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Iran says US bases and aircraft carriers within missile range
An Iranian Revolutionary Guards commander has said US bases in Afghanistan, the UAE and Qatar, and US aircraft carriers in the Gulf were within range of Iranian missiles, as tensions rise between Tehran and Washington.
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Carlos Ghosn: Nissan sacks chairman over cash scandalCarlos Ghosn: Nissan sacks chairman over cash scandal
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Carlos Ghosn has been ousted after nearly two decades at the helm of Japanese carmaker Nissan, following allegations of financial misconduct.

He has been accused by Nissan of under-reporting his salary and using company assets for personal use.

But some see it as part of the firm's attempt to rebalance power in its alliance

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John Allen Chau: Family forgive tribe who killed AmericanJohn Allen Chau: Family forgive tribe who killed American
Image copyrightInstagram/John ChauImage caption On 21 October, @johnachau posted that he was travelling to the region

The family of a US man reportedly killed by arrows fired by members of an endangered tribe in India's Andaman and Nicobar islands have said they forgive those who killed him.

In a statement, they

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India Kashmir: Fax machine fuels political crisisIndia Kashmir: Fax machine fuels political crisis
Image copyrightGetty ImagesImage caption Omar Abdullah (left) and Mehbooba Mufti (right) have staked a claim to form the government together

A dramatic day involving a broken fax machine and frenetic tweets ended with the dissolution of the state assembly in Indian-administered Kashmir.

An alliance of three rival

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Saudi women's rights activists 'tortured in jail'
Saudi Arabia has tortured and sexually harassed women's rights activists detained in prison, a new report alleges.
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Four times more jihadis in world now than on 9/11
Nearly four times as many Sunni Islamic militants are operating around the world today as on September 11, 2001, despite nearly two decades of US-led campaigns to combat al-Qa'ida and Isil, a new independent study has concluded.
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