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The United Nations on Thursday launched an international appeal for aid for Zimbabwe following a drought that it expects to affect around a third of the population as crop yields plummet.

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British Prime Minister Theresa May has a serious chance of getting a Brexit deal approved by parliament in the next few weeks, Conservative Party lawmaker Oliver Letwin said on Thursday.

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South Korea said it regretted that no deal was reached at a summit between North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday but the two sides had made meaningful progress.

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Trump’s Talks With Kim Jong-un Collapse After North Korea Demands End to Sanctions

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The U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) militia battling Islamic State in Syria said on Thursday it had freed 24 of its fighters held in the eastern town of Bahgouz, where the militants are making a final stand near the Iraqi border.

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United Nations investigators said on Thursday Israeli security forces may have committed war crimes over the killing of 189 Palestinians and wounding of more than 6,100 at weekly protests in Gaza last year.

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Pakistan would be prepared to return the Indian pilot shot down and captured this week if it helped ease the crisis with its neighbor, Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi told Pakistani television station Geo TV on Thursday.

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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will begin a two-day official visit to Vietnam on Friday, Vietnam's foreign ministry said in a statement shortly after Kim's second summit with U.S. President Donald Trump in Hanoi ended without agreement.

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Kratos Defense and Security Solutions Inc expects its $2-3 million unmanned "loyal wingman" combat jet to make its first flight test next week, an executive said on Thursday.

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A Year of Quiet Contemplation Led to the Rebirth of Alec Soth’s Photography

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U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday he had walked away from a nuclear deal at his summit with Kim Jong Un because of unacceptable demands from the North Korean leader to lift punishing U.S.-led sanctions.

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Ready with an ashtray at a railway station, taking away gifts of flowers and giving directions to staff, Kim Yo Jong has been rushed off her feet as personal secretary to her brother and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Vietnam.

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We spend a day with Abdoulaye as he shows us what it's like being 17 in Dakar.

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When asked if Labour's Jeremy Corbyn was fit to be British prime minister, the opposition party's deputy leader said Corbyn could lead the country but needed to clamp down on anti-Semitism.

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U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday had still wanted to keep his relationship with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, who had promised not to test nuclear weapons or rockets.

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