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The Sukhoi passenger jet crash-landed at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport Sunday evening, killing 41 people on board
Orban's anti-immigration drive in Europe echos Trump's own push to build a wall on the US-Mexico border and his attempts to thwart migrants seeking asylum
Some 3,000 Kurdish prisoners have been holding hunger strikes since November to protest his isolation, and eight have killed themselves
It is first time Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah has commented publicly on the new penal code since it fully entered force last month, and his remarks appeared aimed at assuaging worldwide criticism
Nyusi, after being chosen party candidate, said: 'the victory of Frelimo is an imperative of the victory of the people'
The mediators' apparent proposal comes as talks over forming an overall governing council remain deadlocked, with the existing military council and protest leaders offering differing visions, after president Omar al-Bashir was deposed last month
Alexander Gorbunov, the author of StalinGulag, has been called a hero by fellow Russians
About 5,000 people stage peaceful march from Attash camp but they soon unleashed 'violence on a unit of armed forces' in Nyala
Activists' request is rejected as 'inadmissible'
Said Bouteflika was seen as the guiding hand behind the rule of his ailing brother, who resigned April 2 following pressure from the military
Mehdi Sohrabifar and Amin Sedaghat were executed on April 25, after a trial that the UN rights office said appeared to have "seriously breached fundamental due process guarantees"
Gen. Ahmed Gaid Salah says it's the 'wisest way' to 'reach a consensus around the available solutions' to the nation's problems
Riyadh broke off relations with Tehran in 2016 after protesters angry at its execution of a top Shiite cleric torched its diplomatic missions in Iran
The United States urges Russia to abide by its commitments and end an 'escalation' in Syria's northwestern Idlib region after a monitor said air strikes killed 10 civilians
The abducted man is the chairman of Nigeria's Universal Basic Education Commission, which works to improve the quality of school teaching
At risk of disappearing are the the Swiss Alps' Grosser Aletschgletscher, Greenland's Jakobshavn Glacier, and the Himalayas' Khumbu Glacier
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was sworn into new parliament following his victory in April 9 elections and will seek to form a governing coalition in the days ahead
Some argue for a faithful historical restoration while others say modern techniques should be used on a building which has evolved over the centuries
Gas blast on Thursday ripped through the mine in Yurievka village in an area which broke away from Kyiv in 2014 and is run by Moscow-backed rebels
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