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As night fell, candles appeared in the windows of several foreign countries' missions to Hong Kong — in defiance of a warning not to do so — and on various street corners around the city
Investigators were combing the overturned carriages for victims and clues as to the cause of Friday's accident near Garmisch-Partenkirchen, a region gearing up to host the G-7 summit in late June
Usually one of the world's largest religious gatherings, about 2.5 million people participated in 2019. But after the onset of the pandemic in 2020, Saudi authorities would only let 1,000 pilgrims take part
In the past few weeks, demonstrations against the rising cost of living and corruption have occurred in several Iranian cities
Thousands in region lose power
Public commemorations of Tiananmen are all but forbidden in mainland China
All patients are in recovery or have recovered, and no cases have been fatal
The U.S. says that it will join Britain, France and Germany in seeking an IAEA resolution at meeting
Second attack this week kills soldiers from Egyptian contingent
Togo's government had confirmed attack on May 11 in Kpekankandi, saying eight Togolese soldiers were killed and 13 others were wounded
Former lawmaker, democracy activist are among those sentenced
Expanding women's rights is central to Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's Vision 2030 agenda, intended to diversify the oil-dependent economy while softening Saudi Arabia's radical image
Experts consider Israel as the only nuclear power in the Middle East, though the country refuses to confirm or deny that it has such weapons
The plea for aid comes before a meeting Friday between the head of the African Union and Russia's president to discuss grain supplies in the aftermath of Moscow's invasion of Ukraine
Iran's Revolutionary Guards on Friday seized two Greek-flagged tankers in the Gulf, days after Athens said it would deliver to Washington Iranian oil it had seized from Russian tanker in April
Queen Elizabeth II is scheduled to make two appearances on the Buckingham Palace balcony on Thursday, kicking off four days of public events to mark her historic Platinum Jubilee.
Warning comes after the UN atomic watchdog reports traces of nuclear material at undeclared sites in the Islamic republic
Switch from kuna comes after 20th anniversary of euro’s adoption
The military overthrew President Alpha Conde in September and last month declared a ban on public demonstrations before a return to civilian rule, which it says will be in three years
Almost 700,000 people have been forced to flee their homes since the toppling of Aung San Suu Kyi's government last year
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