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German town bans male asylum seekers from public pools
A town in Germany has banned male asylum seekers from public swimming pools after complaints from women that they were being harassed ...Austria says to turn back migrants aiming to pass through Germany
Austria said on Friday it would deny entry to migrants intending to pass through its northern neighbor Germany rather than apply for ...Pakistan PM vows to eradicate honour killings after Oscar nod
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif vowed Pakistan would eradicate "evil" honour killings as he congratulated director Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy on her Oscar nomination for ...Republican ex-candidate Graham endorses Jeb Bush
Senator Lindsey Graham, the hawkish Republican whose 2016 primary campaign fizzled despite his persistent call for resetting US national security policy, announced ...Al-Shabab attack African Union base in Somalia
Somalia\'s Al-Qaeda-linked Shebab militants stormed an African Union base Friday, the Somali army said, with witnesses reporting several dead.Trial begins for former Thai PM accused of mismanagement
Testimony has begun at the trial of former Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, who faces up to 10 years in prison on ...China shoots for first landing on dark side of the moon
China will launch a mission to land on the dark side of the moon in two years\' time, state media reported, in ...New Ebola death in Sierra Leone as WHO says epidemic over
Tropical disease experts in Sierra Leone scrambled Friday to investigate a new suspected death from Ebola announced just hours after west Africa ...Three winners hit $1.6 bn US lottery jackpot
Three winning tickets shared a $1.6-billion bonanza in the US Powerball lottery on Wednesday, after millions of people tuned in to see ...Astronomers spot brightest supernova yet in distant galaxy
Astronomers have found a distant supernova, or exploded star, 20 times brighter than the Milky Way galaxy, according to research published on ...