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Eight migrants were rescued alive by authorities; all were from Cameroon
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe was arrested in 2016 on sedition charges and has been in prison since
After the Shanghai exhibition game Thursday night, China’s censors and propaganda machine avoided further inflaming the issue
Asiri, a Saudi national, was reputed to have made the so-called underwear bomb used in a failed attempt to bring down a US airliner on Christmas Day in 2009
Governments, businesses and philanthropists pledged just over $14 billion on Thursday to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, exceeding the targeted amount, its chief executive Peter Sands announces
Iraq descended into violence last week as protests that began with demands for an end to rampant corruption and chronic unemployment escalated with calls for a complete overhaul of the political system
The move comes with Facebook's planned digital coin Libra facing heavy criticism from regulators and lawmakers in the United States and Europe
'It is unacceptable for any social media company to knowingly allow deliberately misleading material to corrupt its platform,' Biden spokesman TJ Ducklo said in a statement
The NBA commissioner said he hoped to discuss the situation with Chinese officials in Shanghai
Raids over the weekend carried out by unidentified gunmen have added to concerns for freedom of expression that were first flagged when authorities implemented a near-total internet blackout after anti-government protests erupted last week
Demonstrations in Iraq began with demands for an end to rampant corruption and chronic unemployment
The gymnast moved to within two medals of the all-time record held by Vitaly Scherbo of Belarus, a men's gymnastics star in the 1990s
Rick Perry also confirmed that he encouraged President Donald Trump to talk to Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky about energy issues
Jennifer Arcuri told ITV television Johnson ‘never, ever’ showed her favoritism during his time as mayor between 2008 and 2016
Russia summoned Iran's ambassador to Moscow to seek clarifications over the arrest
Students stage protests and blocked major roads after an undergraduate was beaten to death, allegedly by ruling party activists, for criticizing the government over a water-sharing deal with India
Energy Secretary Rick Perry said the United States 'were ready, were willing and were able' to increase European energy security by providing alternative sources, notably liquified natural gas and civil nuclear capabilities
Keita said lessons would be learned after 38 soldiers were killed in two attacks last week near the border with Burkina Faso, a death toll that observers say is probably an underestimate
Oil minister sys that China's CNPC has withdrawn from the development of an offshore gas field and that state-owned Petropars will take over the entire project
Egypt has urged international mediation over what it called 'deadlock' in talks in Sudan over a massive dam under construction on the Nile River, sparking fresh tensions with Ethiopia
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