Image copyrightPolice handoutImage caption Sum Bora became trapped after trying to retrieve his torch A Cambodian man has been rescued after being trapped in a cave for four days whilst collecting bat droppings. Sum Bora slipped between two rocks on Sund…
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Image copyrightEPAImage caption Mr McConnell, as majority leader of the Senate, has been urged to recall it US Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has rejected recalling senators from their recess to discuss gun control after two mass shootings. Mr McC…
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Image copyrightGetty ImagesImage caption The 54-year-old now trains other dressage competitors A former US Olympian has been charged with two counts of attempted murder after a shooting in New Jersey. Michael Barisone, 54, was a member of the US dressage…
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Media captionYoung Kashmiris on India's decision: "We've been pushed back into medieval times" A security lockdown in Indian-administered Kashmir remains largely in place although residents have been allowed to attend Friday prayers in some local mosques. H…
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#ElPasoStrong: Portrait of a defiant city
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Since the failure of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to garner a workable coalition in May, many Israeli commentators have suggested that the upcoming elections in September will focus on the issue of “religion and state.” This could not be further from th…
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The one thing about which there seems to be consensus in Israel these days is that voter turnout on September 17, the do-over date for April’s Knesset elections, will be lower than average. If that turns out to be true, the candidates will have themselves to …
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Days before what would have been his son Dvir’s 19th birthday, Yoav Sorek stood in tears near his child’s body. It was wrapped in a white and black prayer shawl and laid out under the summer night sky on a gray gurney in their home community of Ofra. “Our d…
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After coming under fire from Germany last month, the White House’s Mideast envoy Jason Greenblatt shot back on Thursday, blasting the UN while claiming that the Israeli-Palestinian conflict will not be solved through “these ambiguously-worded, highly controve…
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U.S. immigration authorities are arresting Iraqi immigrants ordered deported for serious crimes, the U.S. government said on Monday, after Iraq agreed to accept U.S. deportees as part of a deal to remove it from President Donald Trump’s travel ban. Dozens o…
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