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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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Save The Children has estimated 85,000 Yemeni children under the age of five may have died of hunger and disease since the outbreak of the country's civil war in 2015.
SaveThe Children has estimated 85,000 Yemeni children under the age of five may have died of hunger and disease since the outbreak of the country's civil war in 2015.
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South Korean pastor Lee Jae-rock jailed for raping followersSouth Korean pastor Lee Jae-rock jailed for raping followers
Image copyrightJUNG YEON-JEImage caption Lee stood with his eyes closed as the judgement was read out

A South Korean pastor has been sentenced to 15 years in jail for raping eight female followers of his mega-church.

Lee Jae-rock, 75, has about 130,000 followers at the Mamin Central Church in Seoul. He denied all

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