Teen charged over Sydney bishop stabbing
A 16-year-old boy has been charged with a terrorism offense for allegedly stabbing an Assyrian church bishop in Sydney during a church service, Australian police said on Friday, as investigations continued into a riot after the knife attack. Syakir Jasnee reports.
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Iran ‘minimizing impact’ of Israeli strike: analyst
Israel launched an attack on Iranian soil on Friday, sources said, in the latest tit-for-tat exchange between the two arch foes, whose decades of shadow war has broken out into the open and threatened to drag the region deeper into conflict.
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Israel strikes targets in Iran: sources
Israel has attacked Iran, three people familiar with the matter said, as Iranian state media reported early on Friday that its forces had destroyed drones, days after Iran launched a retaliatory drone strike on Israel. Laila Davies reports.
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India starts voting in mammoth election
India began voting on Friday in the world's largest election as Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeks a historic third term in office on the back of growth, welfare, his personal popularity and Hindu nationalism. Ryan Chang has the details.
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Colombia faces water rationing as reservoirs dry up
Colombia has started rationing water to alleviate droughts wrought by the El Nino weather pattern, which has exacerbated the Andean country's dry season and caused reservoir levels to fall. Syakir Jasnee reports.
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Kenya's military chief killed in helicopter crash
Kenya's military chief, General Francis Ogolla, was among 10 people killed in a military helicopter crash shortly after take-off on Thursday, President William Ruto announced. The helicopter was visiting troops combating cattle rustling when it crashed minutes after takeoff, Ruto said. Devi Rajaram reports.
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Pro-Palestinian protesters detained in New York
Law enforcement officers broke up a protest at Columbia University on Thursday (April 18), arresting over 100 demonstrators who had occupied a campus lawn in support of the Palestinian people.
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India's remote areas gear up for general election
India's remotest areas on Thursday (April 18) geared up for the world's largest general election on Friday (April 19).
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Bon Jovi premieres their new docuseries in London
Legendary musician Jon Bon Jovi and documentary director Gotham Chopra share the journey behind "Thank You, Goodnight: The Bon Jovi Story," a series about Bon Jovi's 40-year career and recent health struggles, at the London premiere on Wednesday (April 17).
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Mosque in Hindu holy land at centre of dispute as India votes
A mosque in the northern Indian city of Varanasi is at the center of a dispute between local Hindu and Muslim communities, with one side hoping to build a temple there, and the other side set on preventing the mosque's destruction. As Angela Johnston explains, the case is symbolic of longstanding tensions between both communities as India hosts the world's largest election.
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Walls collapse at Copenhagen's blaze-hit old stock exchange
Large parts of the outer walls of Denmark's landmark 400-year-old stock exchange building collapsed on Thursday (April 18) afternoon, two days after a fire ripped through the historic structure, said Jakob Vedsted Andersen, chief of the Copenhagen Fire Department.
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NATO working on more air defenses for Ukraine, Stoltenberg says
NATO is working to send more air defence systems to Ukraine, Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said on Thursday (April 18), adding that delays in providing such aid were harming Kyiv's efforts to resist Russia's attacks.
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Fossil found on British beach likely largest known marine reptile
A fossil jawbone found by a British girl and her father on a beach in Somerset, England belongs to a gigantic marine reptile from 202 million years ago that appears to have been among the largest animals ever on Earth. Kristy Kilburn reports.
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What Iran and Israel would wield in a long-range air war
Iran's weekend barrage on Israel demonstrated both the strength of its airborne armory and Israel's formidable, yet costly, defense systems. The attack brought renewed focus on both countries' airborne military capabilities. Emma Jehle explains.
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Gaza children yearn for school days before war
Traumatized 10-year-old students stare at their destroyed schools in Gaza, a grim reminder of the education and time with friends in the playground lost since the war erupted over six months ago. Lauren Anthony reports.
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Items from Princess Diana, John Lennon headed to auction
A letter written by Princess Diana and a portrait of John Lennon are among many items going up for auction in a British memorabilia sale next month, says Andrew Ewbank, a partner at Ewbank's Auction House.
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Meet the women fighting to relocate their Serbian village
Nearly two dozen women are at the center of a battle to have their village in eastern Serbia relocated away from a copper mine that they say has polluted their land and water and ruined the surrounding countryside. Olivia Zollino has more.
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UN chief says Middle East is on a 'knife-edge'
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday (April 18) said the Middle East is on a "knife-edge" during a Security Council meeting that is due to vote on a Palestinian bid for full U.N. membership.
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What caused the storm in Dubai?
A storm hit the United Arab Emirates this week bringing record rainfall that flooded highways, inundated houses, gridlocked traffic and trapped people in their homes. Olivia Chan explains what we know about the reasons behind the record rainfall and subsequent flooding in the UAE.
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Giant autonomous robot uses AI to scan warehouses
UK-based Dexory has developed giant autonomous robots to patrol warehouses and use artificial intelligence (AI) to scan its surroundings. Ilan Rubens reports.
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Dubai volunteers use kayaks to help stranded residents
Rahoul Bobe pushes his bright yellow kayak out of a residential building's garage in Dubai on Thursday (April 18) to help people get around in the city's flooded streets after a record storm saw a year's rain fall in a day. Bobe said he decided to use his kayak to assist those left stranded by the floods or in buildings where power and water has been cut off and people have no access to food.
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Scientists observe 'mass bleaching' of Kenya's coral reefs
Kenya's coral reef scientist Swaleh Aboud says that 60% of the corals his team observed off the Mombasa coast have bleached.
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Aung San Suu Kyi being used as 'human shield' says son
Kim Aris said on Thursday (April 18) in an interview with Reuters that his mother was being used as a "human shield", after a Myanmar government spokesperson said that she had been moved from prison to house arrest. It was not immediately clear where Suu Kyi had been moved to. Junta spokesperson Zaw Min Tun did not respond to Reuters' requests for comment.
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Prince William back to public duties after Kate's diagnosis
Britain's Prince William returned to public duties on Thursday (April 18) for the first time since his wife Kate revealed she was undergoing preventative chemotherapy for cancer.
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Russian villagers build homemade dam to keep out floods
As floods engulfed large parts of central Russia, residents of one village defied advice to flee their homes and started building a homemade dike. Vanesse Chan reports.
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