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Strasbourg attack victims honoured
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More than 1,000 people gathered in Strasbourg Sunday to honour the victims of an attack on the city's popular Christmas market that left five dead.…
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Scuffles as Brussels anti-migration rally draws thousands
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Police deployed teargas and water cannon after scuffles broke out Sunday as thousands of people answered a call by far-right groups to reject a UN…
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Famed Brazilian medium accused of sex abuse surrenders
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Famed Brazilian "spiritual healer" Joao de Deus, accused of sexually abusing hundreds of women under the pretext of treating them, surrendered to authorities on Sunday,…
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Ottawa’s envoy in China meets with second detained Canadian: ministry
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Ottawa's ambassador to Beijing has met with the second Canadian detained in China on suspicion of threatening national security, Canada's foreign ministry said Sunday. The…

Macron’s ex-bodyguard faces fresh charges in ‘Benallagate’ scandal

A former top security aide to French President Emmanuel Macron who caused a political storm after it emerged he had…
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Romania slams EU ahead of taking rotating presidency

Leaders of Romania's left-wing ruling majority on Sunday accused the European Union of "discriminatory" treatment, two weeks before the eastern…
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Brazil releases photos in bid to catch, extradite Italian

Brazilian federal police, now cooperating with a longtime Italian demand, on Sunday released a photo montage of Cesare Battisti, an…
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Russia retains heightened military border presence: Ukraine leader

Russia retains a heightened military presence on Ukraine's border, having pulled back "less than 10 percent" of its forces since…
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Heavy fog grounds flights in the Netherlands

Heavy fog over the Netherlands forced at least one airport to close its runways and divert inbound flights Sunday, leaving…
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Protestors arrested outside Russian security service HQ

Russian police on Sunday arrested seven people protesting outside the Moscow headquarters of the FSB, Russia's security service, rights group…
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Orthodox Patriarch welcomes Ukraine’s independent church

The Orthodox Patriarch has welcomed the creation of an Orthodox church in Ukraine independent of Moscow and invited its leader…
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Painful memories for family of Guatemalan girl who died in US custody

Outside a humble thatched-roof home deep in the lush Guatemalan countryside, the mother of a seven-year-old girl who died after…
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Sri Lanka reinstates ousted PM, begins uneasy truce

Sri Lanka's president on Sunday reappointed as prime minister the same man he sacked from the job nearly two months…
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Netanyahu warns Hamas after deadly West Bank attacks

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday he had issued a warning to Hamas after recent deadly attacks in the…
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Senior Comoros opposition figures handed life sentences

The security court in Comoros has handed down life sentences with hard labour to four senior opposition figures and lengthy…
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Nobel laureate urges Yazidi protection until IS leaders tried

Nobel laureate and former jihadist captive Nadia Murad called for the protection of women belonging to her Yazidi minority until…
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Georgia’s first female president sworn in

Georgia on Sunday swore in its first female president, Salome Zurabishvili as opposition parties continue to denounce her election as…
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Strasbourg attack victims honoured

Several hundred people gathered in Strasbourg Sunday to honour the victims of an attack on the city's popular Christmas market…
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Car bomb kills 8 people in Syria’s Afrin: monitor

A car bomb killed at least eight people including four civilians near a pro-Turkey rebel post in the northern Syrian…
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Iraq lays cornerstone to rebuild iconic Mosul mosque

Iraqis on Sunday laid the cornerstone in rebuilding Mosul's Al-Nuri mosque and leaning minaret, national emblems destroyed last year in…
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UN calls for ‘credible’ probe into Khashoggi murder

UN chief Antonio Guterres called Sunday for a "credible" probe into journalist Jamal Khashoggi's murder in Saudi Arabia's consulate in…
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Macron’s ratings fall further after month of protests

A month of "yellow vest" protests have taken a further toll on the popularity of French President Emmanuel Macron, a…
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Son-in-law of Iran president faces nepotism claims

The appointment of President Hassan Rouhani's son-in-law as head of Iran's geological survey has renewed accusations of nepotism and led…
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Air strikes, clashes hit Yemen’s Hodeida despite ceasefire

Clashes shook Yemen's flashpoint city of Hodeida Sunday after air strikes and deadly fighting on the outskirts overnight, residents said,…
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Six children among 10 dead in Russia house fires

Six children and four adults died in house fires in several Russian cities on Sunday, Russian media reported. Three toddlers…
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Uganda’s popstar MP ‘hiding’ from police after raid: lawyer

Ugandan popstar turned opposition lawmaker Bobi Wine is in hiding after police raided a hotel he was staying in ahead…
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Uganda’s popstar MP ‘hiding’ from police after raid: lawyer

Ugandan popstar turned opposition lawmaker Bobi Wine is in hiding after police raided a hotel he was staying in ahead…
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US-led coalition says it destroyed IS site in Syrian mosque

US-led coalition forces destroyed an Islamic State group command center inside a mosque in the Syrian border town of Hajin…
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Air strikes, clashes hit Yemen’s Hodeida despite ceasefire

Air strikes and fierce clashes shook the outskirts of Yemen's rebel-held port city of Hodeida overnight, pro-government sources and residents…
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Sri Lanka reinstates ousted prime minister: official

Sri Lanka's sacked prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe was reinstated Sunday, his party said, ending a 51-day crisis that had paralysed…
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Cambodia seizes record 3-tonne haul of African ivory

Cambodia seized more than 3.2 tonnes of elephant tusks hidden in a storage container sent from Mozambique, a customs official…
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Australia reaffirms Israel decision despite backlash

Australia's conservative prime minister on Sunday stood by his decision to recognise west Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, despite…
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North Cyprus journalist takes on Turkey’s mighty Erdogan

Jail time, angry mobs and assassination attempts -- editor Sener Levent has paid a price for challenging Turkey's President Recep…
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Bethlehem church mosaics sparkle in time for Christmas

Masked for centuries by the soot of candles and lately by scaffolding, the mosaics of Bethlehem's Church of the Nativity…
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