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Hong Kong's leading independence activist was jailed for six years on Monday for rioting and assaulting police, one of the city's harshest sentences against a democracy activist in recent years. Edward Leung, one of the leaders of a…
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Chinese President Xi Jinping has called for the "pursuit of cooperation for mutual benefit" at the final day of a meeting by a Beijing and Moscow-led bloc, hours after the G7 meeting in Canada ended in disarray. Xi made his remarks on…
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At least 15 pro-Islamic State militants were killed when Philippine troops launched air and ground assaults against a rebel bomb factory on Sunday, a military commander said. Air strikes and artillery pounded an area in the Liguasan…
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A fire has hit Iraq's biggest ballot paper storage depot ahead of a proposed recount. Votes for the eastern district of the Iraqi capital Baghdad were being held in the building. It is not clear if voting papers have been destroyed or…
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US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un have arrived in Singapore for their historic summit. Mr Trump flew in aboard Air Force One, a few hours after Mr Kim touched down with his entourage. The two men are staying…
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Diplomacy cannot be dictated by "fits of anger", French President Emmanuel Macron has warned after the G7 summit in Canada ended in acrimony. In tweets, US President Donald Trump described host Justin Trudeau as "dishonest and weak" and…
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An Iraqi man who fled Germany after the murder of a teenage girl has been arrested in his home country and admitted killing her, local police say. Ali Bashar, a 20-year-old asylum seeker, went missing after Susanna Maria Feldman, 14, was…
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The International Criminal Court (ICC) has overturned the conviction for war crimes and crimes against humanity of former Democratic Republic of Congo Vice-President Jean-Pierre Bemba. Bemba was found guilty in 2016 of crimes committed in…
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US President Donald Trump says he proposed the elimination of tariffs in talks at the G7 summit in Canada, as the major industrial nations struggled to resolve differences on trade. Mr Trump said talks with fellow leaders were "extremely…
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The UN has condemned intimidation of staff and patients by armed groups in the Central African Republic (CAR). Men armed with machetes, knives and other crude weapons entered hospitals in the past few months, the UN said, most recently in…
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