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Iraqi town fearful as battle against Daesh rages next door
QAIM, Iraq: More than a year after the Iraqi town of Qaim was freed from the Daesh group, booms from airstrikes still echo and columns of smoke rise beyond the berms and concrete walls
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Easter Island asks London museum to return its ‘stolen’ statue
Representatives from the Chilean territory of Easter Island are in London seeking the return of a statue brought to the United Kingdom 150 years ago. The carving, which has a name meaning "lost or
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Interpol elects South Korea’s Kim Jong-yang as president
Interpol has elected Kim Jong-yang of South Korea as its new president, according to the international police body. Jong-yang, who had been serving as acting president, was elected for a two-year term at the body's
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US tourist ‘killed’ by arrow-shooting Andaman island tribesmen
A United States tourist is believed to have been killed by an isolated Indian island tribe known to fire at outsiders with bows and arrows, Indian police said. Seven fishermen have been arrested for
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US bombs continue to kill in Laos 50 years after Vietnam War
Vientiane - This year's Thanksgiving celebration marks 50 years since the American military embarked on the biggest bombing campaign in history, decimating the small Southeast Asian country of Laos by dropping more than two million
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Kenya: Gunmen kidnap Italian woman, shoot children in Kilifi
Gunmen have kidnapped an Italian voluntary worker and wounded five others, including young children, as they opened fire in Kenya's southeast coastal region of Kilifi, police said. The unidentified attackers, armed with assault rifles,
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Australia joins US in rejecting UN migration pact
Australia's conservative government said on Wednesday it would not sign a UN pact on migration because the agreement would undermine its existing immigration policies. The UN Global Compact for Migration was agreed on in
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Interpol elects South Korea’s Kim Jong Yang as president
Interpol has elected Kim Jong Yang of South Korea as its next president, the international police body said on Twitter. Kim, who had been serving as acting president, was elected for a two-year term
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Prejudice and Pride in Hungary: Inside the Far Right
Hungary was the first country to close its borders when around one million refugees arrived on European soil in 2015. The country's far-right Fidesz party swiftly positioned itself as the self-proclaimed defender of "Christian
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Iran’s Zarif mocks Trump’s ‘shameful’ statement on Saudi prince
Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has mocked US President Donald Trump's announcement that he would stick by Saudi Arabia despite the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. "Mr. Trump bizarrely devotes the FIRST


