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Afghan troops patrol in Helmand province. Deadly violence continues to grip Afghanistan even as the US and the Taliban negotiate on-off talks aimed at reducing America's military footprint
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19.08.2024
Taliban kill 10 Afghan soldiers in attack on base
Vietnam has ramped up an anti-corruption campaign which has jailed dozens of senior officials, bankers and businessme
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19.08.2024
Vietnam ex-minister gets life sentence in bribery case
Police used water cannon and tear gas to disperse demonstrators in Chile's capital Santiago
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19.08.2024
Violent clashes in new round of Chile protests
The rescue mission -- which included foreign expert divers and the Thai Navy -- drew extraordinary global interest to the mountainous district of Mae Sai
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19.08.2024
Thai Navy SEAL dies after yearlong infection after cave rescue
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Louis Marie Mang, a UPC activist, stands before the tomb of anti-colonialist leader Ruben Um Nyobe
World 19.08.2024
Survivors tell of France's 'dirty war' in Cameroon independence
Only the second secretary-general in UN history, Dag Hammarskjold was killed along with 15 others on September 18, 1961 when their plane crashed in what was then known as Northern Rhodesia
World 19.08.2024
UN extends investigation of leader's mysterious 1961 death
Strikers at a demonstration near Gare de l'Est train station in Paris on December 26. The reasons for strikes, analysts say, are multiple and complex, and touch on the French republic's revolutionary origins, its educational philosophy, union tradition...
World 19.08.2024
Born to revolt: Why the French go on strike
As new hairstyles are shared on social media in Iraq, the trend is towards ever more elaborate looks
World 19.08.2024
Pompadour & rooster cuts: Iraqi styles sculpt 'revolution'
Venezuelan distiller Dolores Gimenez, 84, serves a cup of cocuy, a traditional liquor, at the Coari craft distillery in Bobare
World 19.08.2024
Venezuela's economic crisis a boon for traditional liquor
The Mars 2020 rover's driving equipment was given its first test inside a large, sterile room at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, near Los Angeles
World 19.08.2024
Mars 2020 rover to seek ancient life, prepare human missions
Bolivian Foreign Minister Karen Longaric said Spanish staff had been kept from entering their embassy because they were inappropriately "hooded and armed"
World 19.08.2024
Bolivia slams Spain's bid to use arms in diplomatic row
Rights groups fear a proposed UN convention will restrict internet access
World 19.08.2024
UN backs Russia on internet convention, alarming rights advocates
US Secretary of Defense Mark Esper has asked Iraq to "take proactive actions" in response to rocket attacks targeting American interests in the country
World 19.08.2024
Iraq rocket attack kills US contractor, wounds military personnel
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