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President Donald Trump speaks about the mass shootings in El Paso, Texas and Dayton, Ohio.

Donald Trump condemns racism, bigotry in response to mass shootings

The US President cited mental illness, "grisly video games" and the radicalising effect of social media as the main reasons for America's epidemic of gun violence.

  • by Matthew Knott

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Twin sisters Jessica Torres, left, and Danielle Novoa hold an American flag during the Hope Border Institute prayer vigil for the victims of Saturday's mass shooting at a shopping complex in El Paso, Texas.

Angry young men shouldn't be free to buy machine guns

Aware of how shamefully repetitive the gun debate has become, the US media are embarking on tangents.

  • by Celia Walden
US President Donald Trump.

Trump campaign uses Facebook ads to amplify his ‘invasion’ claim

Trump's language on immigration — particularly his use of the word "invasion"— is under scrutiny after the mass shooting in El Paso, Texas.

  • by Thomas Kaplan

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Pakistanis burn a representation of an Indian flag and a poster of Indian Prime Minster Narendra Modi in protest over the Kashmir decree.

Modi tempts fate with constitutional change in Kashmir

The Indian Prime Minister's decree revoking Kashmir's special status could lead to more violence.

  • by Shashank Bengali and Zaffar Iqbal
Director General of the Department of Arms Control and Disarmament of the Chinese Foreign Ministry Fu Cong.

China 'will not stand idly by' if US deploys missiles in Asia

The posturing over missile defence comes as North Korea fires two presumed short-range ballistic missiles into the sea.

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At least 17 people have died and 32 have been injured in an explosion outside Egypt's National Cancer Institute in central Cairo.

Car explosion was terror attack gone wrong: Egypt

Militants were transporting an explosives-laden vehicle for an attack elsewhere when it collided with other cars and detonated, killing 20 people and injuring 47.

  • by Ahmed Khalil al-Sayed
Pro-abortion protesters rally outside the NSW Parliament in Sydney as the state's Abortion Bill is debated on Tuesday.

Ardern government takes on long-avoided issue of abortion

  • by Charlotte Graham-McLay
Brazil's Evangelical President Jair Bolsonaro's hand shows notes that read in Portuguese "God, Family, Brazil", during a speech in Brasilia last week.

Bolsonaro hangs tough as his popularity dives

  • by Samy Adghirni and Bruce Douglas

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