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Hundreds of prisoners were pardoned in late July on the occasion of King Mohammed VI's 25th anniversary on the throne
Crowds massed in London, Glasgow, Belfast, Manchester and numerous other towns and cities
Homes, people and livestock were engulfed in the landslide at the vast garbage dump after heavy rainfall
Moscow warns fighting in Russia's western Kursk region endangering nuclear power plant
Scarce resource causes frequent disputes
He asks country's top judicial body to ratify his disputed reelection
The New York Times called 1974 Twin Towers walk the ‘art crime of the century’
Narges Mohammadi injured after female prisoners launch protest after executions
He allegedly took bribes from a company that provided voting machines for the country's 2016 elections
Human rights activists fear potential surveillance dangers
The latest defection comes as relations between two Koreas are at one of their lowest points in years, with the North ramping up weapons testing and bombarding the South with trash-carrying balloons
They were arrested during country's post-election unrest
Nobel peace prize winner Muhammad Yunus set to lead caretaker government
Those executed, who included two Afghan nationals, had been convicted of murder, drug-related and rape charges
Opponents and many observers believe that the delay is meant to help avoid giving actual results that would show opposition candidate Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia won
Resulting floods reportedly affected some 10,000 people and resulted in 80 wells being buried
Public health emergency of international concern is the highest alarm WHO can sound and allows chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus to trigger emergency responses
Gaza's health ministry declared polio epidemic in Palestinian enclave last month, blaming Israel's military offensive
The arrest followed women's singles table tennis finals in Paris on Sunday, police say
Tensions in the disputed waterway have spiked following a series of escalating confrontations between Chinese and Philippine vessels that have fanned fears of a wider conflict
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