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UN calls for probe into Yemen school bus attack
Yemen's Houthi rebels have backed the United Nations' call for an independent investigation into a Saudi-attack on a bus full of school children on Thursday. The Houthis say at least 50 people were killed
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Indonesia earthquake: Death toll jumps to 387
The death toll from the major earthquake that hammered the Indonesian island of Lombok rose to 387 on Saturday. The 6.9-magnitude quake last Sunday injured more than 13,000 people, left more than 387,000 people
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NASA postpones launch of probe to study sun at close range
US space agency NASA postponed the launch of the Parker Solar Probe on Saturday - the start of a years-long mission to study the sun up close for the first time ever. Technical issues caused
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Syrian air defenses confront ‘hostile target’ near Damascus -state media
GAZA CITY, Palestinian territories: A 40-year-old Palestinian hit by Israeli fire during protests on the Gaza border died of his wounds on Saturday, taking the previous day’s death toll to three, the territory’s health
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1 million children at risk in Idlib, says UN
BEIRUT: A battle between Syrian regime forces and opposition fighters for the northwestern Idlib province could affect the lives of more than 1 million children, many of whom live in refugee camps, the UN’s
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‘Stolen’ plane from Seattle airport crashes into island
A "suicidal" airline employee stole an Alaska Airlines plane without any passengers on it, performed an upside-down aerial loop, and crashed into an island in Washington state. The mechanic commandeered the Horizon Air Q400 aircraft
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NASA to launch probe to study sun at close range
US space agency NASA will launch the Parker Solar Probe on Saturday - the start of a years-long mission to study the sun up close for the first time ever. The probe - which will
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Nearly 30 civilians dead in heavy bombing on north Syria: monitor
BEIRUT: A battle between Syrian regime forces and opposition fighters for the northwestern Idlib province could affect the lives of more than 1 million children, many of whom live in refugee camps, the UN’s
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Local fishers in France struggle along with Mediterranean ecology
According to the UN, the Mediterranean now the most over-fished sea in the world and pollution and climate change are doing their own damage to fish populations. As the state of the marine environment
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New law helps Dreamers go to college in New Jersey
President Donald Trump has repeatedly threatened to end the so-called "Dreamers" programme, which gives temporary protection to young people who came to the US with their parents. But even if they stay, Dreamers are


