The head of Turkey’s broadcasting watchdog says it has launched an investigation into claims that digital platform Disney+ pulled a series on Turkey’s founder Mustafa Kemal Ataturk. Turkish media …
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8/2/23
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Pakistani officials say the death toll from the IS-claimed weekend suicide bombing at a rally of a pro-Taliban Islamist party has jumped to 63 after eight more wounded people died at hospitals. The …
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By ANWARULLAH KHAN and MUNIR AHMED
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8/2/23
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The progressive political party that won the most seats in Thailand’s general election has been excluded from a coalition to form the next government. Conservative lawmakers strongly oppose the …
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By JINTAMAS SAKSORNCHAI
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8/2/23
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A powerful typhoon has slammed Okinawa and other islands in southwestern Japan Wednesday with high winds injuring more than 20 people as it moved west making its way toward mainland China. Typhoon …
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By MARI YAMAGUCHI
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8/2/23
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Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard has launched a surprise military drill on disputed islands in the Persian Gulf, just as the U.S. military increase its presence in the region over recent …
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By NASSER KARIMI and JON GAMBRELL
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8/2/23
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Russian troops hit port infrastructure in Ukraine’s Odesa region with Shahed drones overnight, the Ukrainian military reported, damaging a grain elevator and causing a fire at facilities that …
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By HANNA ARHIROVA
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8/2/23
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India’s top court began hearing petitions challenging the constitutionality of the legislation passed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government in 2019 that stripped disputed Jammu and …
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By SHEIKH SAALIQ and AIJAZ HUSSAIN
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8/2/23
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Taiwan has detained an army officer and several collaborators on suspicion of handing military secrets to China. The defense ministry said Wednesday that a lieutenant colonel surnamed Hsieh and other …
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By SIMINA MISTREANU
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8/2/23
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Malians who thrived with arrival of UN peacekeeping mission fear economic fallout from its departure
The pending pullout of U.N. peacekeepers from Mali is creating worries about what the withdrawal will mean for thousands of citizens who built livelihoods at and around the mission's bases. In June, …
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By ZANE IRWIN and BABA AHMED
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8/2/23
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North Korea on Wednesday hurled misogynistic insults at a newly confirmed United States special envoy to monitor the country’s human rights issues and warned of unspecified security consequences if …
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By KIM TONG-HYUNG
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8/2/23
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Not everyone is hostile to last week's coup in Niger. Neighboring Burkina Faso and Mali have taken the unusual step of declaring that foreign military intervention in Niger would be a declaration of …
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By CARA ANNA
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8/2/23
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China’s capital has recorded its heaviest rainfall in 140 years over the past few days. The city recorded 29.3 inches of rain between Saturday and Wednesday morning, the Beijing Meteorological …
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8/2/23
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Pope Francis is beginning a five-day trip to Portugal for World Youth Day. The international Catholic jamboree is expected to attract around 1 million people. Francis is in Portugal from Wednesday. …
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By BARRY HATTON
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8/1/23
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Pope Francis can expect to find heat and hope in Portugal, along with fallout from sex abuse scandal
Pope Francis is heading to Portugal to open the first post-pandemic edition of World Youth Day. He's hoping to inspire the next generation of Catholics while coping with fallout from the ongoing …
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By NICOLE WINFIELD, HELENA ALVES and BARRY HATTON
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8/1/23
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Indian authorities have imposed a curfew, suspended internet service and deployed thousands of paramilitary forces to parts of northern Haryana state after deadly communal clashes. The violence began …
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By PIYUSH NAGPAL
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8/1/23
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The journalists of French emblematic Sunday newspaper Le Journal du Dimanche have decided to put an end to a 40-day strike. They unsuccessfully protested against the appointment of a new …
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By SYLVIE CORBET
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8/1/23
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The son of Colombia’s president has been charged with money laundering and illicit enrichment. Prosecutors at a hearing Tuesday said he took tens of thousands of dollar from drug traffickers and …
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By MANUEL RUEDA
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8/1/23
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Israeli authorities say a Palestinian gunman has opened fire in an Israeli settlement east of Jerusalem, wounding at least six people before being shot and killed. The shooting in the sprawling …
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By ISABEL DEBRE and OHAD ZWIGENBERG
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8/1/23
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A halted landmark grain deal that allowed Ukrainian grain to flow to countries in Africa, the Middle East and Asia is rattling the operations of the United Nations food agency, its deputy executive …
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By KAREEM CHEHAYEB
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8/1/23
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Police say gunmen have opened fire on Pakistani police escorting a team of polio workers during a door-to-door vaccination campaign in the southwest, killing two police officers. The polio workers …
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8/1/23
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