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The fighting began when insurgents briefly seized an Afghan army recruitment centre in Farah, a city seen in this file photo from May 2018
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18.08.2024
Taliban assault provincial capital in west Afghanistan
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told the Toronto Star editorial board that China's use of "arbitrary detention as a tool to achieve political goals" was concerning not only to Canada but to Western allies
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18.08.2024
China slams Canada for accusations of 'arbitrary detentions'
The pope warned that vengeance could result in an endless spiral of violence
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18.08.2024
Pope rails against 'vengeance' as he ends Mozambique visit
North Korea has declared a moratorium on nuclear blasts and long-range missile launches
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18.08.2024
N. Korea pursues nuclear weapons programme, evades sanctions: UN
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Protesters in Hong Kong have appealed to Angela Merkel to support them in her meetings with China's leadership
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Merkel in Beijing says Hong Kong freedoms must be 'guaranteed'
Migrants arrivals to Spain by sea are 45 percent down on the first eight months of 2018, the interior ministry says
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Morocco puts brakes on migrant flow as Spain and EU pay out
Protests against the abuse of women by men in South Africa in recent days have made topical the new film by director Oliver Hermanus that explores the violent conditioning underwent by apartheid-era soldiers
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S. Africa 'toxic masculinity' film hailed as women's protests grow
The annual birthday jamboree also marked Mugabe's declining health as his physical and mental strength drained away
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Mugabe's lavish birthday parties an annual controversy
By the late 1990s Western disenchantment with Mugabe's increasingly autocratic style began to grow
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Mugabe and the West: a love-hate affair
Mohammad Manzoor Hussaini, who previously fought for the Taliban, said he wants peace in Afghanistan based on 'Islamic values'
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Taliban supporters cheer US withdrawal plans
Mixed class: Michael Beafara, a Muslim pupil at St. John's - a Catholic high school in Antsiranana
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Muslim children get Catholic education in flexible Madagascar
Local polls take place against a backdrop of tension after opposition leader Alexei Navalny served 30 days in jail for urging protests over the exclusion of opposition allies
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Russians go to polls after summer of protests
Kunuk Abelsen is a hunter from the Greenlandic village of Kulusuk, who has 22 dogs
World 18.08.2024
In Greenland village, shorter winters cast doubts over dog sledding
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