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Ansarullah Bangla Team have been blamed for a series of murders of secular activists, writers and homosexuals since 2013
World
25.06.2024
Bangladesh arrests extremists over plot to kill filmmaker
The Arc de Triomphe was has been at the epicentre of the "yellow vest" protests in Paris since November
World
25.06.2024
Arc de Triomphe to reopen after Paris protest damage
French actress Juliette Binoche, prolific in both European and US productions, took home an Oscar for her role in "The English Patient" in 1996
World
25.06.2024
Juliette Binoche to head Berlin film festival jury
Some 5.6 million Syrian refugees live in the Middle East and North Africa, including one million born into displacement, the UN refugee agency says
World
25.06.2024
250,000 refugees could return to Syria next year: UN
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India's President Shri Ram Nath Kovind was greeted with the full pomp and circumstance of a guard of honour before meeting Myanmar's civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi
World 25.06.2024
Myanmar and India strengthen ties in key state visit
A series of measures announced by French President Emmanuel Macron to ease "yellow vest" protests could blow a hole in the budget and his reputation, analysts say
World 25.06.2024
Macron blows hole in budget with 'yellow vest' measures
Persistent heat records have rattled the fragile Arctic for each of the past five years, a record-long warming streak, said the 2018 Arctic Report Card, released by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
World 25.06.2024
Arctic's record warming driving 'broad change' in environment: study
"Our demands are not negotiable, the government must accept them or we will radicalise our movement," Ilir Curri, a 21-year-old student from Shkodra University in the north, told AFP
World 25.06.2024
Albanian students revolt over tuition costs
In this courtroom sketch by Jane Wolsak and released to AFP by the artist, Meng Wanzhou (L), Huawei's chief financial officer, speaks with lawyer David Martin in the courtroom in Vancouver, British Columbia on December 10, 2018
World 25.06.2024
Canadian judge weighs bail for Huawei exec
United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres gives a speech during the UN conference on migration on December 10, 2018 in the Moroccan city of Marrakesh
World 25.06.2024
Activists fear states will fall short on UN migration pact
British Prime Minister Theresa May (left) meets German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin as she tries to muster EU help in getting her Brexit deal through a hostile Parliament in London
World 25.06.2024
May's Brexit 'theatre' exasperates European partners
The blacklisting's timing may be jarring as it comes after Pakistan released Asia Bibi, a Christian woman on death row for eight years for blasphemy, sparking protests from Islamist activists
World 25.06.2024
US adds Pakistan to blacklist for religious freedom violations
Brazilian medium Joao de Deus (John of God), pictured in 2012, is accused of making women perform sex acts during one-on-one sessions in which he claimed he was using his supernatural powers to cure them
World 25.06.2024
More than 200 women accuse Brazil 'spiritual healer' of sex abuse
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