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Nearly 600 penguins found dead on Brazilian beaches

Extratropical cyclone with winds reaching over 100kph to blame, authorities say

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North Korea criticises UN chief over denuclearisation call

It is ‘an infringement upon sovereignty of DPRK’, says vice-foreign minister

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Rushdie’s suspected stabber charged with attempted murder

Report says Hadi Matar from New Jersey stabbed author around 10 times

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Saudi Arabia allows all types of visa holders to perform umrah

Move aims to enrich cultural, religious experience of visitors, says Umrah Ministry

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Sudan floods kill 52 people: state media

5,345 houses destroyed, 2,862 damaged, says spokesman

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Ukraine, Russia accuse each other of nuclear plant strikes

Under Russian control since March, it has been shelled repeatedly in past week

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Sri Lanka allows entry for Chinese vessel accused of being spy ship

Colombo okays visit despite earlier asking Beijing to indefinitely defer it following India’s objections

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Iran conservative publication hails Salman Rushdie’s attacker

Majority of Iranian media describe the British author as an ‘apostate’

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‘Dead fish everywhere’ in Germany, Poland, after feared chemical waste dump

German officials accuse Polish authorities of failing to inform them about mass deaths

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Taliban violently disperse rare women’s protest in Kabul

Movement’s fighters beat demonstrators, fire guns into air to break up rally

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Fire destroys 16,000ha in Portugal’s largest protected area

Blaze still raging, continues to spread through country’s central region

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Nothing justifies death sentence: Charlie Hebdo slams Rushdie stabbing

French satirical magazine, attacked in 2015 over Prophet Muhammad cartoons, responds to yesterday’s incident

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Controversial defence minister enters Indonesia presidential race

Prabowo Subianto, long accused of human rights abuses, begins his third bid for country’s top post