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The Iranian port of Bandar Abbas on the strategic Strait of Hormuz, where much of the world's oil ships through
World
18.08.2024
Trump tells other countries to protect own Gulf shipping
The old city in Mosul pictured in March 2018, after the Islamic State was pushed out some months earlier; the city has produced every Iraqi defence minister since 2003, including Monday's appointee General Najah al-Shemmari
World
18.08.2024
Iraq appoints ministers but govt still incomplete
Some countries in southern Africa are pushing for a global ivory ban to be relaxed as their elephant numbers grow
World
18.08.2024
Zimbabwe wants ivory ban lifted so it can sell $600-mln stockpile
The weekend protests in Prague were the largest seen since the fall of communism in 1989
World
18.08.2024
Mogul Czech PM likely to survive mass protests, for now
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Vincent Lambert's parents, who are devout Catholics, have gone to Europe's top court to maintain his nutrition
World 18.08.2024
French right-to-die case lands in top appeal court
Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed took to national television dressed in military fatigues and described the situation in Amhara as an attempted coup
World 18.08.2024
Ethiopia mourns after army chief, top officials killed
A thermometer reaching almost 37 degrees Celsius in the northern French city of Godewaersvelde, near Lille, on Monday
World 18.08.2024
Searing heat across Europe sparks scramble for shade
The Islamic State group has claimed several arson attacks on wheat fields in Syria, including in the Kurdish-run breadbasket province of Hasakeh
World 18.08.2024
Three months on, landless IS still a threat in Syria
Health worker have also been mobilised in neighbouring Uganda after the Ebola virus claimed two lives there in mid-June
World 18.08.2024
Ebola death toll breaks 1,500 mark in DRC
Abul Bajandar has had 25 operations since 2016 to remove growths from his hands and feet caused by a rare syndrome
World 18.08.2024
Bangladesh 'Tree Man' wants hands amputated to relieve pain
Authorities said 152 children have died in districts across the eastern Indian state
World 18.08.2024
'Brain fever' death toll passes 150 in Indian state
An undated picture from the Facebook page of 35-year-old Greek Cypriot army officer Nicos Metaxas, on April 26 , 2019, shows him posing for a selfie
World 18.08.2024
Cyprus serial killer pleads guilty to 7 murders
Georgians began protesting in front of the Parliament building in Tbilisi last week
World 18.08.2024
Georgia party chief announces reforms after protests
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