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Russia Holds Funerals of Three Journalists Killed in Central Africa
Three Russian TV journalists killed in Central African Republic last month while investigating the activities of a clandestine firm of Russian private military contractors were laid to rest in Moscow on Tuesday.
Orhan Dzhemal, Alexander…
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Kenya, U.S. Mark 20 Years since Al Qaeda’s First Major Attack
The U.S. ambassador joined a ceremony in Nairobi on Tuesday to commemorate 20 years since truck bombs hit the U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania, killing 258 people and marking the start of al Qaeda’s global campaign of violence.
Some…
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Israel Kills Two Hamas Gunmen in Gaza, Sides Dispute Circumstances
Israeli tank fire killed two Hamas gunmen in Gaza on Tuesday in a strike the Israeli military described as return fire for a shooting attack against its forces, an account disputed by the Palestinian Islamist group.
The two men killed in…
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Turkey’s Erdogan to Pay State Visit to Germany
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan will pay a state visit to Germany on Sept. 28-29, a spokeswoman for German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier said on Tuesday.
The spokeswoman did not say if Erdogan would also hold talks with Chancellor…
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Malaysia’s Former PM Najib to Be Charged with Money Laundering
Malaysia’s embattled former prime minister Najib Razak will be charged on Wednesday under a money-laundering act, the anti-graft agency said, in connection with a multi-billion-dollar scandal at state fund 1Malaysia Development Berhad…
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Zimbabwe Police ‘Hunt for Opposition MDC Officials’
Zimbabwean police are searching for nine senior officials of the opposition MDC Alliance following disputed elections, media reports say.
They are wanted for allegedly inciting their supporters to stage an illegal protest last Wednesday.…
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Robbers in Malaysia Swipe 50kg of Drugs from Customs
Police in Malaysia have arrested two customs officers and three other suspects after a gang of thieves stole about 50 kilograms of narcotics, ketamine and heroin, from a customs storage facility in a heist on Sunday.
The thieves targeted…
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Trump Admits Son Met Russian for Information on Opponent
US President Donald Trump has admitted his son met a Russian lawyer in June 2016 "to get information on an opponent", but argues it was legal.
Donald Trump Jr's meeting with Kremlin-linked lawyer Natalia Veselnitskaya at Trump Tower could…
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Tourists Flee Indonesia’s Lombok Island after Earthquake Kills 98
Scenes of destruction greeted rescue workers across Indonesia’s resort island of Lombok on Monday, after an earthquake of magnitude 6.9 killed at least 98 people and prompted an exodus of tourists rattled by the second powerful quake in a…
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South Sudan Government and Rebels Sign Peace Deal
South Sudan's government has reached a power-sharing agreement with the country's main rebel group.
President Salva Kiir and rebel leader Riek Machar signed the deal in neighbouring Sudan.
The deal, which will see Mr Machar return to…
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