Germany frees al-Jazeera journalist
German authorities on Monday ordered the release of Al-Jazeera journalist Ahmed Mansour, two days after detaining him at the request of his ...Chinese dog meat festival underway despite outcry
Campaigners protesting at China\'s annual dog meat festival, which sees thousands of canines butchered and eaten, were forcibly dispersed by unidentified men ...Heatwave kills more than 180 in Pakistan
An intense heat wave killed more than 180 people over the weekend in Pakistan\'s southern city of Karachi, officials said on Monday, ...Taliban launches suicide attack on Afghan parliament
A Taliban suicide bomber and six gunmen attacked the Afghan parliament on Monday, wounding at least 19 people and sending a plume ...Violent weekend leaves 22 dead in northern Mexico
Authorities found five bodies in Mexico\'s northern state of Nuevo Leon on Sunday, adding to three days of violence that left 22 ...Frenchman loses death sentence appeal in Indonesia
A French drug convict lost an appeal against his death sentence Monday, but his lawyers vowed to fight on and prevent another ...Greece offers new proposals ahead of emergency summit
Greece\'s prime minister presented new proposals to European leaders Sunday aimed at ending his country\'s debt crisis, as Athens announced a frenzied ...Chad bans Islamic face veil after suicide bombings
Chad\'s decision to ban women from wearing the Islamic veil, which came two days after bloody suicide bombings hit the capital, has ...Modi leads International Yoga Day celebrations in India
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi led tens of thousands of people in a yoga session in the center of the capital on ...Islamic State militants plant mines and bombs in Palmyra
Islamic State has planted mines and bombs in the ancient part of the central Syrian city of Palmyra, home to Roman-era ruins, ...
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