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- Former Mayor of Tehran Is Sentenced to Death in Wife’s Killing
- U.S.-China Trade Talks End With No Deal in Sight
- New Zealand Leader Is Tested by Construction on Land Held Sacred by Maori
- Rupert Stadler, Ex-Audi Chief, Charged With Fraud in Diesel Scandal
- Israel backs West Bank homes for settlers and Palestinians
- US interest rates cut for first time in a decade
- Russian army ordered to tackle massive wildfires
- Elderly woman given 10-day jail sentence for feeding stray cats
- Canada killings: Police scale down hunt for teen suspects
- In pictures: Aftermath of deadly Brazil prison fight
- Hong Kong protests: Fireworks launched outside police station
- Ryanair boss warns as many as 900 jobs could be at risk
- YouTube 'King of Random' dies in paragliding accident
- Who stood out in the Democratic debate?
- Hindu man refuses Zomato takeaway over 'Muslim driver'
- Burger King beard ban scrapped in Catalonia
- Broadway producer Hal Prince dies aged 91
- China to stop issuing individual travel permits to Taiwan
- How the US is marking the 400th anniversary of slavery
- Hong Kong protests: 'I'm in Australia but I feel censored by Chinese students'
- In Zimbabwe, the Water Taps Run Dry and Worsen ‘a Nightmare’
- Having Accused a Politician of Rape, She Feared for Her Life. Now, She’s Fighting for It.
- Israel Is Expected to Approve Surge in Jewish Construction in West Bank
- 200 Reindeer Starved to Death. Experts Call It a Sign of Climate Change.
- Boris Johnson’s ‘Awesome Foursome’ U.K. Tour Highlights Brexit Rancor
- China, an Eye on Elections, Suspends Some Travel Permits to Taiwan
- Prince Harry Plans 2 Children ‘Maximum,’ for the Sake of the Planet
- Notre-Dame Fire Released Toxic Lead That Authorities Dismissed, Lawsuit Says
- European Economy Slows, Raising Expectations of E.C.B. Action
- U.S.-China Trade Talks End With No Deal in Sight
- US sanctions Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif
- Democratic debates: Joe Biden faces critics on stage in Detroit
- Hamza Bin Laden: Son of Osama 'dead', US officials say
- Woodstock 50 festival officially cancelled
- Syria air strike sisters photo: Behind the image that shocked the world
- Bluey: The Australian cartoon that's going global
- Trump Administration Imposes Sanctions on Iran’s Top Diplomat
- Kim Jong-un Calls North Korea’s New Rocket System ‘an Inescapable Distress’ to Enemies
- Canadian Police Scale Down Manhunt for Fugitive Teenagers
- Lebanese Band’s Concert Is Canceled After It’s Accused of Blasphemy
- 4 More Inmates Die in Brazil Following Deadly Prison Clash
- Jeffrey Epstein, India, the Fed: Your Thursday Briefing
- North Korean soldier defects after crossing DMZ, says South
- Trump tariffs 'not hitting Chinese economy'
- US accuses Chinese billionaire of evading $1.8bn in tariffs
- Kelly Craft: Congress confirms UN ambassador pick
- Fears stoke backlash against Venezuelans in Peru
- VG Siddhartha: The coffee king of India
- US-China trade war: 'We're all paying for this'
- What are the US's intentions in Africa?
- Bin Laden Family ‘Henchman’ Is Arrested in Philippines
- Jeffrey Epstein, Brexit, Democratic Debates: Your Thursday Briefing
- Ebola crisis: Rwanda shuts border with DR Congo to stop spread of virus
- Ekaterina Karaglanova: Man 'confesses' to Moscow Instagram influencer murder
- Japan's first severely disabled lawmakers join parliament
- Yemen war: Has anything been achieved?
