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It was not immediately clear what caused the blast or who was behind it; explosion occurred in area beset by fighting between military and Arakan Army rebels
The charges against the disgraced movie mogul came just as his high-profile sex crimes trial opened in New York
Victory at the Globes ensures key momentum for the Oscars, which are a little more than a month away
The explosion happened in Sourou province near the Mali border as students returned to school after the Christmas holidays, a security source said
Saudi Arabia is vulnerable to possible Iranian reprisals after Tehran vowed "revenge" following the strike on Friday
Foreign Ministry warns another country could be responsible
Organizers said demonstrations were convened in 70 US cities to denounce the killing of General Qassem Soleimani early Friday in Baghdad on orders from President Donald Trump
Tens of thousands in Jakarta remain unable to return to their waterlogged homes after some of the deadliest flooding in years hit the capital; more torrential rain is feared
Countries in the region have banded together to fight Boko Haram and ISWAP with support from civilian defence committees leading to Chad contributing 1,200 troops
Four people were seriously hurt in the blast in Sourou province near the Mali border, the source added, as children returned to school after holidays
A local security source said the killings were suspected to be a reprisal attack linked to clashes with a rival community in the area
Hard-line unions are fighting an overhaul that would rationalize France's 42 separate pension regimes into a single points-based system which they say would require millions of people to work beyond the official retirement age of 62
Domingos Simoes Pereira, head of the PAIGC party, said the vote was 'full of irregularities, annulment and manipulation'
Norway offers a very advantageous tax regime for clean vehicles, making them highly competitive in cost terms against petrol and diesel vehicles
The new law, adopted Thursday, removes text invoked to arrest scores of journalists and politicians over the years
Protests have rocked India since legislation was passed in December that eases the way for religious minorities from three Muslim-majority neighboring nations to gain Indian citizenship, but not if they are Muslim
Building in coastal Kep province was meant to be a hotel
In fourth quarter of 2019, even as Trump was being investigated and ultimately impeached by the House of Representatives, he raised $46 million
Oil-rich Nigeria, Africa's most populous nation, is plagued by widespread power outages that leave homes without electricity for long stretches and businesses unable to work
Analysis on samples from two skeletons indicates the existence of the Nanotyrannus seems very unlikely
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