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Suicide bomb attack target Turkey’s interior ministry

The interior minister of Turkey has labeled the explosion that occurred outside the country's interior ministry in the capital city of Ankara as a "terrorist attack." According to Ali Yerlikaya, two assailants arrived at the...
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Nightclub fire kills 7 in Spain

Spanish authorities report that a tragic fire has claimed the lives of at least seven individuals at a nightclub in the southeastern city of Murcia. The fire occurred in the Teatre nightclub, a popular establishment...
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UAW strike gets worse, clouding US economy

The United Auto Workers (UAW) union is extending its strike at major American car companies, entering its third week of protests over pay and benefits. Union leader Shawn Fain announced that an additional 7,000 employees...
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Sister of Tupac reacts to murder charges

The indictment of a former gang leader for the 1996 murder of Tupac Shakur is described as a "pivotal moment" by the late rapper's sister. Tupac Shakur, the celebrated hip-hop icon from New York, was...
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US govt on the brink of another shutdown to fund federal agencies

The United States government teeters on the verge of another shutdown as Congress appears set to miss the Saturday midnight deadline to allocate funds for federal agencies. This potential fourth shutdown in the past decade...
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Ex-gang leader charged with Tupac murdur 1996

US law enforcement has pressed charges against a former gang leader in connection with the 1996 killing of rapper Tupac Shakur, marking a significant development in a long-standing case that continues to captivate the...
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Burkina Faso marks one year of military rule with dozens of events

A rally in support of the military is taking place in Burkina Faso to mark the first anniversary of the coup that brought Captain Ibrahim Traoré to power. It comes after authorities announced a failed...
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Man gathers money to send fire engine to Ukraine

A man has raised £20,000 to buy a fire engine for a town in Ukraine after vehicles there were diverted for the war effort. Bob Frendt from Knaresborough, North Yorkshire, delivered medical aid to the...
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First lady of Gabon accused of money laundering

Sylvia Bongo, the wife of Gabon's deposed president Ali Bongo, has been charged with money laundering, receiving stolen property, forgery and using forged documents. Prosecutor André Patrick Roponat announced on Friday that the case of...
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Former Wagner leader Troshev meets Putin

Russian President Vladimir Putin met with one of the former top commanders of the Wagner mercenary group, who the Kremlin said now works for the Defense Ministry. Andrei Troshev is a former collaborator of the...
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Dianne Feinstein passes away at age 90

Dianne Feinstein, a California state senator who served for more than three decades and was a pioneer for women's participation in American politics, has died at the age of 90. Feinstein is the oldest member...
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Dog accused of preventing Kenya from winning marathon

A Kenyan senator has criticized sports bodies for inaction after a dog chased Robert Kimutai Ng'eno during a marathon in Buenos Aires, Argentina, last week. Reports said the Kenyan athlete was leading with 4 kilometers...
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Two guys accused after cocaine find off coast of Cork

The drugs, which Gardaí (Irish police) said had an estimated street value of €150 million, were seized from a bulk carrier off the coast of County Cork on Wednesday. In court were Jamie Harbron, 31...
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Former South African Airways bigwig faces corruption charge

The former South African Airways board chair has been detained and is facing corruption charges in court. The corporation Bosasa is suspected of providing Dudu Myeni with bribes, including home security enhancements. Throughout Jacob Zuma's administration,...
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Car workers’ strike getting worse as third week draws near

The United Auto Workers (UAW) union is expanding its strike to include some of America's largest automakers, extending a dispute over wages and benefits into a third week. Union boss Shawn Fain said an additional...
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US likely to have government shutdown

The United States moved closer to a government shutdown on Friday as prospects for a short-term funding deal darkened. Congress has until midnight Saturday to pass a new budget before thousands of federal workers are...
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Pakistan: Mastung blast leaves at least 50 dead and several injured

