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  May blasted back home over EU extension plan

  Agence France-Presse . London | Updated at 10:53pm on October 18, 2018

  Prime minister Theresa May came under fire from all sides in Britain’s fractious political landscape on Thursday as she warmed to an EU plan in Brussels to extend the post-Brexit transition period.

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  French minister pulls out of Saudi conference over Khashoggi

  Agence France-Presse . Paris | Updated at 02:38pm on October 18, 2018

  French economy minister Bruno Le Maire said Thursday he was pulling out of a major investment conference in Saudi Arabia over the disappearance of Saudi...

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  Turkey searches Saudi consulate again

  Reuters . Istanbul | Updated at 12:11pm on October 18, 2018

  Turkish investigators searched Saudi Arabia’s consulate in Istanbul for a second time overnight looking for clues into the disappearance of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, and senior European ministers pulled out of an investment summit in Riyadh amid global concern over the incident....

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  Canada legalises marijuana for recreational use

  Agence France-Presse . Ottawa | Updated at 01:33am on October 18, 2018

  Nearly a century of marijuana prohibition came to an end Wednesday as Canada became the first major Western nation to legalise and regulate its sale and recreational use....

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  China woos Bhutan, to India’s displeasure

  Agence France-Presse . Thimphu | Updated at 12:35am on October 18, 2018

  A peep into a Thimphu toy shop shows stacks of Pokemons, all made in China, a testimony to the quiet overtures Beijing is making in Bhutan at rival India’s expense....

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  UNSC asked to meet on Myanmar atrocities report

  Agence France-Presse . United Nations | Updated at 12:23am on October 18, 2018

  The United States and eight other countries on Tuesday requested a UN Security Council meeting on Myanmar to hear from a UN fact-finding mission that has accused the country’s military of atrocities against Muslim Rohingyas....

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  Crimea college attack kills 17

  Agence France-Presse . Simferopol | Updated at 12:18am on October 18, 2018

  At least 17 people were killed and dozens more wounded, most of them teenagers, after an attack on a college in Russian-annexed Crimea on Wednesday, with conflicting versions referring to a lone shooter and a bomb....

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  Indian minister MJ Akbar quits to fight sexual harassment accusations

  Reuters . New Delhi | Updated at 12:00am on October 18, 2018

  An Indian government minister resigned on Wednesday, saying he was doing so in order to fight accusations of sexual harassment levied by several women, the most high-profile casualty of a growing #MeToo movement....

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  Scuffles break out at Sabarimala temple over entry of menstrual age women

  Reuters . Nilakkal, India | Updated at 03:11pm on October 17, 2018

  Hundreds of police guarded the main gateway to an Indian hill temple on Wednesday to prevent clashes between women of menstrual age entering for the...

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  Pompeo meets Erdogan after talks with Saudis on Khashoggi

  Reuters . Ankara | Updated at 02:05pm on October 17, 2018

  US secretary of state Mike Pompeo met Turkish president Tayyip Erdogan in Ankara on Wednesday following talks with Saudi Arabia's king and crown prince about...