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US governor pardons 175,000 marijuana convictions
The governor of the US state of Maryland issued a mass pardon of drug offenses on Monday, in a far-reaching move forgiving 175,000...
Adidas shares slide following China corruption cla...
Adidas shares slid Monday as the German sportswear giant said it was investigating alleged bribery in China after senior employees...
Search for dozens feared missing after deadly migr...
The Italian coastguard searched off southern Italy Monday for survivors or the bodies of dozens of migrants feared missing, after...
Hajj pilgrimage ends amid deadly Saudi heat spike
Saudi Arabia on Monday warned of a temperature spike in Mecca as Muslim pilgrims wrapped up the hajj in searing conditions, with m...
French court to try rugby stars in gang rape case
The trial of a group of rugby players accused of gang raping a student after a 2017 match by leading French team Grenoble was to o...
Eight killed in India train crash after driver mis...
At least eight people were killed in India on Monday when a goods train driver missed a signal and slammed into an express passeng...
Seven killed as Indian passenger and goods trains...
At least seven people were killed when an express passenger train and a goods train collided Monday in India's West Bengal state,...
US reporter Gershkovich to go on trial in Russia o...
US journalist Evan Gershkovich will go on trial on espionage charges in Russia's Urals city of Yekaterinburg behind closed doors o...
Philippine, Chinese ships collide near hotspot ree...
A Philippine ship and a Chinese vessel collided near the Second Thomas Shoal in the disputed South China Sea on Monday, the Chines...
German police shoot man wielding weapons ahead of...
German police shot and injured a man after he threatened passers-by and officers with a hammer and a Molotov cocktail ahead of a E...
Hajj pilgrims 'stone the devil' as Muslims mark Ei...
Pilgrims perform the last major ritual of the hajj, the "stoning of the devil", in western Saudi Arabia on Sunday, as Muslims the...
Senegalese eye elegance for Eid at half the price
In a second-hand shop in the suburbs of Senegal's capital, Seynabou Sarr is inundated with orders days before West Africa's larges...
Venezuela opposition reports arbitrary detentions...
A Venezuelan presidential candidate said Saturday that three opposition activists were detained arbitrarily ahead of July electio...
Muslim pilgrims pray atop scorching Mount Arafat i...
Vast crowds of Muslims gathered for hours under the hot sun atop Mount Arafat Saturday for the high point of the annual hajj pilgr...
Gaza bombed as fallout brings surging tensions to...
Israel bombed and shelled Gaza on Saturday, witnesses and first responders said, with fallout from the war bringing a resurgence o...
Singapore's Sentosa island beaches closed due to o...
Beaches on Singapore's top resort island of Sentosa, which also house luxury waterfront homes, were shuttered on Saturday due to a...
Muslim pilgrims pray on Mount Arafat in hajj clima...
More than 1.5 million Muslims will pray on Mount Arafat in soaring temperatures on Saturday, in the high-point and most gruelling...
Swiss museum to remove five paintings linked to Na...
The Kunsthaus Zurich, one of Switzerland's most prestigious art museums, has announced it will remove five paintings after a revie...
US court allows sale of conspiracy theorist's asse...
A US judge on Friday approved the liquidation of conspiracy theorist Alex Jones' personal assets, setting the stage for the repaym...
Influx of murder victims overwhelms forensic morgu...
Bodies by the dozen are piled up at an overfull forensic morgue in Ecuador's drug violence-plagued city of Guayaquil; the stench o...
French cinema boss on trial for sexual assault
The head of France's top cinema institution Dominique Boutonnat denied sexually assaulting his godson as he went on trial Friday i...
Million-plus take part in hajj pilgrimage under sh...
More than one million Muslim pilgrims packed a giant tented city near Mecca, Saudi Arabia, on Friday for a hajj pilgrimage held in...
A year after migrant shipwreck, bereaved determine...
A year after the disappearance of his brother in one of the deadliest shipwrecks in the Mediterranean, Suleman Tariq wants answers...
US Supreme Court strikes down ban on gun 'bump sto...
The US Supreme Court ruled on Friday that a ban introduced by ex-president Donald Trump's administration on bump stocks -- devices...
Mourning their dead, Gazans take solace in hajj pi...
Months after losing her husband and children in the horrors of the Gaza war, Douaa al-Massarii is doing her best to find peace in...
Indian relatives grieve as bodies of 45 Kuwait fir...
Grieving families kept a solemn vigil in the terminal of an Indian airport on Friday as the bodies of dozens of migrant workers ki...
Million-plus begin hajj pilgrimage under shadow of...
More than a million Muslim pilgrims were in Mecca Friday for the start of a hajj pilgrimage held against the grim backdrop of the...
'A girl is not a mother': Brazilians protest tough...
Thousands of Brazilians on Thursday rallied against a bill under debate in Congress that would equate abortion with homicide and i...
Battles rage in Rafah as Biden blames Hamas for tr...
Israeli helicopters struck Gaza's Rafah Thursday, residents said, with militants reporting street battles in the southern city as...
Phoenix police routinely use excessive force: US J...
Police in Phoenix, one of the biggest cities in the United States, routinely use excessive force, a damning government report said...
Boeing to check undelivered 787s due to fastener i...
Boeing said Thursday it is examining fasteners on some undelivered 787 jets after discovering problems with their installation in...
State of 'catastrophe' as downpours hit Chile
Heavy rains battered south and central Chile on Thursday, killing one person and causing damage to hundreds of homes as authoritie...