- Ebola: One year on from Democratic Republic Congo outbreak
- Migrants in Germany Get Jobs and Pay Taxes, but Some Face Deportation Anyway
- At Least 32 Killed in Attacks on Yemen Military Parade and Police Station
- Rwanda Closes Border With Congo Over Ebola Fears
- Yemen war: Houthi missile attack on military parade kills 32
- Hong Kong protests: Chinese army releases anti-riot video seen as warning
- India's ruling party expels rape suspect
- Hamza bin Laden Sought to Continue His Father’s Terrorism Legacy
- Malaysian Senator Apologizes After Claiming Men Are ‘Seduced’ Into Rape
- Bank of England Sees ‘Volatility’ as Brexit Nears
- Next to Protest Against Hong Kong’s Government: Its Employees
- Packed lunches not a right in Italian schools, court rules
- Russia Sends Military Planes to Fight Wildfires in Siberia
- Boris Johnson Faces First Election Test Against an Anti-Brexit Alliance
- Wary of Trump’s Hard Line on Iran, Europeans Decline to Join Escorts in Gulf
- Abdirahman Omar Osman: Mogadishu mayor dies after suicide bombing
- ASAP Rocky tells the court: 'It got a little scary for us'
- Boris Johnson Faces First Election Test Against an Anti-Brexit Alliance
- U.S. Sanctions on Foreign Minister Unite Iran’s Fractious Elite
- Mogadishu Mayor Dies of Injuries From Suicide Bombing
- US Congress passes two-year budget deal
- Corine Bastide: Belgian woman tells of 6-day crash ordeal
- In pictures: Russia's massive wildfires rage on
- Democratic debate: Kool Aid, Clorox and the best one-liners
- Only 35 cancer doctors for nation of 40m people
- Russian actor Smolev jailed for drunk policeman comic video
- US Congress passes two-year budget deal
- Corine Bastide: Belgian woman tells of 6-day crash ordeal
- In pictures: Russia's massive wildfires rage on
- Democratic debate: Kool Aid, Clorox and the best one-liners
- Only 35 cancer doctors for nation of 40m people
- Russian actor Smolev jailed for drunk policeman comic video
- Alexandra Macesanu: Romanian girl’s 'calls for help released by family'
- Trump imposes more tariffs on Chinese goods
- On First Day of the Partial Ban on Burqas, Dutch Officials Decline to Enforce It
- North Korea launches third 'projectile' in eight days
- Bionic arm for eight-year-old Mady Gardner
- Hong Kong protesters on storming of the Legislative Council
- Plane lands on road and gets 'pulled over'
- Pipeline explosion in Kentucky kills one worker
- Hong Kong protests: Chinese army video seen as warning
- Solving the mystery behind the world famous children's tale
- Israelis Brace for a New Election. The Real Contest May Come Later.
- Asylum Deal With Guatemala Is Contentious, Despite U.S. Assurances
- Hostage Affairs Envoy Takes On an Unlikely Case: ASAP Rocky
- ASAP Rocky Claims Self-Defense in Swedish Assault Trial
- Four Killed at Sudan Protest, and Tensions Rise
- Syria Says it Agrees to Cease-fire in Rebel Stronghold
- Your Friday Briefing
- Hundreds of New Concertos Bring the World to the Concert Hall
- Afghan War Casualty Report: July 25-Aug. 1
- Saudi Arabia allows women to travel independently
- Japan strikes South Korea off trusted export list as rift deepens
- The women seeking abortions turned away by doctors in Chile
- North Atlantic right whales in crisis - and the people risking lives to save them
- ‘I’m being mistaken for a Bollywood sex symbol’
- The 'microworkers' making your digital life possible
- Would you take time out to watch someone eat on YouTube?
- North Korea Launches More Missiles, U.S. Says, Amid Stalled Diplomacy
- China Trade, Persian Gulf, Wales Election: Your Friday Briefing
- Japan Imposes Broad New Trade Restrictions on South Korea
- Saudi Arabia Says Women Can Travel Without Male Guardians
- U.S. Ends Cold War Missile Treaty, With Aim of Countering China
- INF nuclear treaty: US pulls out of Cold War-era pact with Russia
- French drug smuggler's death sentence in Indonesia 'commuted to 19 years'
- Saoirse Kennedy Hill: Granddaughter of Robert F Kennedy dies
- Libya to close three migrant detention centres
- Katy Perry told to pay $550k to Christian rapper Flame
- Milky Way galaxy is warped and twisted, not flat
- The Gambling Investigation Scrutinizing Xi Jinping’s High-Rolling Cousin
- 4 Australian Podcasts for Your Commute
- INF nuclear treaty: Nato 'to avoid arms race' after US-Russia pact ends
- Satirical rap pulled from Singapore social media in racism row
- Indonesia earthquake: Tsunami fears after quake off Java
- Stock markets drop on new Trump China tariffs
- As Domestic Troubles Mount, China Points Finger at U.S.
