Thailand to free refugee Bahraini footballer after extradition bid dropped

Thailand will free by the end of Monday a refugee Bahraini footballer with residency status in Australia who was arrested more than two months ago, a prosecutor in the case said, after Bahrain abandoned its bid to seek his extradition.

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'It's like Indira's come back': Sister of Indian opposition chief makes debut

Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, the popular sister of the head of India's main opposition Congress party, made her political debut on Monday with a roadshow drawing thousands in the most populous state months before a general election due by May.

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Virginia Democrats float impeachment against lieutenant governor

A draft resolution calling for the impeachment of Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax, a Democrat, has been circulating among Virginia Democrats over allegations of sexual assault, and might be introduced as soon as Monday.

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Nigeria election 2019: Mapping a nation in nine charts

The BBC maps the challenges facing Nigeria as it approaches a presidential election 20 years after the end of military rule.

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Rouhani says Iran to continue expanding its military might, missile work: TV

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Monday that Iran was determined to expand its military power and ballistic missile program despite mounting pressure from hostile countries to curb Iran's defensive work, state TV reported.

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Hakeem al-Araibi: Thailand to free refugee footballer

Bahraini Hakeem al-Araibi, who has asylum in Australia, was detained in November while on honeymoon.

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Facebook expanding fact-checking in India before election

Facebook Inc said on Monday it is expanding its fact-checking network in India ahead of the country's general election due by May, taking another step to quell the spread of misinformation in its biggest market by users.

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Country artist wins album of the year at Grammys

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Dua Lipa, Lady Gaga and Kacey Musgraves dominate Grammys

Dua Lipa wins best new artist and country star Kacey Musgraves gets best album at a female-first Grammys.

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Reddit backlash over 'China tech funding'

Redditors flooded the site with snarky posts after reports of funding from Chinese tech giant Tencent.

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Indonesian police use snake to scare Papuan man

Police admit using a snake on a handcuffed Papuan to make him confess to stealing mobile phones.

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Alen Stajcic: Sacked Australia coach fights to clear name

Australia women's football boss Alen Stajcic was dismissed in January over "culture concerns".

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Haiti protesters call on President Jovenel Moise to quit

Four people have died in four days of protests calling on President Jovenel Moise to step down.

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Virginia blackface scandal: Ralph Northam vows to stay as governor

Ralph Northam vows to keep his spot as governor of Virginia in an interview with US media.

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Australia PM seeks to block bill on sick asylum seekers

A divisive new bill could let sick asylum seekers in offshore centres get treatment in Australia.

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Escobares, Texas: Life in the poorest city in the US

More than half the population in Escobares, Texas, live below the poverty line.

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The 1950s car turning heads in Syria

Neither war nor the Islamic state has stopped Abu Malek driving his 1952 DeSoto Powermaster Classic car across Syria.

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Endurance: Search for Shackleton's lost ship begins

Scientists hope to discover one of the most famous ships in Antarctic exploration history this week.

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A toxic crisis in America’s coal country

Families in West Virginia say the coal mines have poisoned their water. Now they're fighting back.

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When parents sue their children for support

A handful of Asian countries allow parents to take legal action against their children who fail to support them.

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What's happening this week?

A doubly historic moon mission is on the way, and the details of two scandals should be revealed.

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Holocaust row taints Hungary's House of Fates museum project

Hungarian Jews are divided over a new Holocaust museum - and it remains empty.

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Iran revolution: 'I wore a hijab and head-banged to Nirvana'

Three generations of women in Iran reflect on how the 1979 Islamic Revolution changed their lives.

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The Albanian bunkers built in the midst of the Cold War

Around half a million concrete domed bunkers were built in Albania - and many of them still exist today.

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Thailand considers dropping Bahraini footballer extradition: prosecution source

Thailand's attorney general is considering withdrawing a case for the extradition of jailed Bahraini footballer Hakeem Al Araibi, who has refugee status in Australia, a prosecution source with knowledge of the case said on Monday.

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Acting Pentagon chief lands in Afghanistan, supports Kabul role in peace talks

Acting U.S. defense secretary Patrick Shanahan arrived in Afghanistan on Monday and said it was important the Afghan government is involved in talks, from which it has so far been excluded, to end the 17-year-old war.

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U.N. says grain stores in Yemen's Hodeidah 'at risk of rotting'

The U.N. special envoy to Yemen on Monday said the urgency of accessing grain stores trapped in a frontline position in the port city of Hodeidah was increasing as the food was "at risk of rotting".

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U.S. destroyers sail in disputed South China Sea amid trade tensions

Two U.S. warships sailed near islands claimed by China in the South China Sea on Monday, a U.S. official told Reuters, a move likely to anger Beijing at a time of tense relations between the world's two biggest economies.

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China angered as U.S. navy ships enter South China Sea

China's foreign ministry expressed anger on Monday after two U.S. warships sailed near islands claimed by China in the disputed South China Sea.

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Indonesia police apologise for using snake in Papua interrogation

Indonesian police have apologised and pledged disciplinary action after officers draped a live snake around the neck of a suspect to persuade him to confess during an interrogation session in the easternmost area of Papua.

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How Greece's PM hopes to solve his election riddle

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has been implementing his re-election strategy to the letter over the past six months, steering Greece out of a humiliating bailout and resolving a decades-old dispute with neighboring Macedonia.

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Dementia patient over-medicated and bruised when he died, widow tells Australian aged care inquiry

An elderly man suffering Parkinson's Disease and dementia was given 10 times his medication and had unexplained bruising when he died at an Australian aged care facility, his widow told an inquiry into the A$20 billion ($14 billion) aged care sector.

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