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Iraq dropped from list of affected countries with Syrian refugees no longer facing indefinite ban – but 120-day suspension of refugee programme to stand
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Accused faces four charges of rape, eight of assault, four counts of strangulation and two of deprivation of liberty
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A Save the Children study says Syria’s mental health crisis has reached a tipping point, and that severe distress among children could cause life-long damage
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EuropeEurope'Parched' Chinese city plans to pump water from Russian lake via 1,000km pipelineUrban planners in Lanzhou have drawn up proposals to pipe water into the chronically dry region from Siberia’s Lake Baikal.
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A Maharashtra village is giving women denied childhood education a chance to finally catch up on schooling, in a country where female illiteracy is high
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As a promising female athlete from a conservative, male-dominated area of Pakistan, Maria Toorpakai was forced to pose as a boy to learn her craft
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Who are the people arrested and sought in connection with the assassination of the North Korean leader’s half-brother?
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The president has not held back in criticising his predecessor – but it has not been a one-way street
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In remarks to his new staff in Washington, housing and urban development secretary Ben Carson referred to slaves as ‘immigrants’ and said they came to the US in ‘the bottom of slaves ships’ for better opportunities.
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Trump administration officials outline details of revised executive order on immigration
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Omsin, a green sea turtle, is recovering in Bangkok after surgery to remove over 900 coins from her stomach
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Donald Trump tweeted unsubstantiated claims that Barack Obama had ordered the FBI to tap the phones at Trump Tower – provoking strong reactions
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Senior White House aide Kellyanne Conway says conservative women face a ‘triple standard’ where they are judged more harshly than other women
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David Remnick, editor of the New Yorker, speaks during a live chat hosted by the Columbia Journalism Review, in partnership with the Guardian and Reuters
Russia The 'unpatriotic' post on Facebook that meant I finally had to flee Russia