- Saudi Arabia Chips Away at Oppressive System by Granting Women Travel Rights
- Special Election Defeat Poses a Thorny Problem for Boris Johnson
- Top Court Intervenes in Rape Case That Has Stunned India
- End of Missile Treaty Leaves a Major Vacuum in NATO Defense
- Fueling the Hong Kong Protests: A World of Pop-Culture Memes
- U.K. Town Evacuated as Dam Wall Crumbles Under Heavy Rain
- At Work Again in European Heat Wave: Climate Change’s Influence
- Cocaine worth €1bn seized in Germany's largest haul
- Skripal case: US slaps new sanctions on Russia
- Pentagon: Major Amazon or Microsoft Jedi deal delayed
- Ronald Reagan: No defence for 'monkeys' remark, says daughter
- Stunned Asian carp leap from Kentucky lake during ‘electrofishing’
- U.S. Military Calls ISIS in Afghanistan a Threat to the West. Intelligence Officials Disagree.
- INF nuclear treaty: Trump says new pact should include China
- Half of Ebola cases in DR Congo 'unidentified'
- Eric Garner: Chokehold cop 'should be fired', says US judge
- Brazil deforestation row: Space research head Galvão out
- Alexandra Macesanu murder: Minister sacked over ‘deeply wrong’ remarks
- R. Kelly denied bail in sex crime case in New York
- ASAP Rocky trial: Swedish judge temporarily releases rapper
- Uganda's Stella Nyanzi bares breasts in protest at jail sentence
- John Ratcliffe: Trump withdraws pick for US intelligence director
- Putin’s Uncertain Future Shadows a Crackdown on Moscow Protests
- Hong Kong’s Civil Servants Protest Against Their Own Government
- Fan Bingbing, China’s Top Actress, Talks of Comeback After Scandal
- Twins Born Conjoined at the Head Are Separated Successfully
- Bolsonaro Fires Head of Agency Tracking Amazon Deforestation in Brazil
- Yemen Officials: Al-Qaida Kills at Least 20 at Military Camp
- Lionel Messi: Argentina forward banned from international football for three months
- Week in pictures: 27 July - 2 August 2019
- Baltimore - A city criticised by Trump hits back
- My late friend, the mayor of Mogadishu
- Lyubov Sobol: The woman driving Russia's opposition protests
- The widow who built Sydney's 'secret garden'
- Audubon Photography Awards: Is this the 'perfect' wildlife picture?
- Sudan crisis: Military and opposition agree constitutional declaration
- Puerto Rico: New governor brings more controversy after protests
- Russia protests: Hundreds detained during unauthorised demonstration
- Hong Kong protests: Police fire tear gas at activists
- Seven men held over Italy nightclub stampede deaths
- Woman killed as US police officer fires at dog in Arlington, Texas
- Steve Maia Caniço rally: French police clashes erupt in Nantes
- Garlic festival shooting: Teenage gunman 'killed himself'
- China tariffs devastating, says soybean farmer
- Hong Kong protests: Riot police charge and fire tear gas
- Craving Freedom, Japan’s Women Opt Out of Marriage
- Hong Kong Police Fire Tear Gas as Protesters Occupy Shopping District
- Overflowing Toilets, Bedbugs and High Heat: Inside Mexico’s Migrant Detention Centers
- Pentagon Chief in Favor of Deploying U.S. Missiles to Asia
- Hundreds Arrested in Moscow as Criminal Case Announced Against Navalny Foundation
- ISIS, Eyeing Europe, Could Launch Attacks This Year, U.N. Warns
- Sudan Power-Sharing Deal Finalized, African Union Envoy Says
- Ugandan Academic Jailed for Insulting President on Facebook
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- The Forbidden City Opens Wide as China Projects New Pride in Its Past
- Texas Walmart shooting: 'At least 19 killed' in gun attack
- India orders tourists to leave Kashmir over 'terror threat'
- El Paso shooting: Police respond in Cielo Vista Mall
- Hong Kong: Opposing protests flare up
- Italian Authorities Make First Arrests in Deadly Nightclub Stampede
- Texas Walmart shooting: El Paso attack 'appears to be hate crime'
- Dayton shooting: Nine confirmed killed, gunman also dead
- Iran seizes another tanker in the Gulf, state media say
- Indonesia blackout: Huge outage hits Jakarta and surrounding area
- Man crosses English Channel by flyboard
- Siberia wildfires: Russians battle to contain the blazes
- Cape to Cairo homemade plane project creators die in Tanzania crash
- Saeed Malekpour: Web designer escapes life sentence in Iran
- Loteria: A centuries-old game remade for millennials
- From child refugee to president: Latvia's Vaira Vike-Freiberga
- Ebola vaccine: Why is a new jab so controversial?
