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Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, center, wearing a protective face mask to help curb the spread of the coronavirus, arrives for an Afghan Loya Jirga meeting in Kabul, Afghanistan. (AP)

Traditional Afghan council meets to decide on release of 400 Taliban...

The decision will be the last step towards starting negotiations between Kabul's political leadership and Taliban under...

7 Aug 2020 9:49 AM GMT

Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa, left, and former Defense Secretary and his brother Gotabaya Rajapaksa wave to supporters. (AP)

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All in the family: Sri Lanka's political Rajapaksa dynasty

The powerful clan has held sway over the island nation's politics for decades, as well as having a major influence in...

7 Aug 2020 8:57 AM GMT

Interns and resident doctors stage a rally against the government medical policy in Seoul, South Korea. (AP)

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South Korean doctors strike over plan to boost medical student numbers

Doctors maintain South Korea already has enough medical professionals, but they should be better paid to encourage...

7 Aug 2020 8:30 AM GMT

Excavation work continues at a site of an incomplete tunnel intended for smuggling, found stretching from Arizona to Mexico. (Courtesy of ICE via AP)

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Feds find cross-border smuggling tunnel with a rail system in US

The tunnel, stretching from Arizona to Mexico, also had a ventilation system, water lines, electrical wiring and...

7 Aug 2020 7:36 AM GMT

Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman. (AFP)

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Saudi Arabia seeks to tame nationalist cyber armies

Their posts frequently tag Saudi security agencies, and their collective roar often leads to detentions, sackings and...

7 Aug 2020 7:09 AM GMT

$\Free parties\ have sprung up around the capital, drawing new followers in young people unfamiliar with the underground techno dance scene, but desperate for a chance to let their hair down. (AFP)$ World

Rave parties find fan base in Paris as virus shuts nightclubs

Licensed nightclubs have been closed in France since March under measures to contain the coronavirus epidemic

7 Aug 2020 6:41 AM GMT

French President Emmanuel Macron (C) visits the devastated site of the explosion at the port of Beirut, on August 6, 2020 two days after a massive explosion devastated the Lebanese capital in a disaster that has sparked grief and fury.(AFP)

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Macron says France doesn't want to run Lebanon

He said he was asked by people in the street to 'return to the mandate' when Lebanon was a French protectorate a century...

7 Aug 2020 6:10 AM GMT

People who did not respect the measures to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 (novel coronavirus) pandemic, such as the correct wearing of masks in public places, are forced to sit and listen the prevention speeches for a few hours in Nyamirambo stadium in Kigali, Rwanda. (AFP)

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You have to attend all-night lectures if you break COVID rules in...

Every evening, public health messages are blared through loudspeakers to spectators seated at least a metre apart in the...

7 Aug 2020 5:41 AM GMT

$\As seen in this pandemic, the United States must produce essential equipment, supplies, and pharmaceuticals for itself,\ Trump said. (Representational Image: AFP)$ World