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Papua New Guinea's National Court rules that police can arrest the country's Prime Minister on a charge of official corruption.
Topics: world-politics, law-crime-and-justice, corruption, papua-new-guinea, pacific
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Fiji's opposition parties and Amnesty International are concerned about the deportation of 77 Chinese nationals accused of running a fraud operation.
Topics: world-politics, immigration, police, law-crime-and-justice, fiji, china, asia, pacific
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US President Donald Trump launches his own news series via his Facebook, spruiking government achievements he says are ignored by "fake news" media.
Topics: company-news, information-and-communication, internet-culture, social-media, government-and-politics, world-politics
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Despite growing pressure from within his own party, British Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn refuses to condemn the authoritarian leadership of Venezuelan President Nicholas Maduro.
Topics: government-and-politics, world-politics, unrest-conflict-and-war, united-kingdom, venezuela
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Pamela Aoko lives with a bullet in her chest after being shot in post-election unrest in Kenya 10 years ago. As millions of Kenyans head to the polls amid fears of violence and rigging, the 26-year-old says she is praying for a peaceful vote.
Topics: elections, government-and-politics, world-politics, unrest-conflict-and-war, kenya
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| UpdatedUS President Donald Trump lashes out at a Democrat senator who has been pushing for legislation to prevent him from firing the special counsel leading the Russia investigation.
Topics: world-politics, government-and-politics, defence-and-national-security, united-states
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| UpdatedUS Secretary of State Rex Tillerson holds a door open for dialogue with North Korea, saying Washington is willing to talk if Pyongyang halts its missile tests.
Topics: donald-trump, world-politics, korea-democratic-people-s-republic-of, asia, united-states
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Israel is trying to close the offices of broadcaster Al Jazeera.
Topics: world-politics, israel
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Australia, the United States and Japan urge Southeast Asia and China to ensure that a code of conduct on the South China Sea they have committed to draw up will be legally binding.
Topics: world-politics, defence-and-national-security, philippines, australia, united-states, japan, china
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| UpdatedMore than 120 people have died in four months of protests in Venezuela. Here's how the country got into its current mess.
Topics: world-politics, venezuela
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| UpdatedNorth Korea vows harsh retaliation against the United States in response to new UN sanctions imposed after its intercontinental ballistic launches.
Topics: unrest-conflict-and-war, world-politics, united-states, asia
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| UpdatedHeadlines about sackings and legislative failures aren't the full picture. Donald Trump is actually getting things done, writes Bruce Wolpe.
Topics: donald-trump, world-politics, united-states
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US Vice-President Mike Pence vehemently denies a New York Times report that he is preparing to run for the presidency in 2020, calling the suggestion "disgraceful and offensive".
Topics: world-politics, government-and-politics, elections, united-states
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| UpdatedA senior US Republican visiting Australia for diplomatic talks says President Donald Trump is struggling with the limitations of a job he never expected to get.
Topics: us-elections, government-and-politics, world-politics, australia
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| UpdatedVenezuelan authorities arrest seven men and hunt for 10 others accused of participating in a "terrorist attack" against the Government of unpopular leftist President Nicolas Maduro.
Topics: world-politics, unrest-conflict-and-war, venezuela
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Israel plans to revoke the media credentials of Al Jazeera TV journalists, close its Jerusalem bureau and pull the Qatar-based station's broadcasts from local cable and satellite providers, Communications Minister Ayoub Kara says.
Topics: censorship, world-politics, unrest-conflict-and-war, israel
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| UpdatedFollowing a meeting with US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says he believes his American counterparts are ready to continue dialogue with Moscow on complex issues despite bilateral tensions.
Topics: world-politics, donald-trump, philippines, asia, united-states, russian-federation
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Three US marines are presumed dead after a military Osprey aircraft crashed off the coast of Queensland on Saturday. Here's what we know about the crash.
Topics: defence-and-national-security, defence-forces, world-politics, government-and-politics, shoalwater-4702, qld, australia, united-states
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| UpdatedDonald Trump is taking a 17-day break from the White House at his private golf club in New Jersey, but the US President insists the trip is "not a vacation".
Topics: donald-trump, person, world-politics, united-states
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| UpdatedThe former Russian ambassador to the US strongly denies accusations of meddling in the US presidential election.
Topics: world-politics, government-and-politics, donald-trump, us-elections, elections, russian-federation, united-states
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| UpdatedThe US President touts new sanctions the UN Security Council approved for North Korea, saying the ban of coal and other exports will have a "very big financial impact".
Topics: world-politics, nuclear-issues, unrest-conflict-and-war, united-states, korea-democratic-people-s-republic-of, korea-republic-of, china
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Russian President Vladimir Putin has stripped to his waist to brave the cold waters of a mountain lake as part of a three-day fishing and hunting trip in the Siberian wilderness.
Topics: world-politics, people, government-and-politics, russian-federation
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| UpdatedThe family of one of Syria's best-known democracy activists, Bassel Khatabil Safadi learnt this week that he was executed in 2015.
Topics: world-politics, unrest-conflict-and-war, death, people, syrian-arab-republic
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| UpdatedVenezuela's chief prosecutor is fired and ordered to stand trial, less than 24 hours after a newly elected legislative super-body was installed with sweeping powers to strengthen President Nicolas Maduro's grip on power.
Topics: world-politics, law-crime-and-justice, international-aid-and-trade, venezuela