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Gunmen dressed as medics fought security forces for hours in assault on military hospital in Afghan capital
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around the world
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UKUKPolice watchdog to investigate three Operation Midland detectivesIPCC to scale back all other lines of inquiry into the handling of allegations of abuse and murder of children by VIPs
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EuropeEurope'It's heartbreaking': Maltese mourn collapse of Azure Window archLimestone arch, landmark which featured in Clash of the Titans and Game of Thrones, crashes into sea after heavy storm
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Complaint lodged with US federal court claims World Bank’s private sector lending arm is ‘knowingly profiting from the financing of murder’
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Home-based workers in Sindh province, who prop up the country’s informal economy, hope their historic victory will mean an end to exploitation
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opinion & analysis
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Analysis: the ex-director of national intelligence rejected the president’s claims of wiretapping – but reports of secret court orders could still hold true
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The international community’s impotent rage over Kim Jong-un’s increasingly provocative actions underlines diplomacy’s bankruptcy
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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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Our roundup of this year’s celebrations, featuring global events and rallies to mark the ongoing fight for women’s equality
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Afghan security forces battle with gunmen who were disguised as doctors and attacked a military hospital in the Afghan capital, Kabul, on Wednesday
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In celebration of International Women’s Day, the short film I March for ______ examines the US’s growing sense of national female activism
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Women from the UK, France and Spain discuss the taboo of childlessness – and celebrate International Women’s Day by affirming female identity beyond motherhood
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Geert Wilders, the populist leader of the Freedom Party (PVV), has benefited from a fragmentation in Dutch politics. But despite topping several polls, his party is likely to attract less than 20% of the vote
Live International Women's Day 2017: protests, activism and a strike