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Women queue for hours outside a bakery in the Sudanese city of Al-Obeid where the chronic shortage of bread prompted a protest by schoolchildren in which five were shot dead
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18.08.2024
Angry Sudanese queue for bread in city where pupils shot dead
The head of Tunisia's electoral body Nabil Baffoun announces presidential polls for September 15
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18.08.2024
Tunisia sets presidential polls for September 15
Fighters of former Mozambican rebel movement "Renamo" plan to hand over weapons as part of a peace deal
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18.08.2024
Mozambique leader says will ink peace deal with Renamo Thursday
Rome has taken a hard line against migrants rescued at sea being brought to Italy
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18.08.2024
Italy to let migrants disembark as EU nations to share responsibility
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The banning of triple talaq, or 'instant divorce', led to celebrations across India by some Muslim women's groups
World 18.08.2024
Indian Muslim 'instant divorce' ban hailed but faces court challenge
Nigeria is now facing "a mixture" of Boko Haram remnants, criminal groups and jihadists from the Maghreb and West Africa, the president's office said. Here men pray at the burial last week of two Boko Haram victims
World 18.08.2024
Nigeria insists Boko Haram 'defeated' after 10-year insurgency
The zeros have piled up on Iranian banknotes but their purchasing power has plummeted, with the rial now changing hands at around 120,000 to the dollar
World 18.08.2024
Sanctions-hit Iran to cut zeros and rename plunging currency
Israel rarely grants approvals for Palestinian construction in the more than 60 percent of the West Bank under its civil as well as security control and frequently carries out demolitions of Palestinian buildings it considers illegally built
World 18.08.2024
Israel okays homes for Palestinians, settlers before Kushner visit
The tanker Grace 1 was seized off Gibraltar on July 4
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Iran says Europe 'obliged' to let it sell and ship oil
Johnson (R) was accompanied by Britain's Northern Ireland Secretary Julian Smith (L) on his visit to Belfast
World 18.08.2024
Boris Johnson visits N. Ireland, heart of Brexit battle
A programme had allowed Chinese citizens in 47 mainland cities to apply for permits to visit Taiwan on their own instead of visiting on group tours
World 18.08.2024
China halts individual travel to Taiwan
Squat and furry, wombats are small burrow-dwelling marsupials that are largely nocturnal and walk on all fours
World 18.08.2024
Australian bush resort probed for wombat shooting tours
Airbus delivered 389 commercial aircraft during the first half of the year, up from 303 in the same period in 2018
World 18.08.2024
Airbus profits more than double in first half
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