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Anti-terrorist police opened an investigation into the attack that focused on Greek extremist groups
Kambiz Mehdizadeh resigned on Monday just two days after his appointment as head of Iran's geological survey sparked accusations of nepotism, official news agency IRNA reported
Time capsule of three digital discs containing thousands of files was ceremoniously placed within the space pod
UN urges donor states to give $350 million in aid for Palestinians in 2019, saying it needed more but had to be 'realistic' following swathing US cuts
Threat comes after Erdogan spoke on phone with President Donald Trump on Friday when they agreed to ensure 'more effective coordination' between their countries' operations in Syria
Violence between farmers and nomadic herders is on the increase in Nigeria over access to fertile land and water, which is becoming scarce in the face of drought and rapid population growth
Britain voted to leave the European Union in a referendum in 2016 and is set to leave on March 29 next year, although Prime Minister Theresa May has faced calls for a second referendum
Wickremesinghe, who was fired in late October, had refused to step aside and eventually won the power struggle
Lajko, 60, will pay a fine equal to 40 percent of her salary for putting out bowls of dog food and water on the streets and outside houses in Pljevlja
The U.S. company run by British tycoon Richard Branson is aiming to be the first to take tourists on brief trips into microgravity
Indicators have been upbeat, with gainers including China's Tencent Music, which saw its shares jump 7.7 percent a day as it went public
Iran supports rebels politically but denies supplying them with arms
A police spokesman said the kidnapping was being investigated but did not give an exact figure of those abducted
No money changes hands at the small public square in Togo, where traders, fisherfolk and farmers from surrounding villages flock to trade their produce
Bodies unearthed near former Islamic State group stronghold of Albu Kamal in eastern Syria, official news agency SANA said
But, country's fourth-largest airline reassured passengers that flights will continue
Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo arrested outside a Yangon restaurant Dec. 12, later handed seven-year jail sentences after exposing a massacre of Rohingya Muslims in Rakhine state
Delegates at Ecomof mining and petroleum forum in Abidjan told that more must be done to attract international investors to develop mining potential
Aparicio stars in director Alfonso Cuaron's new film 'Roma,' a story — in black and white — of two women who made a deep mark on his childhood in Mexico City
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