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Some mosques in Sri Lanka cancelled Friday prayers, while other worshippers said they wanted to stand up to extremists
World
12.08.2024
Sri Lanka's Muslims hold subdued prayers amid tight security
Zahran Hashim's sword-wielding zealotry fuelled fears in the sleepy east coast town of Kattankudy long before the cleric became Sri Lanka's most wanted man over the horrific Easter Sunday suicide attacks
World
12.08.2024
Suicide bomb leader cast shadow of fear over Sri Lanka town
US leftists protest at the Venezuelan embassy against seating a delegation from US-recognized leader Juan Guaido
World
12.08.2024
US tells pro-Maduro protesters to leave Venezuelan embassy
Tens of thousands of Central American migrants are moving in so-called 'caravans' in the hope of reaching the United States
World
12.08.2024
At least 1,300 migrants escape from Mexican detention center
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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un told President Vladimir Putin the US had acted in 'bad faith' at his summit with Donald Trump, KCNA said
World 12.08.2024
North Korea's Kim says US acting in 'bad faith'
Maria Butina, leader of a Russian pro-gun organization who built a network in US Republican circles, is to be sentenced in Washington for acting illegally as an agent of a foreign government
World 12.08.2024
Russian 'agent' Maria Butina faces sentencing in US
US student Otto Warmbier was sentenced to 15 years hard labour in North Korea for stealing a propaganda poster at a hotel in Pyongyang
World 12.08.2024
North Korea demands US pay for comatose student's medical bill: report
The US has recorded the highest number of measles cases this year since the disease was declared eradicated at the turn of the century
World 12.08.2024
Dozens quarantined in California after measles exposure
A Waorani indigenous man takes part in a march over oil exploration in his ancestral lands
World 12.08.2024
Ecuador's Waorani tribe vows to protect life in Amazon
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is marking one year serving in the turbulent Trump administration
World 12.08.2024
With 'swagger,' Pompeo navigates tightrope between Trump and world
Chinese President Xi Jinping says his Belt and Road Initiative will create a 'good investment environment'
World 12.08.2024
Xi asks for 'fair and friendly' treatment for Chinese
A loya jirga -- literally 'grand assembly' in Pashto -- is traditionally comprised of Afghan elders
World 12.08.2024
Afghanistan's grand assembly for troubled peace process
Mongla lures the playboy wealthy, with sex and gambling the main businesses in town
World 12.08.2024
Sex, casinos and tiger parts: Myanmar's vice-riddled China frontier
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