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Philadelphia fears more unrest after police kill black man

Hundreds of demonstrators took to streets, with riot police pushing them back with shields and batons

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Charlie Hebdo sparks Turkish fury with cartoon of Erdogan

Erdogan urges his people to boycott French products amid a wave of anti-France protests in Muslim-majority countries

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US sex cult leader gets 120 years in jail

Keith Raniere had coerced women into becoming his sex slaves

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Pandemic slashes international tourism by 70%: UN

The shutdown of travel will have longlasting consequences, with experts predicting a recovery taking at least a couple years

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A month of fighting in the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh

There seems to be no end in sight to the fighting, as ceasefires are repeatedly broken

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Tens of thousands stage anti-France rally in Bangladesh

French President Emmanuel Macron's defense of cartoons of the Prophet have sparked protests throughout the Islamc world

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China blasts 'bully' US ahead of Pompeo visit to Sri Lanka

China has close ties to the island nation that have only improved in the last few years

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3 dead, 12 missing after Typhoon Molave hit Philippines

More than 70,000 people remain in over 800 evacuation centres

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At least seven killed in blast at Pakistan religious school

60 people were in the madrassa in Peshawar when a person left a bag – believed to be filled with explosives – inside the seminary

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India, US to sign data pact ahead of talks on countering China

As tensions increase between India and China, the former is looking for more assistance overseas

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US announces US$2.4 bil sale of coastal defence systems to Taiwan

The deal involves anti-ship missiles with a maximum range of 125km

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Giving up on virus control ‘dangerous’: WHO chief

He acknowledges a certain level of “pandemic fatigue” had set in

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Amy Coney Barrett confirmed to US Supreme Court

President Donald Trump says confirmation ‘a momentous day for America’