Shelling targets Baghdad's Green Zone amid deadly chaos after Sadr quits politics
Shelling targeted Baghdad's high-security Green Zone Monday, a security source said, after Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr said he was quitting politics, sparking chaos in which 12 of his supporters were killed.
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Iran says nuclear deal 'meaningless' without end to watchdog probe
Iran's president said Monday that reviving a 2015 atomic deal with world powers would be pointless unless the UN nuclear watchdog put an end to its probe of undeclared sites in the country.
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US regulators sue firm selling sensitive location data
US regulators on Monday filed a lawsuit to stop data broker Kochava from selling smartphone location information that could help trace visits to "sensitive locations" like reproductive health clinics.
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Death toll in Madagascar police shoot over albino kidnap protest rises to 18
Eighteen people died Monday after police in Madagascar opened fire on what they called a lynch mob angered at the kidnapping of an albino child, a senior doctor told AFP.
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Rugby World Cup boss suspended by French sports minister
The chief executive of the 2023 Rugby World Cup, Claude Atcher, was suspended on Monday by French sports minister Amelie Oudea-Castera as a preliminary investigation into his management style found evidence of a "deep social malaise" within the organisation.
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Lithuania completes Belarus border fence
Lithuania on Monday said it had finished building a fence along its border with Belarus to fight illegal immigration which the West accuses Minsk of orchestrating.
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IMF approves revival of massive Pakistan loan program
The IMF board on Monday approved an agreement to revive a massive loan program for Pakistan, as the country grapples with devastating monsoon flooding that has worsened an economic crisis.
Read moreNASA scrubs launch of giant Moon rocket, may try again Friday
NASA has scrubbed a test flight of its powerful new rocket, in a setback to its plan to send humans back to the Moon and eventually to Mars, but may shoot for another launch attempt on Friday.
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Angolan president Lourenco wins second term
Angola's President Joao Lourenco won a second five-year term on Monday after his MPLA party emerged victorious with a thin majority in last week's closely fought election, extending its decades-long rule in the oil-rich country.
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IAEA team heads to nuclear plant, Ukraine launches offensive in south
International Atomic Energy Agency chief Rafael Grossi said on Monday he was en route to inspect Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, as Kyiv's forces launched a counter-offensive to retake the Russian-occupied southern region of Kherson.
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