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[ad_1] Roughly 800 Africans stormed the border wall separating a Spanish enclave in Africa and Morocco last week. The migrants threw Molotov cocktails and feces at border guards and used lighters and aerosol cans to make flamethrowers. Once inside Spanish territory, they threw rocks at cars.  The European Union continues …

[ad_1] Image copyright AFP Image caption Some people joined queues at 02:00 local time waiting for the polls to open at 07:00 local time Long queues have formed at polling stations in Zimbabwe in the first general election since long-serving ruler Robert Mugabe was ousted. Foreign observers have hailed the …

[ad_1] JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — A strong and shallow earthquake early Sunday killed at least 14 people and injured more than 160 on Indonesia’s Lombok island, a popular tourist destination next to Bali, officials said. The quake damaged more than 1,000 houses and was felt in a wider area, including …

[ad_1] Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionIndonesia earthquake: ‘Massive damage’ in Lombok village More than 200 hikers are trapped on a mountain on the Indonesian tourist island of Lombok, after a deadly earthquake triggered landslides which cut off escape routes. Hundreds of rescue workers are now working …

[ad_1] MOSCOW (AP) — Vladimir Putin says the adoption of Christianity more than 1,000 years ago in territory that later became Russia marked the starting point for forming the Russian nation itself. Putin’s comments came Saturday in a ceremony marking the 1,030th anniversary of the adoption by Christianity by Prince …

[ad_1] Image copyright Reuters Image caption Mr Trump said he and Mr Sulzberger had a “very good” meeting The publisher of the New York Times has urged President Donald Trump not to continue labelling reporters “enemies of the people”, saying it could “lead to violence” against the media. AG Sulzberger …

[ad_1] LUCKAU, Germany (AP) — Sophie Steiert opens a bag of kosher gummy bears and offers them to 20 other German teenagers seated around her in their high school classroom. “They’re really yummy,” Steiert, 16, says with an enticing smile. “And by the way, does anyone of you know what …

[ad_1] Image copyright EPA Image caption Officials say heavy rain could trigger flooding and landslides A powerful storm has hit central and western Japan, injuring at least 21 people and cutting power to tens of thousands of homes. Typhoon Jongdari (or “skylark” in Korean) brought torrential rain and winds of …

[ad_1] WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump thanked North Korean leader Kim Jong Un for “fulfilling a promise” to return the remains of U.S. soldiers missing from the Korean War, as a U.S. military plane made a rare trip into North Korea to retrieve 55 cases said to contain remains. …

[ad_1] Image copyright Reuters Image caption Dragoslav Ognjanovic served on the legal team for Mr Milosevic during his trial at The Hague A prominent lawyer who helped defend the former Serbian leader Slobodan Milosevic at his war crimes trial has been shot dead. Dragoslav Ognjanovic, 57, was killed on Saturday …