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The United States is in mourning after a gunman armed with an assault rifle killed at least 26 people at a church in Texas, among them an 18-month-old baby and elderly worshipper, as debates over the ownership of weapons resurfaced.…
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Gunmen have attacked a local television station in the Afghan capital Kabul, with a number of casualties feared. The attackers threw grenades and fired guns as they entered the Shamshad TV headquarters, witnesses say. A reporter who…
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Zimbabwe's Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa has been removed from his post, the country's information minister says. Mr Mnangagwa, 75, displayed "traits of disloyalty", Information Minister Simon Khaya Moyo said. His removal makes it…
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A senior Saudi prince was killed when the helicopter he was travelling in crashed near the border with Yemen, state television reports. Prince Mansour bin Muqrin, the deputy governor of Asir province, was travelling with several…
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Egypt summoned several western ambassadors on Sunday in protest against a statement criticizing the country’s detention of a human rights lawyer who was helping investigate the case of a murdered Italian student. Germany, Italy, the…
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Mary Trump, the Scottish-born mother of the US President who died in 2000, is reported to have been acutely embarrassed by the antics of her fourth child during the 1990s when his failing marriage and business were the subject of intense…
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Saudi Arabia’s future king has tightened his grip on power through an anti-corruption purge by arresting royals, ministers and investors including billionaire Alwaleed bin Talal who is one of the kingdom’s most prominent businessmen.…
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More than 20 people have been killed after a gunman opened fire at a church during Sunday services, police say. The attack happened at the First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, a small town in Wilson County, Texas. The gunman, who…
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Catalonia's deposed leader Carles Puigdemont and four former advisers have turned themselves in to Belgian police, says a prosecutors' spokesman. He said an investigating judge would decide by Monday morning whether to execute an EU arrest…
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A new anti-corruption committee has reportedly detained 11 princes, four current ministers and dozens of former ministers in Saudi Arabia. It came as part of a series of sweeping changes by the Middle Eastern nation’s King Salma who…
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