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Germany, who won the World Cup in 2003 and 2007, went out in the quarter-finals four years ago
Mass killings featuring stunning levels of violence such as beheadings are common in the overcrowded Ecuadoran prison network
At least 80,000 people have been displaced in three months of intercommunal violence in a north central Nigerian state, a local official said, as the army reinforced security to end the clashes
Security tightened as activists lit oil lamps in the capital, Colombo, in memory of hundreds killed in 1983 anti-Tamil riots that fueled a deadly civil war
Protest held in Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region Sunday in support of Sherwan Sherwani hit with a new sentence before he was due to be freed
The two massive countries, which share a common desire to counter what they see as American hegemony, have grown closer in the military sphere since Russia launched its Ukraine offensive last year
The circumstances of the attack in the impoverished Sistan-Baluchistan province were not immediately clear.
Women from Meitei community decide to show their anger after humiliating video surfaced, which reportedly shows two Kuki women being forced to strip naked and then jeered at and harassed by Meitei men in May
Many Iranian Kurds fled to Iraq during last year’s protests
They denounce Sweden's allowing protests that desecrate the Quran
Nikol Pashinyan accuses Baku of genocide in the breakaway Armenian-populated region of Nagorno-Karabakh
Boxing champion Mohammad Javad Vafaei-Sani's execution verdict was confirmed Wednesday
The announcement comes days after Seoul and Washington held their first Nuclear Consultative Group meeting in South Korea
The incident comes amid rising tension in the West Bank, following a string of Palestinian attacks on Israeli settlers, and violence by Israeli settlers towards Palestinians
Move comes ahead of a planned burning of a Quran in Sweden
Attacks could include civilian ships, officials say
The court ordered the actress to make weekly visits to a psychological center "to treat the mental disorder of having an anti-family personality"
Erdogan's tour, which also included stops in Qatar and Saudi Arabia, saw him preside over signing of lucrative deals to boost ailing Turkish economy
Those who have two copies of a particular genetic variant are eight times more likely to never get symptoms from COVID-19, according to a new study
Islamic republic is also drawing more visitors from Russia and China
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