Jordan urges US not to recognise Jerusalem as Israel capital
[December
04 2017]

Jordan's foreign minister has warned the US of
"dangerous consequences" if it recognises Jerusalem as the
capital of Israel.
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Mount Agung: Bali volcano alert raised to highest level
[October 27
2017]

About 100,000
people near Bali's Mount Agung
have been ordered to evacuate as officials fear a major eruption.
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Mugabe resigns: Zimbabwe celebrates end of an era
[October 22
2017]

He held power for 37 years and once said "only God"
could remove him.
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Zimbabwe latest: Mugabe faces impeachment by parliament
[October 21
2017]

The party of Zimbabwe's embattled President Robert
Mugabe is to begin moves to impeach him.
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Iraq-Iran earthquake: Deadly tremor hits border region
[October 23
2017]

A 7.3-magnitude earthquake has rattled the northern
border region between Iran and Iraq, killing at least 140 people and
injuring hundreds more.
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More acidic oceans 'will affect all sea
life'
[October 23
2017]

All sea life will be affected because carbon dioxide
emissions from modern society are making the oceans more acidic, a major
new report will say.
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Madrid scorns Catalan leader's independence statement
[October 11
2017]

The Spanish government has rejected a statement of
independence signed by Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont and dismissed
calls for mediation.
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Las Vegas: Mass casualties in Mandalay Bay shooting
[October 02
2017]

At least two people have been killed and 24 others
wounded in a mass shooting at a Las Vegas concert.
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Japan election: PM Shinzo Abe dissolves parliament
[September
28 2017]

Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has dissolved the
lower house of the parliament ahead of a snap election.
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Mexico earthquake of magnitude 8.2 strikes off Pacific coast
[September
08
2017]

An
earthquake described by Mexico's
president as the country's
strongest in a century has
struck off the southern coast,
killing at least 15 people.
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Hurricane Irma: Residents prepare for 'potentially catastrophic'
storm
[September
06
2017]

Islands in the Caribbean have made last-minute
preparations for Hurricane Irma, the most powerful Atlantic storm in a
decade, with officials warning of its "potentially catastrophic"
effects.
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US Navy ship and oil tanker collide near Singapore
[August 21
2017]

Ten US Navy sailors are missing and five have been
injured after a US destroyer and an oil tanker collided near Singapore,
the Navy says.
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Kenya election 2017: Kenyatta ahead as votes counted
[August 09
2017]

With 80% of results in he has 55% of the vote against
44% for his rival, Raila Odinga, figures show.
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US imposes sanctions on Venezuelan leader Nicol s Maduro
[August 01
2017]

South Korea has proposed holding military talks with
the North, after weeks of heightened tension following Pyongyang's
long-range missile test.
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South Korea proposes rare military talks with North Korea
[July 17
2017]

South Korea has proposed holding military talks with
the North, after weeks of heightened tension following Pyongyang's
long-range missile test.
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Colombia: President Santos grants Farc members amnesty
[July 11
2017]

Colombia's President Juan Manuel Santos has signed a
decree granting amnesty to another 3,600 members of the Farc rebel
group, which last year reached a peace deal with the government.
Full Story
Global ransomware attack causes turmoil
[June 28
2017]

Companies across the globe are reporting that they
have been struck by a major ransomware cyber-attack.
Full Story
Finsbury Park Mosque: Man dies as van hits pedestrians
[June 19 2017]

A man has died and eight people have been injured
after a van struck a crowd of pedestrians near a north London mosque.
Full Story
Fire engulfs Grenfell tower block in west London
[June 14 2017]

The fire at Grenfell Tower on the Lancaster West
Estate was reported at 01:16 BST and about 200 firefighters are tackling
the blaze.
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Myanmar plane: Debris and bodies found after search
[June 08 2017]

The Burmese army says debris and bodies have been
found after a military plane went missing with 122 people on board.
Full Story
London attack: Police 'know identities of killers'
[June 05 2017]

Police investigating Saturday night's terror attack in
London say they know the identity of the three attackers who killed
seven people and injured 48.
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Manchester attack: UK terror threat level raised to critical
[May 24 2017]

The UK terror threat level has been raised to its
highest level of "critical", meaning further attacks may be imminent,
Theresa May has said.
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Ransomware cyber-attack a wake-up call, Microsoft warns
[May 15 2017]

A cyber-attack that has hit 150 countries since Friday
should be treated by governments around the world as a "wake-up call",
Microsoft says.
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French election: Macron 'most convincing' in final debate
[May 04 2017]

French presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron was more
impressive than rival Marine Le Pen in Wednesday evening's final TV
debate, a viewers' poll says.
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Aung San Suu Kyi: No ethnic cleansing of Myanmar Muslim minority
[April 06 2017]

Aung San Suu Kyi has denied there is ethnic cleansing
of the Rohingya Muslim minority in Myanmar, despite widespread reports
of abuses.
Full Story
Stellar Daisy: Growing concern for missing ship crew
[April 03 2017]

Rescuers say they have made little headway in finding
survivors from a huge South Korean ship that sank in the South Atlantic.
Full Story
Anti-apartheid icon Ahmed Kathrada dies
[March 28 2017]

Kathrada, beloved by millions of South Africans, spent
26 years in jail, many of them alongside Nelson Mandela.
Full Story
More than 200 migrants
feared drowned in Mediterranean
[March 24 2017]

Proactiva Open Arms said it had recovered five bodies
floating near two capsized boats, which can each hold more than 100
people..
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Sierra Leone pastor finds huge 706-carat diamond
[March 17 2017]

Government says gem will be sold with a 'transparent'
bidding process to the benefit of the community and country.
Full Story
Park Geun-hye:
Court ousts South
Korea's scandal-hit
president
[March 10 2017]

South Korea's President Park Geun-hye has become the
country's first democratically elected leader to be forced from office.
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UN: NATO air raids kill 18 civilians in Helmand
[Feb 13 2017]

UN inquiry concludes air strikes in Helmand's
Sangin district killed at least 18 civilians, mostly women and children.
Full Story

Israel passes controversial
law on West Bank settlements
[Feb 07 2017]

Israel has passed a controversial law retroactively
legalising 3,800 settler homes built on private Palestinian land in the
occupied West Bank.
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Canada mosque attacked
[Jan 30 2017]

(CNN)A shooting at a mosque in the Canadian city of
Quebec has left an unknown number of people dead and wounded.
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Turkish cargo Boeing 747 crashes in Kyrgyzstan
[Jan 16 2017]

Plane attempting to land at Kyrgyzstan's main airport
in thick fog crashed in populated area, authorities say.
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Tributes for ex-Iran President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
[Jan 09 2017]

Ayatollah Khamenei hailed a "companion of struggle"
despite their differences, saying this was a "difficult" loss.
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