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Pakistan hospital bomb kills dozens in Quetta
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A suicide bomber in Pakistan killed at least 63 people and wounded dozens more in an attack on mourners gathered at a hospital in Quetta,
Priest in iconic Bloody Sunday image dies
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A photo of Father Edward Daly waving a blood-stained white handkerchief become one of the iconic images of Bloody Sunday.
Australia to regulate bitcoin under counter-terrorism finance laws
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The anonymity of payments using digital currencies make them attractive for terrorism financing.
Indonesian activist cancels Australia trip to fight police lawsuit
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Activist has alleged the military and police were involved in a drug smuggling syndicate.
Uneasy lies the head: Emperor Akihito seeks way off Japanese throne
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Japan's emperor would like to retire. But the question is whether the Japanese people and their leaders will let him.
Yes, Donald Trump has abnormally small hands
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Five months after Donald Trump used his time on the national debate stage to tell America that his hands - and therefore a certain other body part - were properly sized, the controversy has finally been resolved.
Six years on, an Iranian's spy saga ends at the gallows
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He was a young Iranian scientist with two very different stories to tell. But his love for his son could have been his undoing.
US Nazi leader says Trump a 'real opportunity' for white supremacists
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Donald Trump's candidacy had electrified America's far right, which is hoping his outspokenness will give them better access to the political mainstream
Military success in Syria gives Putin upper hand in US proxy war
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In the last year, for the first time since Afghanistan in the 1980s, the CIA and the Russians have been at war. But the outcome has been very different.
Thailand approves military-backed constitution
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Thailand voted to accept a military-backed constitution on Sunday that will perpetuate the power of the country's generals and open the way for elections next year.
Pistorius' wrists bandaged but self-harm reports 'completely untrue'
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As world's best athletes gathered in Rio, the disgraced Paralympian was rushed to hospital under heavy guard after injuring his wrists in his prison cell.
Friends of Joshua Beath seek funds to bring his body home
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The friends of a Melbourne man found dead at the bottom of a Bangkok high-rise while on holiday have set up a fundraising page to bring his body home.
Fewer Americans in Paris as tourism takes a hit from terror fears
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Terrorist attacks are taking their toll on France's tourism industry, with Paris bearing the brunt of a drop in visits by big-spending US holidaymakers.
Iran hangs nuclear scientist accused of spying for 'Great Satan'
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Iranian scientist who says he resisted CIA pressure to spill Tehran's nuclear secrets to his country's 'number-one enemy' has been executed for treason.
Australian academic abducted at gunpoint in Kabul
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An Australian academic at the American University of Afghanistan in Kabul is one of two people who have been abducted at gun point, according to reports.
Belgian police identify police machete attacker
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Belgian police arrested a man with a machete in the eastern city of Liege, broadcaster VRT reported on Sunday.
Erdogan stages mass Istanbul rally in wake of coup attempt
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* Hundreds of thousands attend rally
Irishman arrested in Rio for scalping Olympics tickets
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An Irishman is in custody, his passport confiscated after being arrested at a Rio hotel accused of illegally selling Olympic VIP tickets.
UK considers paying households affected by fracking
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Prime Minister Theresa May wants to look at the option of paying residents directly rather than local authorities.
Discovered in a dacha wall, a clue to a Cold War mystery
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The 1945 disappearance of Raoul Wallenberg, a Swedish diplomat who saved thousands of Hungarian Jews from Nazi gas chambers, ranks among the most enduring mysteries of World War II.
Pistorius taken to hospital with injuries suffered in jail: reports
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Jailed South African athlete Oscar Pistorius has been treated in hospital for injuries to his wrists but denies trying to kill himself.
Austria threatens to block Turkish EU talks
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Austria's foreign minister has threatened to block the expansion of negotiations with Turkey on its accession to the European Union, which could scupper a landmark migration deal between Brussels and Ankara.
Trump, in scathing attacks, questions Clinton's mental health
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'She is a totally unhinged person. She's unbalanced. And all you have to do is watch her, see her, read about her'
What a croc! Crocodile catching competition has conservationists snapping
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A community competition with a reward to catch crocodiles: what could possibly go wrong?
Archbishop uses pulpits to slam Duterte's Philippines crime crackdown
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A leading archbishop in the Philippines uses Sunday sermons to lash out at President Rodrigo Duterte's crackdown on crime.