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Greece launches probe into parcel bombs sent to France, Germany

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PARIS, France - A day after a letter bomb exploded at the International Monetary Fund office in Paris leaving one person injured Greek authorities are said to have launched a probe. 

The


U.S. military confirms airstrike on al-Qaida meeting in northern Syria

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WASHINGTON, U.S. - After confusion erupted over the death of 40 civilians that were allegedly killed when a mosque was struck in a U.S. military airstrike - the U.S. military said in a statement th

Will Beijing and Seoul agree with America’s confrontational approach to nuclear North Korea?

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SEOUL, South Korea – As America’s top diplomat, the newly anointed Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson faces a grave challenges – in putting forward U.S. President Donald Trump&rsqu

Largest British spying agency, GCHQ denies ‘ridiculous’ claim that it wiretapped Trump Tower

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WASHINGTON, U.S. - U.S. President Donald Trump’s wiretapping allegations, sans evidence has already caused a lot of embarrassment to the new administration in Washington, and now for the rest

Van Niekerk, Bolt headline Jamaican meet

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Kingston - Usain Bolt, fellow world record holders David Rudisha and Wayde van Niekerk and middle distance king Mo Farah will headline the JN Racers Grand Prix on June 10, organisers announced on Frid

Kaczynski's Battle with EU Finds Little Support Among Poles

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Most Poles disagree with their conservative government's attempt to block the reappointment of fellow-countryman Donald Tusk as chairman of European Union summits, according to two opinion p

Rodin Marble Masterpiece 'Andromeda' Up for Auction in Paris

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French sculptor Auguste Rodin's newly re-discovered marble masterpiece titled 'Andromeda' will be up for sale in Paris in May, auction house, Artcurial, said on Friday.

The auctioning of the

Filmmaker: To Help Iraq, Western World Must Connect With its Everyday People

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Forced to flee, the medic and his family live in a displacement camp and are frightened to return home.

Promoting his film at the Human Rights Watch Film Festival in London, Ahmed said he would like


Airbnb Aims to Double African Customers This Year

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Airbnb expects to maintain its rapid growth in Africa this year and double its customer numbers to 1.5 million, its Chief Executive Brian Chesky and regional head told Reuters on Friday.

German FM: Europe, US Should Stick to Russia Sanctions

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Trump's positive comments about Russian President Vladimir Putin during his campaign for the White House last year have made Ukrainian officials nervous that he might be inclined to relax the economic

Trump OKs Changes in GOP Health Care Bill, Winning Support

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'I just want to let the world know I am 100 percent in favor'' of the measure, Trump said at the White House after meeting around a dozen House lawmakers and shaking hands on revisions. 'We're going t

As Greek Economic Crisis Grinds On, Children Pay Price

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The home sleeps 25 in a bare room with rows of beds draped in blue blankets, and lacks the staff and funds to increase capacity, she said. Most places are for abused children.

Dozens of other childre

UN Official Resigns After Calling Israel 'Apartheid Regime'

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The head of the U.N. West Asia Commission has resigned under pressure, after refusing to withdraw a controversial report that said Israel has established an 'apartheid regime' that discriminates again

UN: South Sudan is World's Fastest-growing Refugee Crisis

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The U.N. refugee agency reports 1.6 million South Sudanese have fled to neighboring countries to escape famine, fighting and drought, making South Sudan the world's fastest-growing refugee c

China Mulls Terror Response After Islamic State Threat

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Have 5 kids not 3, Erdogan tells Turks in Europe

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Ankara - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday urged Turks resident in Europe to have five children, telling the millions-strong diaspora they were the continent's "future" as a bitter dispute fest

Tillerson in China to Discuss North Korea

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The top U.S. diplomat arrived in China Saturday for the last leg of his first Asia tour.

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson's agenda in China includes a meeting with President Xi Jin

Rebels turn in first 140 weapons in Colombia peace deal

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Bogota - Colombia's largest rebel group has handed over 140 weapons to United Nations observers as part of an historic peace agreement.

Under the accord, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia ag

Police Kill Motorcyclist Armed With Explosives in Bangladesh

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DHAKA, BANGLADESH -

Bangladesh police Saturday shot and killed a suspected militant who tried to enter a security checkpoint on a motorcycle armed with explosives, the latest in a string of security

German FM: Turkey 'Further Away Than Ever' From Joining EU

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Sigmar Gabriel told German weekly Der Spiegel in an interview published Saturday that "Turkey is further away than ever before from EU membership."

Gabriel, whose center-left Social Democrats have te

Man carrying explosives killed at Bangladesh checkpoint

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New Delhi - A man carrying explosives was fired on and killed when he tried to cross a checkpoint run by an elite anti-crime force in Bangladesh's capital on Saturday, officials said.

In a text messa

UN experts: 100 000 starve while South Sudan buys weapons

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New York - South Sudan's government is spending at least half its budget on security and weapons while 100 000 people are dying of starvation as a result of famine caused mainly by an upsurge in gover

Erdogan Calls for Reinstatement of Death Penalty in Turkey

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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Saturday that he expects parliament to move to allow capital punishment - a change that could officially end Turkey's bid to join the European Union.

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Egypt says Pope Francis to visit in April

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Cairo - Egypt says Pope Francis will pay an official visit to the majority Muslim nation during the final week of April.

Presidential spokesperson Alaa Youssef said on Saturday the Pope's visit will

Turkeys president campaigns for referendum at war memorial

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Istanbul -Cheered by flag-waving supporters, the Turkish president turned a commemoration of a World War I campaign into a political rally on Saturday, slamming Europe and declaring that a constitutio

A fight against Russian aggression: British troops travel to frontline in Russia to bolster defenses

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MOSCOW, Russia - In what became U.K.’s largest military deployment against Moscow since the Cold War - Britain sent 800 assault troops to Europe’s border with Russia. 