- ‘Bathing in ice gives me a natural high’
- Transgender influencers are changing Brazil's advertising industry
- ICYMI: Selfies, Sultans and sandwiches
- Kashmir terror alert: 'We are scared to stay here'
- Protesters in Hong Kong Occupy Shopping District on Eve of General Strike
- Iran Says It Has Seized Another Oil Tanker in Persian Gulf
- Putin’s New Problem in Ukraine: A Charismatic, Quick-Witted Rival
- Sudan Factions Sign Agreement Paving Way for Civilian Rule
- ‘We Did It’: Franky Zapata Crosses English Channel on Hoverboard on 2nd Try
- Sudan crisis: Military and opposition sign constitutional declaration
- Nuon Chea: Cambodian former Khmer Rouge deputy leader dies
- 'How life in Saudi Arabia is changing for women like me'
- Child Falls From Tate Modern in U.K.; Teenager Is Arrested
- Nuon Chea, Khmer Rouge’s Chief Ideologist, Dies at 93
- Ohio shooting: Sister of gunman among Dayton dead
- Fifa eWorld Cup: Mohammed 'MoAuba' Harkous crowned 2019 champion
- Dayton shooting: 'As you came outside, you saw the bodies'
- Russian Land of Permafrost and Mammoths Is Thawing
- Your Monday Briefing
- HSBC chief executive out in top level reshuffle
- Kashmir leaders under house arrest as unrest grows
- Engineered in Africa: 'We knew the talent was there'
- Islamic Movement in Nigeria: The Iranian-inspired Shia group
- Beauty vlogger Dawn Lee on why she's sharing her cancer journey
- WW2 explosives cleared from shipwrecks in Canada
- After El Paso Attack, Mexico Demands Protections for Mexicans in the U.S.
- Hong Kong Protests: Strike Disrupts Subways and Leads to Canceled Flights
- As Japan and South Korea Feud Intensifies, U.S. Seems Unwilling, or Unable, to Help
- In Hammarskjold’s Native Sweden, Hint of State Secrets Linked to His 1961 Death
- India to revoke special status for Kashmir
- US mass shootings: Trump condemns deadly attacks amid criticism
- Hong Kong protests: Travel chaos on day of 'city-wide strike'
- Assisted dying: Australian cancer patient first to use new law
- Japan car sales slump in South Korea as trade row escalates
- Call to end 'abuse' of Earth's land surface
- India Moves to Revoke Kashmir’s Special Status Amid Crackdown
- Myanmar Military’s Vast Business Revenue Enables Abuses, U.N. Says
- U.S. Shootings, Volodymyr Zelensky, Heat Wave: Your Monday Briefing
- Hong Kong Protests: Police Fire Tear Gas as Strike Brings City to Standstill
- China’s Currency Weakens in a Potential Challenge to Trump
- El Paso Walmart shooting: Men recount taking children to safety
- Explosion outside central Cairo hospital leaves 19 dead
- Brazil drug dealer dresses up as daughter in bungled jail escape
- New Zealand moves to decriminalise abortion
- Saudi Arabia reforms: Are they good news for women?
- India Moves to Revoke Kashmir’s Special Status Amid Crackdown
- New Zealand Takes On a Long-Avoided Issue: Decriminalizing Abortion
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