Iran executed 975 people in 'horrifying' 2024 escalation: rights groups
Iran executed at least 975 people last year in a "horrifying escalation" of its use of capital punishment, two human rights groups said on Thursday.
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Sri Lanka train derailed after smashing into elephants
A Sri Lankan passenger train derailed Thursday after smashing into a family of elephants, with no passengers injured but six animals killed in the island's worst such wildlife accident, police said.
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Afghanistan problem 'can be solved': former women's affairs minister
Afghanistan has been cloaked in "darkness" since the return of the Taliban government three and a half years ago, but the country's former women's affairs minister insists the problem "can be solved".
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G20 foreign ministers meet in South Africa without US on board
Top diplomats from the Group of 20 major economies will convene in South Africa on Thursday for a meeting dominated by a packed global agenda but overshadowed by a snub by the top US envoy.
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Trump says Russia has 'the cards' in Ukraine talks
US President Donald Trump said Wednesday that the Russians "have the cards" in any negotiation to end the war in Ukraine, after branding Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky a "dictator" who refuses to hold elections.
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Cambodian farmers risk lives for rice as US freezes demining aid
Eleven-year-old Yeat Saly lies in a hospital bed, a piece of shrapnel lodged in his forehead -- one of the many injuries inflicted by an old mortar he found near his village in Cambodia.
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Lights out for Indonesia civil servants as Prabowo cuts budgets
From office lights switched off to out-of-service lifts, Indonesian civil servants are feeling the pinch after President Prabowo Subianto ordered sweeping budget cuts across government that he said will fund his big-ticket campaign pledges.
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London Fashion Week launches with ode to gender fluid designs
London Fashion Week opens Thursday with designer Harris Reed's striking silhouettes celebrating gender fluid fashion, kicking off a slimmed down schedule with several absentees.
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Messi too hot for Sporting in sub-zero Champions Cup clash
Lionel Messi shrugged off sub-zero temperatures to score the only goal as Inter Miami defeated Sporting Kansas City 1-0 in their weather-delayed CONCACAF Champions Cup first-leg clash on Wednesday.
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Asian markets drop as Fed flags concern over Trump policies
Asian markets turned negative Thursday amid Federal Reserve concerns that US President Donald Trump's tariffs and immigration measures could reignite inflation.
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