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Red dresses highlight violence against indigenous women
An exhibition of 35 red dresses at a museum in Washington, DC, is highlighting crimes against Native American women. They are 10 times more likely to be murdered than the United States national average.
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France: Security in Paris tightened amid fears of further rioting
Thousands of anti-government "yellow vest" demonstrators have rallied in the French capital as authorities sought to enforce a ban on protests in certain areas amid enhanced security measures to avoid a repeat of last
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World reacts to fall of ISIL’s last bastion
Leaders from a number of countries are reacting to the announcement by US-backed forces that they have captured the last enclave held by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL or ISIS) in
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Security tops agenda as Iraqi PM visits Egypt in first foreign trip
ALGIERS: Hundreds of Algerian lawyers protested again on Saturday in the capital to demand the immediate resignation of President Abdelaziz Bouteflika who has been for 20 years in power.They gathered in Algiers’ center, the
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Hundreds of Algerian lawyers protest against Bouteflika
BEIRUT: Now the Daesh group's "caliphate" has fallen, the hard-won limited autonomy of Syria's Kurds will be left in peril if their key US ally goes ahead with its announced pullout.On Saturday, the Kurdish-led
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Syria Kurd autonomy under threat after Daesh ‘caliphate’ falls
BEIRUT: Now the Daesh group's "caliphate" has fallen, the hard-won limited autonomy of Syria's Kurds will be left in peril if their key US ally goes ahead with its announced pullout.On Saturday, the Kurdish-led
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Today, I’m a New Zealander
As Jacinda Ardern walked up to the microphone, the weight of the world seemed to fall squarely on her shoulders. "Asalamu alaikum!" New Zealand's prime minister uttered the universal Islamic greeting with grace and
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Mueller ends Trump-Russia probe: All the latest updates
US Special Counsel Robert Mueller has concluded his nearly two-year investigation into Russia's role in the 2016 presidential election, any possible collusion between the Trump campaign and Moscow and whether President Donald Trump unlawfully sought
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Cyclone-hit Mozambique: cases of cholera, malaria, typhoid
Humanitarian agencies have raised alerts over hygiene and safe drinking water needs eight days after Cyclone Idai lashed central Mozambique, with cholera cases reported in the devastated port city of Beira. The warnings on Saturday
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Mass London protest demands second referendum on Brexit
London, United Kingdom - Hundreds of thousands of people are marching through central London to demand a final say on Brexit. As the impasse over a way forward continues in Westminster, the original Brexit


