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Fear and killings on the rise in Duterte’s war on drugs
After two years of a violent "war on drugs" in the Philippines, thousands of people are dead and much of the population live in fear of the police. The policy has been personally driven
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Erdogan: Turkey shared Khashoggi tapes with Saudi, US and others
Turkey has shared recordings related to the killing of Jamal Khashoggi with Saudi Arabia, the United States, Germany, France and Britain, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday. Turkish sources have said previously that authorities
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Myanmar refugees return to relative peace, but few resources
Decades of conflict between Myanmar's army and ethnic armed groups in the western Karen State have displaced tens of thousands of people. Many escaped to Thailand, but recently, support for those refugees is drying
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Venezuelan migrants’ dangerous trek through Colombia
Three million Venezuelans have fled their country's economic and political crisis since 2015. Many are walking for thousands of kilometres through Colombia to cross the Andes Mountain range, in search of a better life.
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Mosul fears return of Daesh nightmare
MOSUL: A deadly car bomb in Iraq’s Mosul, the first since the city was recaptured from terrorists, has left residents shaken and terrified that past nightmares are returning to haunt them. The blast late
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ACLU files lawsuit to stop Trump’s new asylum restrictions
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) said it was taking legal action to challenge President Donald Trump's proclamation, which bans those crossing between official points of entry on the US southern border from receiving
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Trump threatens to revoke more reporters’ press credentials
US President Donald Trump has threatened to revoke the credentials of more White House reporters, doubling down in response to criticism of his administration's decision to revoke credentials for CNN correspondent Jim Acosta. Speaking
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After resting in Mexico City, caravan ready to continue north
Mexico City - Jairo Mauricio Ramirez did not have to say many goodbyes in Honduras. A 16-year-old orphan, he joined thousands of US-bound migrants and refugees last month when they came through Ocotepeque, his
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Taliban: Russia meeting ‘not about direct talks’ with Kabul
Taliban representatives have reaffirmed their group's position that they will not hold direct talks with Afghanistan's Western-backed government, as they attended Russian-hosted international talks aimed at bringing an end to the country's long-running conflict.
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At Dhaka literature event, ‘silence’ over Shahidul Alam’s arrest
Dhaka, Bangladesh - This time every year, Dhaka's intelligentsia, clad in their best, gather at the neatly-trimmed lawns of the Bangla Academy to enthrall a crowd of literature lovers with their poetry readings and animated talks.


