Anti-government protest in Romania turns violent

Tens of thousands of protesters rallied against the ruling Social Democrat (PSD) government on Friday in cities across Romania and the capital Bucharest where riot police fired tear gas into the crowd and hundreds needed medical attention.

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China says business ties with Iran no harm to any other country

China's business and energy ties with Iran do not harm the interests of any other country, the country's Foreign Ministry said, after U.S. President Donald Trump said companies doing business with Iran would be barred from the United States.

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Syrian air defenses confront 'hostile target' near Damascus: state media

Syrian state media said early on Saturday that air defenses had confronted a "hostile target" breaching Syrian air space west of the capital Damascus.

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Cuba charges leading dissident with attempted murder

The leader of one of Cuba’s largest and most active opposition organizations was charged Friday with attempted murder after being held incommunicado for a week in eastern Cuba.

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Factbox: Issues leading to the tailspin in U.S.-Turkey relations

Turkey is a key NATO ally to the United States, but the countries' bilateral relationship has become quite strained.

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Iran test-fired anti-ship missile during drills last week: U.S. source

Iran test-fired a short-range anti-ship missile in the Strait of Hormuz during naval drills last week that Washington believes were aimed at sending a message as the United States reimposes sanctions on Tehran, a U.S. official said on Friday.

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A Canadian tweet in a Saudi king's court crosses a red line

For years, Canadian pressure on human rights in Saudi Arabia had elicited no more than a standard rejection. But all that changed last week, when a Canadian complaint was translated into Arabic and set off a diplomatic row.

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U.N. says it has credible reports that China holds million Uighurs in secret camps

A United Nations human rights panel said on Friday that it had received many credible reports that 1 million ethnic Uighurs in China are held in what resembles a "massive internment camp that is shrouded in secrecy."

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Colombia to ask U.N. for special envoy to manage Venezuelan migrant crisis

Colombia will ask the United Nations to designate a special envoy to coordinate humanitarian aid for the hundreds of thousands of Venezuelan migrants flooding into countries around the region, the foreign minister said on Friday.

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Zimbabwe's Chamisa challenges election result; inauguration halted

Zimbabwe's main opposition leader, Nelson Chamisa, filed a court challenge on Friday against President Emmerson Mnangagwa's election victory, halting Mnangagwa's planned Sunday inauguration.

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Cameroon probes video showing security forces apparently executing civilians

Cameroon's government said on Friday it would investigate a video that Amnesty International said shows security forces shooting at least a dozen unarmed people in the far north of the country, where they are battling Islamist militants.

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Colombia rebels must free kidnapped soldiers, police, Duque says

The Marxist ELN rebel group must free nine hostages and stop all criminal activity if it truly wants a peace deal, new Colombian President Ivan Duque said on Friday.

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Pope meets with Chilean bishop and victims' advocate over Church sex abuse

Pope Francis met in Rome on Friday with a Chilean bishop and a victims' advocate to discuss the Church sex abuse scandal in Chile and measures being taken to prevent it in the future.

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M&S in new phase of store closures

Seven more of the retailer's clothing shops will shut their doors for the last time on Saturday.

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