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Ex-officer Roy Oliver guilty of murder for killing Jordan Edwards
A Texas jury has found a white former police officer who shot and killed an unarmed black teenager last year guilty of murder. Roy Oliver shot into a car full of teenagers as they
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Italy: Migrants protest expulsion from refugee centres in Naples
Naples, Italy - Dozens of migrants and refugees protested on Tuesday against a decision that will see them lose their right to live in migrant reception centres, leaving them homeless and jeopardising their asylum
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War of words between US-Russia as Syria attack looms
Russia has deployed a dozen warships to the Mediterranean Sea in what a Russian newspaper on Tuesday called Moscow's largest naval buildup since it entered the Syrian conflict in 2015. The reinforcement comes as
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Can Europe live without the United States?
With friends like Donald Trump, who needs enemies? That was the reaction from European Council Chief Donald Tusk when the US president withdrew from the Iran nuclear deal and reimposed sanctions. EU leaders want
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India: Outrage after activists arrested over alleged Maoist links
Indian police arrested prominent writers and left-wing activists for suspected links to banned Maoist rebels, sparking outrage across the country. The arrests on Tuesday drew condemnation from human rights groups who called the police
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Egypt’s Sunni authority: No excuse, all sexual harassment ‘forbidden’
ISTANBUL: Russia and Turkey are in intense negotiations to ensure the rebel-held province of Idlib does not become a breaking point in their alliance on Syria, but the long term fate of the area
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Turkey alliance surviving Idlib test — for now
BAGHDAD: Hospitals in Basra have been flooded with thousands of patients suffering from drinking polluted and saline water as the province reels from the latest breakdown in basic services. Political and tribal leaders from
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Hospitals in Basra inundated with cases linked to dirty water
BAGHDAD: Hospitals in Basra have been flooded with thousands of patients suffering from drinking polluted and saline water as the province reels from the latest breakdown in basic services. Political and tribal leaders from
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French environment minister Nicolas Hulot resigns
Emmanuel Macron suffered a major blow to his authority and green credentials on Tuesday as his popular environment minister resigned live on radio - without informing the French president beforehand. Nicolas Hulot, a TV
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Migration expected to top Merkel’s agenda on West Africa tour
German Chancellor Angela Merkel is set to begin a tour of three West African countries, Senegal, Ghana and Nigeria, with efforts to boost economic ties and limit irregular migration to Europe expected to dominate her


