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After more than two weeks of denials, Saudi Arabia has admitted that the journalist Jamal Khashoggi was killed inside its consulate in the Turkish city of Istanbul. Saudi state television said he died after a fight broke out inside the consulate. It
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President Trump has confirmed that the United States plans to withdraw from a key nuclear weapons treaty with Russia. The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty struck during the cold war three decades ago led to the destruction of hundreds of tact
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President Trump has condemned the US media and called for greater civility in politics after explosive devices were sent to leading democrats and CNN. He told an election rally that news outlets must stop what he called the endless hostility, but the
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The grouping of the world's richest countries, the G7 has demanded that Saudi Arabia give a full account of how the Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi was murdered in its consulate in Istanbul. And they've urged it to put in place measures to ensure so
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The Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has delivered an emotional national apology to victims of child sexual abuse. Mr. Morrison told parliament in Canberra that the Australian state had failed to protect victims from decades of what he called
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The Kremlin says Washington's threat to pull out of a thirty-year-old treaty on intermediate-range nuclear missiles is deeply concerning. It says that if this went ahead, Russia would have to act to restore the nuclear balance. After talks with the v
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The Supreme Court in South Korea has ordered a Japanese company Nippon Steel to pay compensation to four South Koreans for forcing them into unpaid labor during the Second World War. The court dismissed a ruling by the Japanese justice system that th
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Shinzo Abe is meeting Chinas President Xi Jinping in Beijing shortly during the first visit by a Japanese head of government to the country in seven years. Speaking after talks with the Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, Mr. Abe heralded a new era in his co
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Turkey is hosting a summit on Syria that brings together the leaders of Russia and two key European countries, Germany and France. Discussions will focus on efforts to find a political solution to the conflict as well as reconstruction and refugees.
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A judge in New York has denied bail to the head of the International Monetary Fund, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, who's now facing seven charges including the attempted rape of a hotel chamber maid. Judge Melissa Jackson said Mr Strauss-Kahn was a flight r
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The British monarch Queen Elizabeth has made a symbolic visit to a memorial in the Republic of Ireland dedicated to the many Irish people who fought for an end to British rule. She stood alongside the Irish President Mary McAleese as they laid wreath
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In what correspondents describe as a dramatic escalation of American pressure on Syria, the US has imposed its first ever sanctions against President Bashar al-Assad. Washington says he and eight others have been targeted for violence and repression
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President Obama has outlined US policy towards the Middle East in the wake of the momentous events in the region in the past few months. He spoke of peoples who'd risen up and brought about change through non-violence. From Washington, Paul Adams rep
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Troops from northern Sudan say they've taken control of the disputed town of Abyei on the border with southern Sudan. The army of southern Sudan said northern troops had entered Abyei with tanks and that fighting was continuing. James Copnall reports
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The security forces in Pakistan have been fighting a lengthy battle with militants who attacked a naval base in the city of Karachi overnight. Around a dozen well-armed attackers entered the base, setting off explosives. Eleven people are reported to
