Australia recognizes west Jerusalem as Israel's capital, embassy not moving yet

Australia formally recognizes west Jerusalem as Israel's capital, reversing decades of Middle East policy, but will not move its embassy there immediately, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Saturday.

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Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke will leave his post at end of year, President Trump confirms

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Climate change: COP24 deal to bring Paris pact to life

Nearly 200 nations agree rules on implementing 2015 Paris agreement at UN climate talks in Poland.

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Ranil Wickremesinghe: Sri Lanka reinstates ousted prime minister

Ranil Wickremesinghe is sworn into office, two months after his sacking sparked a political crisis.

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Catholic priest at teenager's funeral condemns suicide

Father Don LaCuesta questioned whether the 18-year-old man would enter heaven, horrifying his family.

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Ryan Zinke: US interior secretary to leave administration

Former Navy Seal Ryan Zinke has been embroiled in a series of alleged ethics violations.

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Nicaragua police beat journalists, reports

The reported beatings come during a protest by journalists against police raids on their offices.

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Cyclone Owen downgraded, but could reform off Queensland

Cyclone Owen has been downgraded to a tropical low, but storm and flood warnings remain in place.

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US returns looted bells to Philippines after 117 years

The Balangiga church bells have been returned to the Philippines, 117 years after the US seized them.

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Baby trafficking: 'They stole my son from me'

In Spain, hundreds of mothers are looking for a son or a daughter. They believe their child was stolen at birth and then given away or sold.

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Egypt: 'One of a kind' tomb found in Saqqara

The tomb, filled with hieroglyphs and statues, has been untouched for 4,440 years.

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Chi Modu has photographed hip hop's biggest artists

Nigerian-born Chi Modu on why documenting black musicians is so important.

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Monkey business and a rainbow duck

Some stories you may have missed this week.

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How the global trade in tear gas is booming

In the last decade, there has been a rising use of tear gas by security forces around the world.

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Russia-Ukraine sea clash leaves Mariupol port deserted

A vast trading port in Ukraine lies mostly empty, after a sea-clash when Russia seized three boats.

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Egypt tomb: Saqqara 'one of a kind' discovery revealed

Archaeologists in Egypt unveil the tomb of a high priest, untouched for 4,400 years.

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How a country suddenly went ‘crazy rich’

Indonesia, the nation with the world's largest Muslim population, has a rapidly growing middle class - and some very rich people with money to burn.

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How a South African shepherd found a dinosaur graveyard

Dumangwe Thyobeka made a huge fossil find as he was tending to his family cemetery in rural South Africa.

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Cold weather, Croatian police stop migrants at EU frontier

Harsh weather conditions and tight police border controls have stopped thousands of migrants from attempting to cross into Croatia at the European Union's Balkan frontier, leaving them stuck in impoverished Bosnia until spring.

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Europe must fight illiberal forces, Draghi warns

The spread of illiberal ideology is threatening the euro but it is an illusion that leaving it would offer an easier path, European Central Bank President Mario Draghi said on Saturday.

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US returns looted Balangiga church bells to Philippines

The three Balangiga church bells return to the Philippines after 117 years in US possession.

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'Yellow-vest' protesters gather on Paris Champs-Elysées

Demonstrators across France have defied calls from the French government for them to stay at home.

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British minister warns Brexit is stuck as no-deal or referendum loom

Britain's exit from the European Union was heading for an impasse, one senior minister said on Saturday, after a week in which Prime Minister Theresa May failed to win EU assurances on her deal and pulled a vote because UK lawmakers would defeat it.

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Thousands of 'yellow vests' hit French streets in fifth Saturday of protests

Thousands of protesters took to the streets of French cities on Saturday in the fifth weekend of nationwide demonstrations against Emmanuel Macron's government, despite calls to hold off after a shooting in Strasbourg earlier this week.

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China pledges to help Afghanistan and Pakistan bridge divisions

China pledged to help Afghanistan and Pakistan overcome longstanding suspicions, as officials from the three nations met on Saturday in the latest round of diplomacy aimed at opening talks with the Taliban to end the Afghan war.

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Israel destroys house of Palestinian charged with killing soldier

Israeli forces on Saturday demolished the family home of a Palestinian charged with killing an Israeli soldier in the occupied West Bank, the military and witnesses said.

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Sri Lanka PM Rajapaksa resigns amid government shut down fears

Sri Lanka's embattled Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa resigned on Saturday, only a month and a half after taking office and giving the country's president political space to prevent an imminent government shutdown.

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Ethnic violence in southern Ethiopia kills 21, wounds 61 - state news

Heavy fighting between ethnic groups in southern Ethiopia has killed at least 21 people and wounded 61, its state news agency said on Saturday, amid escalating violence that has sent hundreds fleeing across the border to neighboring Kenya.

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African Union force says not involved in arrest of ex-Shabaab leader

African Union peacekeepers did not help in the arrest of a former al Shabaab leader that led to clashes in which 11 people were killed, the AU force said, following a report that Ethiopian members of the force had been involved.

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Qatar says Gulf Arab bloc needs reform to give it teeth

Qatar said on Saturday it remained committed to the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) but the bloc needed to enforce its own rules better, signaling a reformed alliance could help end a row between Doha and some of its neighbors.

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Britain's Hunt says version of PM May's deal can get through parliament

Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt said on Saturday that the British parliament could back Prime Minister Theresa May's deal if lawmakers received assurances from the European Union, but warned that a no deal Brexit was still on the table.

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Eleven die, more than 90 fall sick after eating temple food in India

Eleven people including two children died and more than 90 were hospitalized after consuming a religious food offering at a temple in the southern Indian state of Karnataka, police said on Saturday, calling it a suspected case of mass food poisoning.

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