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Smoke billows as fighters with the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces keep watch in the Baghouz area in eastern Syria on February 12, 2019 during an operation to expel hundreds of Islamic State group jihadists from the region
World
10.08.2024
IS defend last Syria redoubt, as family members flee
On Tuesday an opinion piece in the International New York Times criticising Pakistan's powerful army was censored and replaced by a blank space
World
10.08.2024
Pakistan announces 'massive' social media crackdown
The unemployment rate has fallen across the world, the UN's International Labour Organization has found, but that 700 million workers are still living in extreme or moderate poverty
World
10.08.2024
Global unemployment down, but too many working poor: UN
China is now Club Med's biggest market outside France, with six resorts in operation and four more planned to open by the end of next year
World
10.08.2024
Tourists at upmarket Chinese ski resort hit by novovirus
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Actor-director Chiwetel Ejiofor presented his directorial debut at this week's Berlin film festival
World 10.08.2024
Streaming, diversity drive 'epic' African stories: Ejiofor
Germany, like other western countries, has watched with alarm as anti-Semitic and other racist hate speech and violence have increased in recent years
World 10.08.2024
Germany anti-Semitic offences up sharply in 2018: govt
The Cessna plane was heading from the Masai Mara nature reserve, one of the most popular tourism destinations in Kenya
World 10.08.2024
Kenyan, four foreigners killed in plane crash: police
The machines are used to read biometric identity cards that contain voters' details
World 10.08.2024
Fire hits Nigerian election office days before vote
Kamto has said he was the rightful winner of presidential elections last October won by veteran leader Paul Biya
World 10.08.2024
Cameroon opposition leader charged with 'rebellion'
Motonari Otsuru, the chief lawyer for detained tycoon Carlos Ghosn, cut a cautious figure at his only press conference
World 10.08.2024
Carlos Ghosn's lead defence lawyer resigns
Semi-autonomous Hong Kong has no extradition agreement with Macau, Beijing or Taipei
World 10.08.2024
Lawmakers warn Hong Kong's China extradition plans a 'Trojan horse'
Thailand's Princess Ubolratana Rajakanya was disqualified as a prime ministerial candidate by the Election Commission
World 10.08.2024
Thai election commission moves to dissolve party linked to princess
A giant dust storm blocked sunlight from Mars in 2018, stopping Opportunity's solar-powered batteries from being able to recharge
World 10.08.2024
NASA to make final attempt to contact Mars Opportunity Rover
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