After many years, jury selection has started, beginning one of the most contentious and racially charged murder trials to take place in years in the United States. The shooting of Laquan McDonald, a black
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Twin bombings at a sports club in Kabul on Wednesday killed at least 20 people and wounded 70 others, the latest in a spate of deadly attacks in the Afghan capital. No immediate claim
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An Emirates airliner carrying more than 500 passengers was quarantined on a New York City runway after reports of a large number of people falling ill on Wednesday. At least 19 people on board
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The UN's special envoy to Yemen expressed confidence even though the first day of peace talks between rebels and the internationally recognised Yemeni government was pushed by a day, as Houthis failed to arrive in Switzerland. Speaking
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United Nations investigators are warning crimes against humanity are continuing unabated in Burundi. And they blame other serious violations partly on hate speech by President Pierre Nkurunziza. Burundi became the first nation to withdraw
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BEIRUT: International calls mounted Wednesday to avoid a “massacre” by regime forces in Syria’s last rebel-held province of Idlib, two days before a summit between key powers backing the government and opposition.Troops have been
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JERUSALEM: Israel’s top court on Wednesday upheld an order to raze a Palestinian Bedouin village in the occupied West Bank, clearing the way for the demolition to go ahead despite international pressure.The ruling means
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JERUSALEM: Israel’s top court on Wednesday upheld an order to raze a Palestinian Bedouin village in the occupied West Bank, clearing the way for the demolition to go ahead despite international pressure.The ruling means
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On August 28, British Prime Minister Theresa May arrived in Cape Town, South Africa, for a one-day working visit. This visit was part of a three-nation tour of South Africa, Kenya and Nigeria designed to
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Protesters have been out on the streets in southern Yemen for a third consecutive day. Although the war in Yemen has seen many outrages, including the recent Saudi bombing of a school bus, these
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