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So far this year, at least 1,250 men, women and children have died attempting to reach Europe via the Mediterranean
A report estimated that holiday shopping sales rose 3.4 percent this year, with e-commerce taking a bigger bite of overall sales
The security forces had been escorting a team to carry out voter registration in the district of Sanam ahead of presidential and legislative elections due in late 2020
Isaias flew to Addis Ababa Wednesday for his first meeting with the Ethiopian prime minister since Abiy Ahmed won the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize for initiating a thaw between the countries which fought a border war in 1998-2000
The cases come after the Moroccan Human Rights Association had deplored in July an ‘escalation of violations of human rights and public and individual freedoms’ in Morocco
Nearly 80 civilians have been killed by airstrikes and artillery attacks over the same period, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which estimates that more than 40,000 people have been displaced in recent weeks
The Saudi-led coalition acknowledged on Thursday it had carried out an operation in Monabbih, a Saada district where the market is located
In an open letter, the two women said they were subjected to ‘psychological torture’ and called for international solidarity in the name of ‘academic freedom’
The act is expected to dent the bottom lines of two Chinese companies: state-owned railcar maker CRRC Corp. and BYD Motors, which sells electric buses in the US
Phone, internet service down; ferries, planes not back in service, making damage assessment difficult
Amateur video footage published on the social media accounts of various media outlets in Iran appeared to show smoke rising above snow-capped peaks
Ruslan Shaveddinov, a project manager at Navalny's anti-corruption foundation, went missing on Monday after authorities broke into his Moscow flat and his phone's SIM card was disabled
Boko Haram and its IS-affiliated Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) faction have recently stepped up attacks on military and civilian targets
The royals were greeted by several hundred well-wishers who had gathered outside the church grounds
Many scrambled at the last minute to make alternative arrangements as the protest against pension reform saw thousands of trains cancelled or delayed and taxis, ride-sharing services and car rental agencies unable to make up the shortfall
Eritrea and Ethiopia fought a border war in 1998-2000 that left an estimated 80,000 dead before a prolonged stalemate took hold
Thousands are stranded as the storm topples houses and trees, and blacked out cities
A withdrawal would also end US support for French military efforts in Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso in their war along with local troops against Al-Qaeda and Islamic State group jihadists
The tropical storm was upgraded to a typhoon shortly before it made landfall on Christmas Eve in the mainly Catholic nation, but early reports indicate there had been no casualties so far
The state-run KUNA news agency reported that the two countries also signed an agreement on the demarcation of land and maritime borders in the neutral zone
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