An adv

Cut and dry: Merkel manages to escape Trump’s invitation to engage in political drama

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WASHINGTON, U.S. - In a press conference full of retorts, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, clashed with U.S. President Donald Trump when it came to differences on policy, trade and immigration.

Gunman killed in Paris’ Orly airport incident was a ‘radicalized Muslim known to intelligence services’

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PARIS, France - The second largest airport in the French capital, Paris - Orly airport witnessed an incident that caused panic amongst passengers and staff alike after a gunman entered the airport

White House Press Corps to help Trump distribute his presidential pay

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NEW YORK, New York - During the presidential campaign, then-candidate Trump said he would turn down any salary as President. Then, in his first big interview as President-elect in November, he


Defiant Trump claims White House was merely quoting ‘very talented legal mind’ on GCHQ row

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WASHINGTON, U.S. - Even as the global media continues to track U.S. President Donald Trump’s wiretapping allegations, made sans evidence - on Friday, Trump managed to cause more widespread sh

North Korea Tests Powerful New Rocket Engine

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Tensions at a 'dangerous level'

In South Korea Friday, Tillerson said: "Let me be very clear, the Policy of Strategic Patience has ended. We are exploring a new range of diplomatic,

Gyllenhaal and Reynolds Forge a Friendship Filming 'Life'

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The Hollywood stars say they hit it off so well during the filming of their new sci-fi thriller called Life that a genuine friendship has blossomed. The movie, about a team of scientists aboard the In

72 cops to be charged over Marikana

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Suspended national police commissioner Riah Phiyega will head the list of 72 police officers identified for prosecution for their role in the killing of 34 striking mine workers in Marikana, almost fi

Security in Mali worrying: UN peacekeeping mission

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Bamako - The security situation in Mali "remains worrying" despite recent troop deployments and some progress on the country's peace accord, the head of the UN's peacekeeping force said on Saturday in

DRC disappearances raise alarm as political tensions grow

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Dakar - Nearly a week after the Democratic Republic of Congo announced the kidnapping of two United Nations experts along with their translator and drivers, no trace of them has been found.

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Escaped Chibok girl: Dont forget those still in captivity, theyre human beings

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Cape Town - A Chibok girl, who escaped from Boko Haram captivity in Nigeria, has reportedly called on the world not to forget the other girls who are still being held hostage by the militant group.

A


EU Citizens in UK Anxiously Seek Security Before Brexit

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Schwarzkopf, who has lived in the U.K. since 1999 and is married to a Briton, thought his application for a permanent resident card 'would be a formality.'

When he got the rejection saying he should

Germany Rejects Trump's Claim it Owes NATO, US 'Vast Sums' for Defense

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'Defense spending also goes into UN peacekeeping missions, into our European missions and into our contribution to the fight against IS terrorism,' von der Leyen said.

She said everyone wanted the bu

Philippines' Duterte Welcomes Prospect of ICC Case

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Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Sunday welcomed the prospect of the International Criminal Court (ICC) putting him on trial over his bloody war on drugs, saying he would not be intim

Duterte not intimidated by impeachment attempt

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Manila - The Philippine president says he will not be intimidated by an impeachment complaint and threats of an international lawsuit for his anti-drug crackdown and added that he'd rather have crimin

Rotten meat saga rears its head in Brazil again

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Braslia - President Michel Temer was to hold crisis talks on Sunday with his cabinet and foreign ambassadors over allegations that corrupt Brazilian producers have been selling rotten meat around the

American news organisations in Russia will come under Kremlin probe

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MOSCOW, Russia - The Russian parliament has approved an investigation into the Russian operations of the U.S. news media.

According to reports, the lower house of parliament ordered a probe i

Stop saber rattling against North Korea: China tells U.S. after Tillerson claims tensions have reached ‘dangerous level’

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BEIJING, China - Urging the U.S. not to abandon diplomacy when it comes to dealing with nuclear North Korea, China told visiting U.S. Secretary of State to take a “coolheaded” approach.


Duterte says he’s not scared of impeachment, drug war will continue

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MANILA, Philippines - In the face of an impeachment complaint and the threat of an international lawsuit, undeterred Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte has said that he is not intimidated. 

Authorities probing Orly gunman’s motive reveal he claimed he wanted to “die for Allah”

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PARIS, France - As investigations continue into the motive of the gunman who caused a scare and was killed at the second largest airport in the French capital, Paris - Orly airport, more shocking d

Take that America: North Korea successfully tests new high-thrust rocket engine, as Tillerson debates next move

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BEIJING, China - Even as America’s new Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson trudged through Asia over the last few days, warning North Korea of military action at every stop - North Korea was bu

Outrage after billboard in Phoenix depicts Trump with Nazi symbols

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ARIZONA, U.S. - In a not-so-strange incident, a billboard went up in downtown Phoenix, depicting U.S. President Donald Trump next to nuclear explosions and Nazi symbols. 

The billboard n

New suspects in Kim Jong Nam’s assassination being sought by Malaysian Police

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KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - As the investigation related to the bizarre assassination of the Kim Jong Nam intensifies, now the Malaysian police have identified new suspects. 

Earlier, Inter

Secret Service arrest driver of a vehicle after he approaches White House checkpoint, claiming to have a bomb

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WASHINGTON, U.S. - The Secret Service had a field day on Saturday, days after the White House security came into question. 

First, an unidentified person attempted and failed at jumping

A life of contradictions: Trump proposes cuts to low-cost programs, then spends millions to fly to Florida

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FLORIDA, U.S. - This week, a lot of discussions surrounding Donald Trump has been about his infamous wiretapping claims and his budget proposal. 

While the American president has faced a






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