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  Qatar says demands made by four Arab states not ‘realistic’

  Reuters | Updated at 10:35am on June 24, 2017

  Qatar is reviewing a list of demands presented by four Arab states imposing a boycott on the wealthy Gulf country, but said on Saturday the list was not reasonable or actionable...

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  Slain Venezuelan protester’s father appeals to ‘friend’ Maduro

  Reuters | Updated at 10:50am on June 24, 2017

  A man describing himself as a former boss and friend of Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro on Friday urged an investigation into the killing of his son in anti-government unrest convulsing the OPEC nation for nearly three months...

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  Suicide bomber blows himself up as Saudis foil Makkah plot

  Associated Press | Updated at 11:19am on June 24, 2017

  A suicide bomber blew himself up near the Grand Mosque at Mecca as police disrupted a plot to target the holiest site in Islam just as the fasting month of Ramadan ends, Saudi security forces said Saturday...

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  Five London towers evacuated over fire safety fears

  Agence France-Presse | Updated at 08:50am on June 24, 2017

  Residents of 800 London flats were hurriedly evacuated Saturday due to fire safety fears over their tower blocks' external cladding, after urgent testing prompted by the deadly Grenfell Tower inferno...

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  Over 140 people feared buried in China landslide

  Agence France-Presse | Updated at 09:05am on June 24, 2017

  Chinese rescuers scoured through rocks on Saturday in a frantic search for more than 140 people feared buried after a landslide smashed through a mountain village in southwest Sichuan province...

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  Arab states demand Qatar closes Jazeera, cuts back ties to Iran

  Reuters . Dubai | Updated at 12:31am on June 24, 2017

  Four Arab states boycotting Qatar over alleged support for terrorism have sent Doha a list of 13 demands including closing Al Jazeera television and reducing ties to their regional adversary Iran, an official of one of the four countries said...

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  Police officer beaten to death in Indian Kashmir

  Agence France-Presse | Updated at 02:27pm on June 23, 2017

  A police officer was beaten to death by an angry mob outside a mosque in Indian-administered Kashmir, police said Friday, as...

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  Three killed in gun attack on bank in Kenya

  Reuters | Updated at 02:18pm on June 23, 2017

  Attackers shot and killed three people in a raid on a commercial bank in northeast Kenya’s on Friday, police said. Two civilians and...

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  Britain's Labour leader Corbyn overtakes PM May in YouGov poll

  Reuters | Updated at 12:50pm on June 23, 2017

  Britain's opposition Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has overtaken Theresa May for the first time as voters' choice for who would make the best prime minister, a YouGov poll for The Times newspaper showed...

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  Arab states send Qatar 13 demands to end crisis

  Reuters | Updated at 11:17am on June 23, 2017

  Four Arab states boycotting Qatar over alleged support for terrorism have sent Doha a list of 13 demands including closing Al Jazeera television and...