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Afghan resistance museum gets revamp under Taliban rule

Multiple people missing in New Zealand landslips

Sundance Film Festival hits Utah, one last time

Philippines convicts journalist on terror charge called 'absurd'

Anisimova grinds down Siniakova in 'crazy' Australian Open clash

Djokovic rolls into Melbourne third round, Keys defence alive

Vine, Narvaez take control after dominant Tour Down Under stage win

Chile police arrest suspect over deadly wildfires

Djokovic eases into Melbourne third round - with help from a tree

Keys draws on champion mindset to make Australian Open third round

Knicks halt losing streak with record 120-66 thrashing of Nets

Cuba’s bleak oil crisis

Iran unrest and US threats

Venezuela’s economic roadmap

Iran's collapse fuels Revolt

Adobe down 40%: Kodak moment?

Boomers: Selfish or Scapegoats?

Brexit's broken promises

France's debt spiral Crisis

Van Nistelrooy to rejoin Dutch coaching team for World Cup

Former Manchester United and Dutch international striker Ruud van Nistelrooy will rejoin the Netherlands coaching staff in the run-up to the World Cup, the national association announced on Friday.

Protected forests under threat in DRC's lucrative mining belt

Valery Kyembo was leading an inspection of his community's protected forest reserve deep in the Democratic Republic of Congo's mining belt when two armed Congolese soldiers blocked their way.

Iran protest movement subsides in face of 'brutal' crackdown

The protest movement in Iran has subsided after a crackdown that has killed thousands under an internet blackout, monitors said Friday, one week after the start of the biggest protests in years challenging the Islamic republic's theocratic system.

China, Canada reach 'landmark' deal on tariffs, visas

Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney and Chinese President Xi Jinping agreed on a raft of measures from trade to tourism on Friday at the first meeting between the countries' leaders in Beijing in eight years.

Myanmar tells ICJ Rohingya genocide claims 'unsubstantiated'

Myanmar on Friday dismissed as "unsubstantiated" allegations that it committed genocide against its Rohingya minority, telling the International Court of Justice that its brutal crackdown was a "counter-terrorism operation."

Slot 'happy' to welcome Salah back at Liverpool after AFCON

Arne Slot said he would welcome Mohamed Salah back at Liverpool even if he had 15 attackers as the Egypt forward nears a return from the Africa Cup of Nations.

Experts cast doubt on Burkina Faso's 'foiled coup'

Burkina Faso said this month it had foiled an assassination attempt on military leader Captain Ibrahim Traore, but analysts -- sceptical after a long series of increasingly unbelievable plots -- wondered if the junta has cried wolf too many times.

France says parliament approval of budget 'impossible'

France's government has halted budget discussions in parliament and is expected to announce Friday a way forward after failing to gain backing from lawmakers for this year's spending bill.

South Korean ex-leader jailed for 5 years in first martial law verdict

A South Korean judge sentenced former President Yoon Suk Yeol on Friday to five years in prison for obstructing justice and other crimes linked to his disastrous martial law declaration and in its chaotic aftermath.

The murky fates of South Korean presidents

South Korea's ex-president Yoon Suk Yeol has been handed five years in jail, the first of what will likely be several sentences over his declaration of martial law in late 2024.

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