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Australia's blanket ban on mobile phones in onshore detention centres faces legal setback
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War-torn country became first nation to declare a famine since 2011.
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Donald Trump set to meet German Chancellor Angela Merkel at the White House
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Pakistan calls on Facebook and Twitter to help identify users suspected of blasphemy online
Facebook said it will send a team to Pakistan to address the country's concerns.
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Somali pirates release oil tanker and crew members without ransom, officials say
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'Utterly ridiculous' and 'nonsense' says GCHQ on claims it helped Obama spy on Trump
The British intelligence agency issued a rare public statement on US wiretapping allegations.
Israel's PM reiterates promise to build new West Bank settlement
Benjamin Netanyahu's comments came hours before meeting with Trump's Middle-East envoy Jason Greenblatt.
Tensions rise as Rex Tillerson arrives in Seoul, Pyongyang says region on 'brink of nuclear war'
The US Secretary of State landed in South Korea calling for a renewed approach in dealing with North Korea.
White House fends off claim that Trump's budget cuts will leave poor children without food
Budget director Mick Mulvaney says after-school programmes that feed poor kids are not working.
Chelsea Clinton to write children's picture book on women who shaped America
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Google Doodle celebrates St Patrick's Day with a trip to mystical Skellig Michael
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Al Qaeda operative who killed 2 US soldiers faces life in prison
'Spin Ghul' joined terror group and travelled from Nigeria to Afghanistan just before 9/11 attacks.
Sean Spicer in heated spats with media as he looks to defend Trump's wiretapping claims
Press secretary lambasts journalists as president's unproven Obama allegation falls apart.
New documents show Michael Flynn got nearly $68,000 from Russian-related firms
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Trump has ominous message for Republicans who didn't endorse him: 'I never forget'
President makes barbed comment during meeting with Michigan governor Rick Snyder.
Airstrike on mosque kills dozens in rebel-held area of northern Syria
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Kate Middleton and Prince William to bolster UK-France relations ahead of Brexit
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Melania Trump's hometown selling 'first lady' salami and wine in her honour
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'You have lost Turkey as a friend' Erdogan tells Dutch PM Mark Rutte after election win
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Marcial de Gomar emeralds from 400-year-old Spanish galleon shipwreck go to auction
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China and Saudi Arabia sign $65bn in deals as King Salman meets Xi Jinping
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