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The US' position on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is "confused and worrying," France's Foreign Minister says, in response to President Donald Trump's dropping of America's commitment to a two-state solution.
Topics: world-politics, united-states
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Mark Clattenburg, one of the world's best referees, is leaving the EPL. He's become known for some bizarre occurrences on the field. Here are five of our favourites.
Topics: english-premier, soccer, sport, england, saudi-arabia
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| UpdatedDon't have pay TV or can't get near the telly when Australia tours India? Fear not: Grandstand Radio and ABC News Sport Online has you covered for your cricket fix.
Topics: cricket, sport, radio-broadcasting, india
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Samsung Group chief Jay Y Lee is arrested over his alleged role in a corruption scandal that led parliament to impeach President Park Geun-hye, a South Korean court says.
Topics: government-and-politics, corruption, company-news, business-economics-and-finance, korea-republic-of, asia
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| UpdatedRussia, Hillary Clinton, Michael Flynn and fake news. Donald Trump's aggressive media conference was wide-ranging — here's some of the key things he touched on.
Topics: donald-trump, government-and-politics, world-politics, us-elections, united-states
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| UpdatedThe Kingdom of Tonga is joining several other developing countries in getting a formal postal system for the first time.
Topics: relief-and-aid-organisations, science-and-technology, computers-and-technology, tonga, pacific, united-kingdom
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| UpdatedAn Islamic State suicide bomber targets a famed shrine in southern Pakistan killing at least 75 people in the deadliest attack in the country in years.
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| UpdatedGianni Infantino says he is not concerned about trouble and violence at the 2018 World Cup despite the recent poor record of Russian hooligans.
Topics: soccer-world-cup, soccer, sport, russian-federation
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| UpdatedDonald Trump mounts an aggressive defence of his young presidency, lambasting reports that his campaign advisers had inappropriate contact with Russian officials and vowing to crack down on the leaking of classified information.
Topics: donald-trump, world-politics, united-states
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A car bomb in Baghdad kills at least 47 people and wounds nearly 60 others, Iraq's Interior Ministry says.
Topics: unrest-conflict-and-war, terrorism, iraq
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| UpdatedMilitary collaborations between the US and Russia are off the table, Defence Secretary James Mattis says, an apparent blow to Donald Trump's suggestions the two nations could fight together against Islamic State.
Topics: foreign-affairs, government-and-politics, world-politics, defence-and-national-security, us-elections, treaties-and-alliances, united-states, russian-federation
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| UpdatedHundreds of police are searching a giant Buddhist temple on the outskirts of Bangkok in the hunt for a former abbot facing charges of conspiracy to launder money.
Topics: police, corruption, law-crime-and-justice, religion-and-beliefs, buddhism, thailand
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| UpdatedHollywood actor and tech investor Ashton Kutcher tells a US Senate committee about the children his anti-trafficking organisation has rescued, saying "I've seen things no person should ever see".
Topics: actor, arts-and-entertainment, human-trafficking, law-crime-and-justice, crime-prevention, crime, child-abuse, united-states
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| UpdatedKim Jong-nam's death earlier this week came years after pleas for his life to be spared went unheard by his younger sibling Kim Jong-il — and years after an unsuccessful assassination attempt.
Topics: world-politics, royal-and-imperial-matters, korea-democratic-people-s-republic-of
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| UpdatedHe is part of the furniture at Arsenal, but Arsene Wenger's 20-year reign as Gunners manager surely has to come to a sad end following a 5-1 loss to Bayern Munich.
Topics: english-premier, champions-league, soccer, sport, england
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| UpdatedMalaysian police detain the boyfriend of a second woman arrested over the murder of Kim Jong-nam, the half brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.
Topics: murder-and-manslaughter, crime, world-politics, korea-democratic-people-s-republic-of, korea-republic-of, malaysia
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| UpdatedOfficials are racing to drain more water from a lake behind the battered Oroville Dam, as new storms begin rolling into Northern California.
Topics: dams-and-reservoirs, disasters-and-accidents, united-states
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| UpdatedEleven homes burn down and a state of emergency is declared as a raging New Zealand bushfire heads into its fourth day.
Topics: bushfire, new-zealand, pacific
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| UpdatedWhile most nations have been enthusiastic supporters of the "two-state solution", the two peoples with the most at stake simply cannot negotiate their way clear to make it happen, writes chief foreign correspondent Philip Williams.
Topics: unrest-conflict-and-war, world-politics, israel, palestinian-territory-occupied, united-states
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| UpdatedDonald Trump uses a series of explosive tweets to blame the media and "illegally leaked" intelligence information for bringing down his national security adviser Michael Flynn.
Topics: donald-trump, government-and-politics, world-politics, united-states