Russian naval build-up as Assad set for assault
Russia has deployed several frigates to the Mediterranean via the Bosphorus, an analysis of shipping traffic has shown, part of what a Russian newspaper called Moscow's largest naval build-up since it entered the Syrian conflict in 2015.

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The Yazidi who fled her Isil captor and found him a free man in Stuttgart
There was no mistaking the man standing just a few feet away. Ashwaq Ta'lo would never forget the smell of his breath, his wiry beard, that distinctive gait. She had spent three months as his slave, after all.

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Hundreds of tourists evacuated from popular Egyptian hotel after couple's deaths
Thomas Cook said it was evacuating all 301 of its customers from a hotel in Egypt's popular Red Sea resort of Hurghada as a precautionary measure after two of its holidaymakers died in circumstances it said were still unclear.

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Xi Jinping: US-China trade war will produce no winnersXi Jinping: US-China trade war will produce no winners
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Countries which embrace protectionism are "doomed to failure", China's Xi Jinping has warned in a veiled swipe at the US's America First policy.

Mr Xi was speaking at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) summit, where US-Chinese tensions are likely to be centre stage.

US Vice-President Mike Pence later said he was

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Why has a Hindu temple divided India's womenWhy has a Hindu temple divided India's women
Image copyrightGetty ImagesImage caption Many of those protesting against women entering the temple are women themselves

It's been more than a month since India's Supreme Court revoked a ban on women aged between 10 and 51 entering a prominent Hindu temple in southern India. Yet no women have been able to enter

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Khmer Rouge verdict: 'I live next to my torturer'Khmer Rouge verdict: 'I live next to my torturer'
Image copyrightECCCImage caption Soy Sen testifies at the Khmer Rouge Tribunal in 2015

After 12 years in operation, the UN-backed Khmer Rouge Tribunal in Cambodia on Friday delivered what will likely be its final verdict. But away from the courtroom, some survivors of one of the 20th Century's greatest horrors

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