameroon and the Philippines were among a number of countries controversially elected to the United Nations Human Rights Council on Friday, sparking sharp criticism from rights groups and the United States. Around a
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UN report: Banned Somali charcoal exports pass through Iran
UNITED NATIONS: United Nations sanctions monitors say banned charcoal exports from Somalia are thriving, generating millions of dollars a year for Al-Shabab extremists — and often passing through Iran to have their origins obscured.


