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Haftar's Libyan National Army (LNA) had been battling to take the capital since last year
World
20.08.2024
Turkey says Haftar forces need to pull out from key city for Libya ceasefire 
The security agency will 'supervise, guide, coordinate, and support' a new law aimed at cracking down on dissent in Hong Kong, state media said
World
20.08.2024
China to set up 'security agency' in Hong Kong
President Emmanuel Macron has called for a probe into claims prosecutors were pressured to speed up the fraud inquiry into Francois Fillon (centre), his rival and then favourite for the 2017 French presidential election
World
20.08.2024
France's Macron seeks review of fraud case against ex-rival and PM Fillon
In the 'cold desert' of the Galwan river valley where Indian and Chinese troops fought a brutal hand-to-hand battle, winter temperatures can plunge below minus 30 Celsius (minus 20 Fahrenheit)
World
20.08.2024
Fighting the elements, not the enemy, on India's China border
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Powerful New York Southern District attorney Geoffrey Berman, who prosecuted Trump's former lawyer, says he has no intention of quitting after learning Attorney General William Barr had announced his resignation in a press release
World 20.08.2024
US prosecutor who probed Trump allies refuses to quit
President Jair Bolsonaro fired Luiz Henrique Mandetta in April
World 20.08.2024
Brazil ex-health chief says ministry 'lost credibility'
Tensions are high on the Korean peninsula, with Pyongyang ramping up pressure on Seoul over anti-North leaflets
World 20.08.2024
North Korea preparing anti-South leaflet campaign: KCNA
Diehard supporters of US President Donald Trump camp near the BOK Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma, ahead of Trump's rally
World 20.08.2024
Trump's Tulsa rally defies virus risk in search of campaign buzz
The Washington statue of Confederate general Albert Pike was toppled by protesters Friday night
World 20.08.2024
Protesters topple Washington DC statue of Confederate general: media
Greece's government is tightening what it calls "opaque" rules overseeing charities helping asylum seekers
World 20.08.2024
Greece culls migrant support groups in 'transparency' overhaul
A statue of Vladimir Lenin (pictured addressing supporters in October 1918 in Moscow) is to be unveiled for the first time on territory of the former West Germany, decades after the Berlin Wall was torn down
World 20.08.2024
Lenin statue to be unveiled in west Germany after legal battle
Spread of the coronavirus
World 20.08.2024
WHO warns of virus danger as Brazil cases hit one million
Annular eclipses occur when the Moon is not close enough to Earth to completely obscure sunlight, leaving a thin ring of the solar disc visible
World 20.08.2024
Rare 'ring of fire' solar eclipse to dim Africa, Asia
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