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Netherlands, Australia hold Russia responsible for downing MH17: Dutch cabinet
LONDON (Reuters) - The Dutch cabinet on Friday said it would hold the Russian state responsible for "its role"…
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U.S. ambassador skips encounter with sanctioned Russian tycoon
ST PETERSBURG, Russia (Reuters) - U.S. ambassador to Russia Jon Huntsman Jr. pulled out of an event on Friday that woul…
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Ireland votes in 'once-in-a-generation' abortion referendum
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland began voting on Friday in an abortion referendum that could be a milestone on a path of chan…
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News Quiz: Test Your Knowledge of the Week’s Headlines
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Hungary will defend traditional families, stop demographic decline, Orban says
Hungary's government will launch measures to stop and then reverse a demographic decline by 2030, Prime Minister Vi…
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Four Saudi activists freed, one arrested as crackdown persists
Saudi authorities have released four detained activists but arrested another one, pressing ahead with a sweeping crackd…
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Saudi Arabia makes new arrest in crackdown on activists
RIYADH (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia arrested prominent rights campaigner Mohammed al-Bajadi, Amnesty International said on …
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In Malaysia, Calls for New Leaders to Revisit Old Abductions and Deaths
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The Most Surprising Entry in Venice’s Architecture Biennale? The Vatican’s
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Tiahleigh Palmer: The 12-year-old murdered by her foster father
Australian Tiahleigh Palmer was killed by her foster father who feared his son had got her pregnant. from BBC News - …
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Teaching Activities for: ‘Are You a ‘Type D’ Athlete? Relax and Ask for Help’
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Israel calls on EU to stop funding groups promoting 'anti-Israel' boycotts
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel accused European Union institutions on Friday of funding non-governmental organizations (N…
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Dozens killed in clashes between two Somali regions in land dispute
GAROWE, Somalia (Reuters) - Fighting between Somalia's semi-autonomous Puntland region and breakaway Somaliland has…
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Saudi Arabia says new Yemen missile intercepted
Saudi air defences Friday intercepted a ballistic missile over the southern city of Najran after it was fired from rebe…
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Perplexed and disappointed: South Korea's Moon regroups after mediation failure
SEOUL (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to cancel next month's summit with North Korea's K…
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N. Korea open to US talks 'any time' despite Trump axing summit
North Korea said Friday it is willing to talk to the United States "at any time" after President Donald Trump…
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Israel calls on EU to end funding to pro-boycott groups
Israel called on the European Union Friday to halt funding to more than a dozen European and Palestinian non-government…
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Britain will build own satellite system if no access to EU's - Hammond
Britain would develop its own separate satellite navigation system if it lost access to the Galileo project, the Europe…
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Iran wants Europeans to present economic package by end of May
Iran wants European powers to give it an economic package by the end of the month to compensate for the U.S. withdrawal…
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Aboriginal Youth Are Disproportionately Jailed, Report Finds
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Hariri wants fast Cabinet formation
Caretaker Prime Minister Saad Hariri said Thursday he would work to quickly form a national entente government after be…
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U.S. targets airlines in latest Iran sanctions move
The United States Thursday imposed sanctions on several Iranian and Turkish companies and a number of aircraft in a mov…
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Trump scraps NKorea summit, says U.S. military ready
U.S. President Donald Trump Thursday called off a historic summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un scheduled for ne…
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Regime intercepts missile attack on airport: state media
Syrian state media said a military airport near Homs city had come under missile attack which was repelled by its air d…
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Keep the momentum
Following successful parliamentary polls that saw 80 new faces ready to inject fresh talent into the legislative, Saad …
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Nigerian troops raped rescued women: report
Nigerian soldiers and self-defense forces have raped women who were rescued from the Boko Haram extremist group, Amnest…
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Hudaida in crosshairs of offensive
Hudaida port, Yemen’s largest entry point for aid, is now in the crosshairs of the Arab-led coalition that is intent on…
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Cyclone pounds Socotra on path to Oman
Cyclone Mekunu pounded the Yemeni island of Socotra in the Arabian Sea Thursday morning, lashing it with heavy rain and…
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Sudan committed to Yemen military campaign, weeks after signaling doubts
Sudan remains committed to an Arab-led alliance fighting in Yemen, state news agency SUNA quoted President Omar al-Bash…
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Pentagon denies U.S.-led strike hit Syrian regime
The Pentagon denied reports Thursday that the U.S.-led coalition had killed at least 12 pro-regime fighters in Syria. T…
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U.N. threatens sanctions for using hunger as war weapon
With famine on the rise worldwide, the U.N. Security Council threatened sanctions Thursday against governments, armies …
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Facebook won’t pay compensations
Facebook said Thursday it will not compensate users in the scandal over the misuse of their personal data by political …
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U.S. House passes $717B defense policy bill
The House Thursday passed a $717 billion defense policy bill that would give the military a 2.6 percent pay hike, the l…
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Jackson estate blasts ABC over show
Michael Jackson’s estate has slammed a television special about the late King of Pop, describing it as a crass and unau…
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Johnson’s phone call with hoax Armenian PM
Britain’s Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson talked international relations and rude poetry with a hoax caller who pretend…
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Israel to build 2,500 more settler homes in West Bank
Israel said Thursday that it would give final approval to the construction of 2,500 new homes in the occupied West Bank…
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Tunisian parties discuss premier’s possible exit
Tunisia’s ruling coalition is holding talks to tackle an economic crisis that could lead to a Cabinet reshuffle and the…
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Israeli court approves razing Bedouin village
Israel’s Supreme Court ruled Thursday in favor of demolishing a Palestinian Bedouin village in the occupied West Bank, …
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U.S. mulls U.N. funding cuts over Palestinians
The U.S. is considering whether to cut funding to two U.N. agencies and the chemical weapons watchdog after the Palesti…
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It’s up to today’s leaders to keep ‘the spirit of Nuremberg’ alive
It is now over 70 years after what was perhaps the most important trial in the history of mankind. What makes this circ…
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Bombing at Ontario Indian Restaurant Wounds More Than a Dozen
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Ireland’s Abortion Vote Becomes a Test for Facebook and Google
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N.B.A. Playoffs: Eric Gordon Emerges and Gives Rockets an Edge
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Mets Find a Blueprint to Win Without Power
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Word + Quiz: fecund
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They Were in Love. They Were the Last to Know.
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What’s on TV Friday: ‘Picnic at Hanging Rock’ and ‘Ibiza’
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In a Warming West, the Rio Grande Is Drying Up
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Woman Says She Was Bullied, Bound and Gagged at Work in Scotland
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Ireland Abortion Vote Divides Families, and Gender Lines
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No Charges for San Francisco Officers in Deaths of 2 Knife-Wielding Men
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Boston Globe Finds Itself Uncomfortably in the News
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In Fine Print of $25 Billion Offer, a Bid for a Stake in FIFA’s Business
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