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Children hide on the ground during a drill for potential attacks in Burkina Faso, where such assaults have shuttered 3,500 schools
World
20.08.2024
Jihadist violence shutters 2,500 Burkina schools: watchdog
Crowds were eager to enter as the Church of the Nativity reopened n Bethlehem
World
20.08.2024
Iconic sites reopen as world eyes life after lockdown
Dominic Cummings defended his travel during lockdown despite mounting calls for his resignation
World
20.08.2024
UK minister quits over Cummings lockdown trip
President Pierre Nkurunziza, right, and his hand-picked successor Evariste Ndayishimiye at a rally ahead of last week's elections
World
20.08.2024
Burundi president applauds chosen successor on election win
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South Korean soldiers patrolling along a barbed wire fence at the Demilitarized Zone with North Korea
World 20.08.2024
UN says both Koreas broke armistice in DMZ shooting
Bishop Theophylactos reopens Bethlehem's Church of the Nativity, built on the spot where Christians believe Jesus was born, as Palestinian authorities ease coronavirus restrictions in the occupied West Bank
World 20.08.2024
Bethlehem's Church of the Nativity reopens: AFP
Taliban fighters wave on a bus after being released from prison in Bagram in a handout photograph released Afghanistan's National Security Council
World 20.08.2024
Afghanistan to free 900 more Taliban prisoners
Costa Rica is the first Central American country to legalise same-sex marriage
World 20.08.2024
Costa Rica legalises same-sex marriage in first for Central America
Stanley Ho helped turn Macau into the world's most successful gambling hub
World 20.08.2024
Macau casino tycoon Stanley Ho dies aged 98
Chinese aid is unloaded from a plane in Haiti, one of many shipments of medical supplies by Beijing to combat the coronavirus
World 20.08.2024
China's virus diplomacy: global saviour or 'Wolf Warrior'?
The Muslim holy city of Mecca is to remain under cororonavirus curfew and indoor prayers will continue to be banned but in the rest of Saudi Arabia the authorities are bringing two months of stringent restrictions to an end
World 20.08.2024
Saudi Arabia to end virus curfew from June 21
Corruption convictions nearly doubled last year in China as President Xi Jinping ramped up his crackdown on graft
World 20.08.2024
Corruption convictions nearly double in China over last year
Venezuelan attorney general Tarek William Saab (pictured January 2020) asked the country's Supreme Court "to determine if the Voluntad Popular political organization is a terrorist organization"
World 20.08.2024
Venezuela attorney general seeks to declare Guaido party 'terrorist organization'
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