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Damascus troops have cleared the smattering of towns and villages in the vast Syrian Desert of the black flag of the Islamic State group but the jihadists retain hideouts in unpopulated areas
World
06.08.2024
IS kills 27 Syria pro-regime fighters in 48 hours: monitor
Egyptians pass under banners reading in Arabic "Do what is right" and "Participation is your responsibility", urging voters to vote in the referendum on constitutional amendments
World
06.08.2024
Egyptians vote in referendum to extend Sisi's rule
Costa Rican Erick Orlich (R) and his wife Gioconda Rojas (L) run two electric cars powered by solar panels installed on the roof of their house
World
06.08.2024
Costa Rica bets on ending fossil fuel use by 2050
Clare Bronfman, the heiress to Seagram's liquor, has pleaded guilty in connection with Nxivm, a purported self-help group accused of presiding over a secretive society of women sex slaves
World
06.08.2024
US liquor heiress pleads guilty in sex cult case
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A cross lit with candles in front of the Coliseum in Rome ahead of the Way of the Cross procession
World 06.08.2024
Pope leads Good Friday procession highlighting modern-day slaves' plight
Investigators believe the patients, all seriously but not terminally ill, died as a result of being given strong doses of the anticoagulant drug Eparina by Fausta Bonino 
World 06.08.2024
Killer Italian nurse jailed for life
The trheats came as the opposition National Congress for Freedom party -- the country's second biggest political force -- denounced "ferocious" repression suffered by is members
World 06.08.2024
Burundi police chief publicly threatens opposition members' lives: recording
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo shakes hands with Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono as the allies' defense chiefs look on
World 06.08.2024
Pompeo says he's still in charge on N. Korea, works with Japan
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad (pictured February 2019) met an envoy from key ally Russia in Kazakhstan to discuss negotiations for the stalled buffer zone
World 06.08.2024
Assad urges progress on Idlib deal ahead of Syria talks
Libyans protested in Tripoli against France, accusing Paris of backing military strongman Khalifa Haftar
World 06.08.2024
Libyans accuse France of backing Tripoli assault
There are several varieties of poisonous snakes in Liberia, including Black Spitting Cobras like this one.
World 06.08.2024
Snakes bar Liberian President Weah from office
Supporters of Venezuelan opposition leader and self-proclaimed interim president Juan Guaido take part in a meeting at Chacao neighbourhood in Caracas on April 19, 2019
World 06.08.2024
Venezuela's Guaido calls for 'biggest demo in history'
Cyclone Idai damaged key infrastructure and productive capacity in Mozambique, in addition to the loss of life
World 06.08.2024
IMF approves $118.2 mn rapid credit for Mozambique
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