Police say at least 50 people were killed and more than 50 injured in a suicide bombing in Pakistan. The explosion occurred on Friday near a mosque in the country's southwestern province of Balochistan, as...
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Sweden gangs: Army to assist police following spike in homicides

Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson announced that the Swedish army is stepping in to support police in the fight against a recent surge of gang killings. He said starting next week, the military will begin...
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Russians sneak to watch Barbie movie after Putin said ‘ No way’

Russian audiences are flocking to see a pirated version of the Barbie movie - despite an official warning that the Hollywood blockbuster is "incompatible" with President Vladimir Putin's goal of "preserving and strengthening rule...
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Rare DNA found in 6-million-year-old sea turtle fossil

DNA traces have been discovered in the fossilized remains of a sea turtle dating back 6 million years ago. Researchers say sea turtles are closely related to olive ridley turtles and modern-day turtles, marking one...
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Russian hyper-sonic Russian fighter jet ‘downed by own air defense’

One of Vladimir Putin's £82m Su-35 supersonic fighter jets said to have been shot down by Russia's S-300 air defense system on Thursday evening. Footage shows a plane being hit by a missile before exploding...
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15-year-old girl ‘gang-raped, killed, and dumped in 50-foot-deep well in India

A teenage girl reported missing by her grandfather was gang-raped and murdered in India, police said. A 10th grade student was allegedly kidnapped by three people last Saturday. She was later found abandoned in a 15-meter...
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Putin tests nuclear weapons as Russia prepares for nuclear war against US, UK, others

Russia will hold its first nationwide nuclear attack exercise across 11 time zones to prevent possible nuclear war. It is scheduled for October 3 and will see Vladimir Putin's regime brand the West as a...
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Zookeeper killed by lion after ‘forgetting to lock cage door’ in Fukushima – witnesses

A Japanese zookeeper died after being attacked by a lion while feeding it. Kenichi Kato, 53, was found unconscious and bleeding from the neck in the lion enclosure at Tohoku Safari Park in the Fukushima...
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‘Several casualties’ reported as school bus carrying kids crashed in Merseyside

A coach used as a school bus crashed on the M53 motorway in Merseyside on Friday morning, killing several people. The bus is believed to have been booked before overturning on the M53 near Liverpool...
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Syria’s drug crisis overshadows Assad’s recovery

Nearly five months after Arab nations offered an olive branch to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, there are signs that some of the initiative's key architects may be increasingly skeptical about his commitment to the...
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Homeless people in Paris relocated as France gets ready for Olympics

It's 6:30 a.m., a late summer morning in Paris. Amid the noise emanating from the Stalingrad metro station, northeast of the French capital, hundreds of migrants, most of the men, slept huddled under a...
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South China Sea tensions escalating once more

Maritime conflicts in the vast South China Sea have increased in recent years as China has increasingly militarized disputed islands and clashed with regional rivals over their claims to the islands. The waterway is...
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Police and army chiefs called in by Sweden’s prime minister

Sweden's State leader Ulf Kristersson said he will meet the public armed force and police bosses on Friday to battle a flood in pack viciousness, as the nation staggers from record shooting passings this...
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Philippine defence secretary promises to confront China’s ‘bullying’

China is acting like a schoolyard menace toward more modest nations, the Philippine defense secretary told CNN Friday during an elite meeting in which he cautioned his country, and the more extensive world, needed...
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At least 52 people murdered as explosion tore through religious procession in southwest Pakistan

Authorities suspect a suicide assault caused at least 52 deaths and numerous injuries at a religious parade in southwest Pakistan on Friday. According to the province's communications minister Jan Achakzai, the explosion happened while people...
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Fatal explosion rips apart religious procession in southwest Pakistan

At slightest 30 individuals were slaughtered and handfuls more injured in what specialists accept was a suicide assault at a devout parade in southwest Pakistan Friday.The blast happened within the Mastung locale of the...
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Rotterdam shooting victims’ suspect in custody

