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International drug syndicates orchestrated bombings, the country's leader claimed Monday, despite earlier blaming the attacks on Islamists
The incident occurred in El-Souk in the state of Sinnar when residents of the town rallied demanding that members of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) leave the town, witnesses told AFP
At least 10 people have died and thousands of shanty homes have been destroyed since April by monsoon rains in overcrowded Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh's southeast, officials say
Russian and regime forces have targeted northwest Syria for months and are killing internally displaced civilians
Monsoon, which lasts from June to September, causes widespread death and destruction across South Asia each year
Twelve officers and four soldiers have been arrested, a top general announced on state television Thursday
President's latest salvo on Twitter comes the same week US and Chinese trade officials had their first contact in months in an effort to revive stalled negotiations
Yazmin Juarez spoke at a congressional hearing staged amid a series of scandals over poor conditions suffered by detained migrants
Thailand's new civilian government will retain the power to arbitrarily detain critics despite the imminent easing of junta-era security controls, prompting warnings from rights groups of enduring "martial law"
German Chancellor Angela Merkel suffered a new trembling spell on Wednesday, the third time in less than a month, which has raised questions over her health
The Vatican has lifted the diplomatic immunity of its Paris envoy under investigation for alleged sexual assault, the French foreign ministry said Monday
Announcing creation of commission on ‘unalienable rights,’ US secretary of state on Monday named staunch abortion opponent to lead new panel to set US direction
The quake, whose epicenter was in the Masjed Soleiman area of Khuzestan province, hit at 11:30 am (0700 GMT) at a depth of 17 kilometers, the national seismological center reported
A clear rejection of the American request came from Merkel's junior coalition partners, the Social Democrats (SPD)
The area is supposed to be protected from a major regime assault by a September deal between Moscow and Ankara
Boeing faces numerous lawsuits filed by the victims' families
The U.S. media industry is facing its worst year for job layoffs in a decade as news organizations continue to cut staff and close shop, according to a new survey
Sudan's protest leaders Wednesday agreed to hold direct talks with the country's ruling generals after African Union and Ethiopian mediators called on the two sides to resume stalled negotiations to form a new governing body
The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) said civilians had been 'deliberately and brutally targeted' in Central Equatoria since the agreement was inked in September
President Donald Trump's administration presented the economic part of its Israeli-Palestinian peace proposals, dubbed 'Peace to Prosperity, in the Bahraini capital Manama on June 25-6
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