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21 Jan 2018
Gunmen attack Kabul’s Intercontinental Hotel, seizing hostages and exchanging gunfire with security forces as residents and staff flee.
21 Jan 2018
Senators Corey Gardner, Richard Blumenthal and Chuck Grassley sound off on the government shutdown.
21 Jan 2018
The U.S. government shut down at midnight on Friday after Democrats and Republicans failed to reach a last-minute deal to fund its operations, divided in a bitter dispute over immigration and border security.
21 Jan 2018
Thousands of protesters took to the streets of New York on Saturday for the second Women's March.
21 Jan 2018
North Korea will send 22 athletes to the Winter Games in the neighboring South next month and compete in three sports and five disciplines, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) said on Saturday. North Korea's planned involvement in Pyeongchang is viewed as a sign of easing tensions over its nuclear and missile programme.
21 Jan 2018
Syrian army tanks firing in area near Abu Al Duhur airport in Idlib province, soldiers firing mortars and heavy artillery towards airport, armoured vehicles advancing in area, military.
21 Jan 2018
U.S. Vice President Mike Pence criticised Senators who caused the shutdown of government by blocking an important bill.
20 Jan 2018
In December 2017, the Iraqi government announced with great fanfare the "official end of the war against the Islamic State group". The announcement marked the end of three years of fierce fighting. Among those battling the jihadists on the frontline were thousands of Shiite fighters.
20 Jan 2018
US president Donald Trump has been in office one year as of Saturday. Many said he wouldn’t last, and after a year, his unpredictable nature still has supporters cheering and opponents cringing. A look back at a year of Donald Trump.
20 Jan 2018
Michigan police posts video showing vehicle crashing into towed car on highway and nearly crushing tow truck driver.
20 Jan 2018
U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said that the U.S. military's competitive edge has eroded "in every domain of warfare" and blamed that partly on spending caps and congressional budget dysfunction.
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Starting on Saturday September 23, China is hosting the Asian Games, a major multi-sport event held every four years between the Olympics. The 19th edition, postponed from last year, brings together some 12,000 athletes from across the continent, competing in 40 sports over two weeks in the eastern city of Hangzhou. For the first time, e-sports are featured as an official medal sport event, with seven golds on offer. But a lot of attention is also focused on what's happening outside the tracks and arenas. FRANCE 24's Oliver Farry tell us more about the geopolitical aspect of the event.
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Last Generation climate activists sprayed orange and yellow paint on all six columns of Berlin's Brandenburg Gate. The protest comes as the city braces for more climate rallies in the coming days.
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Deep in France's southern Lubéron mountains lies a stunning red and orange landscape reminiscent of the vast plains of America: the Colorado provençal. This spot of wild nature is in fact a former open-cast ochre quarry. Every year, some 300,000 visitors venture through these 30 unusual hectares, between fairy chimneys and strange sculptures, to discover the remains of the site's industrial past.
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Karachi was once home to thousands of Parsis, followers of Zoroaster (Zarathustra), the spiritual founder of Zoroastrianism. Some of them still live in the city, but the future for their community seems grim.
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A devastating storm has caused extensive damage and widespread flooding across South Africa's Western Cape, with provincial officials warning that the impact on informal settlements would be vast.
