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Iraq's security forces have used live ammunition, tear gas, smoke bombs and even machine gun fire to try to disperse rallies in the capital and Shiite-majority south
World
09.08.2024
Nearly 550 killed in Iraq protest violence: commission
Cuban dissident Guillermo Farinas, pictured receiviung the Sakharov Prize for Human Rights in 2013, is a leading voice in the opposition to Cuba's communist government
World
09.08.2024
Cuban dissident freed but cannot leave country
The Battle of Stalingrad in WWII saw devastating losses with more than a million troops killed on each side
World
09.08.2024
Russian sisters separated during WWII reunited after 78 years
The deadly coronavirus epidemic has brought much of China to a standstill, but perhaps nowhere has the change been more stark than in Shanghai
World
09.08.2024
Coronavirus puts Shanghai into a coma
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Four legs good: Soumaila Zacharia Maidjida, alias Dida, and one of his beloved horses
World 09.08.2024
Horse dreams: The plucky riders of the Central African Republic
A majority of lawmarkers in Pakistan's parliament have passed a non-binding resolution calling for convicted child killers and rapists to be publically hanged
World 09.08.2024
Pakistan resolution calls for public hanging for child molesters
The spy chief's efforts had been in favour of then South Korean president Lee Myung-Bak (pictured at his trial in 2018)
World 09.08.2024
Former South Korea spy chief jailed for political meddling
The Rhodanus, transporting 2,650 tonnes of steel coils and seven crew, ran into trouble in the Mouths of Bonifacio nature reserve
World 09.08.2024
Court sanctions crew asleep at helm of ship that crashed into Corsica
French President Emmanuel Macron says European nations must face up to the possibility of a fresh nuclear arms race
World 09.08.2024
Macron urges greater EU role in curbing nuclear threats
French President Emmanuel Macron says European nations must face up to the possibility of a fresh nuclear arms race
World 09.08.2024
Macron says 'Europeans cannot remain spectators' in new arms race
One of Christian Siriano's creations at the New York Fashion Week
World 09.08.2024
Comics and cubism as Christian Siriano shines at Fashion Week
US President Donald Trump's advisor, Jared Kushner said Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas did not want to reach a peace deal
World 09.08.2024
Kushner says UN must break 'habits' as he defends Middle East plan
A demonstrator in Baghdad's Tahrir Square appeals for protection after a night of violence blamed on supporters of populist cleric Moqtada Sadr
World 09.08.2024
Top Iraq cleric condemns deadly attacks on protesters
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