The Dutch police caught a person with a gun who killed at least two people in two separate shootings in the city of Rotterdam. They are saying that a 32-year-old man started shooting inside...
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Suspect in Baltimore’s tech CEO’s slaying apprehended

Police are looking for someone who they think killed a CEO in Baltimore, Maryland. They have caught a man after searching for him for several days. Pava LaPere, a 26-year-old person who started a...
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France to deport any women discovered in lorry

A French public prosecutor said that four out of the six women who were saved from a truck in France need to go out of the country in the next 30 days. The police...
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US government shutdown: Kevin McCarthy rushing to close a deal

The most important Republican in the United States House of Representatives has stated that he is hopeful that a deal can be made at the last moment to prevent a government shutdown. House Speaker...
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Bride and groom survived fire that murdered at least 113 attendees during marriage ceremony

The man and woman getting married at a wedding in Iraq were able to leave through a kitchen door after a fire killed over 100 people who were attending the celebration. 113 people died...
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Man who put girlfriend in meat grinder pardoned by Putin

A man from Russia who killed his partner by choking her, then used a machine to crush her body into pieces and got rid of the remains by flushing her down the toilet, has...
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Russian general’ returns from dead after Black Sea Fleet attack

The admiral from Russia, who people thought was dead after Ukraine said he was hit by a missile, has shown up again for the second time. On Monday, it was announced that the leader...
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‘Lightning’ strikes an electric car manufacturing factory and causes huge explosion

A lightning hit a storehouse and caused a big boom, killing one person and hurting many others. Security cameras recorded the exact moment when lightning struck a warehouse close to Tashkent International Airport in...
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British woman passes away in Majorca while undergoing cosmetic surgery

A woman from the UK has passed away after getting a beauty procedure done in Majorca island. The woman, whose name is not known, had a medical procedure done at a private hospital in...
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Brutal police statement of British man’s death by stabbing in Portugal

The police in Portugal said that a British engineer stabbed and killed another person at a festival. After being arrested, the engineer did something disrespectful to the person's body. A 27-year-old man named Josh...
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Flight attendant discovered dead at airport hotel with piece of fabric shoved in her mouth in Philadelphia

A woman who worked on a plane was found dead in a hotel near an airport in Philadelphia. A piece of cloth had been put into her mouth. Her dead body was discovered in...
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Supreme Court of Israel meets to deliberate on Netanyahu’s future

Israel’s highest court is currently listening to requests to challenge a recently passed law that makes it more difficult to remove a prime minister from office. Eleven out of the 15 judges in the...
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One person killed and many injured in massive warehouse explosion in Uzbek capital

One person died and 162 people were hurt in a big explosion at a warehouse in the capital of Uzbekistan, Tashkent, early Thursday morning, according to health officials. The Uzbek Ministry of Emergencies said...
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Taiwan launches its first domestically produced submarine

Taiwan showed off its first submarine made in its own country on Thursday. The leader of the island, a democracy, said this is a big achievement. Taiwan wants to strengthen its military power because...
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Broken headstones serve as memorial to identify desecrated Jewish cemetery in Belarus

In Belarus, a long time ago, a big Jewish cemetery was turned into a sports ground. The stones from the cemetery were used to make roads and buildings instead. Many years later, the damaged...
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Nagorno-Karabakh to cease exist after Azerbaijan’s victory in 2024

From next year, the self-declared republic of Nagorno-Karabakh will no longer exist. This is because the president made a decision to shut down all government offices after being defeated by Azerbaijan. Last week, the...
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Largest Irish narcotics haul ever discovered following ship raid

Irish police have said that the recent discovery of over two tonnes of cocaine off the coast of Ireland is the biggest drugs capture in the country's history. Officials found 2,253kg of drugs after...
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Woman saved from floodwaters during Storm Agnes

Firefighters saved a woman from a river that was full of water after a storm called Agnes brought lots of rain and strong winds to the area in County Londonderry in Ireland. Pictures of...
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