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An Israeli court sentenced a Palestinian to 18 years imprisonment on Monday for stabbing to death a British woman in Jerusalem last year, under a plea bargain acknowledging he is mentally ill.
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U.S. President Donald Trump might visit Britain in May 2019 after the country's departure in March from the European Union, the U.S. ambassador to Britain, Woody Johnson, said on Monday.
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American Is Arrested in Moscow on Spying Charges
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Amal Fathy faces two years in jail for criticising the state for failing to tackle sexual harassment.
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Paul Mock filmed the cane toads riding the python, known as Monty, after a bad storm in Kununurra.
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A United Arab Emirates appeals court upheld a 10-year jail sentence against prominent pro-democracy activist Ahmed Mansoor on charges of criticizing the Emirati government on social media, two sources familiar with the case said on Monday.
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A United Arab Emirates appeals court upheld a 10-year jail sentence against prominent pro-democracy activist Ahmed Mansoor on charges of criticizing the Emirati government on social media, two sources familiar with the case said on Monday.
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NASA’s New Horizons Will Visit Ultima Thule on New Year’s Day
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The Origins of the Times Square Ball Drop
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N.Y.’s New Attorney General Is Targeting Trump. Will Judges See a ‘Political Vendetta?’
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Castro Takes Manhattan: Vintage Pictures of the Cuban Conqueror as Tourist
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Superb Oddities: Robert Gottlieb Reviews a Biography of Edward Gorey
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The FSB security agency says a US man named Paul Whelan has been charged with spying.
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Dr Nancy Grace Roman, the first woman to hold a senior leadership position at NASA, has died at 93.
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Rights groups call Rodrigo Duterte's comments "repulsive" and "unworthy of his position".
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2018: The Year in Visual Stories and Graphics
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Bangladesh’s Leader Wins a Third Term but Opposition Contests Results
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Congratulations on the Promotion. But Did Science Get a Demotion?
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Russia's domestic security service (FSB) said on Monday it had detained an American citizen suspected of spying in Moscow.
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Four men suspected of belonging to a terrorist organization will appear in court on Monday, two days after being arrested in Rotterdam, a prosecution spokesman said.
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At least three people died in a suspected gas explosion in the city of Magnitogorsk.
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Russian rescuers were on Monday searching for people still trapped under the rubble of a city apartment block that partly collapsed in a suspected gas blast, killing at least three, RIA said.
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Iran said Taliban representatives from Afghanistan negotiated with Iranian officials in Tehran on Sunday, as the Islamic Republic seeks to advance peace talks in the neighboring country to curb the influence of other Islamist groups.
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Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has won a third straight term, sealing a landslide with almost all the seats in parliament, officials said on Monday, while the opposition rejected the result as rigged and called for a fresh vote.
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