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ISTANBUL (Reuters) - The Turkish military carried out airstrikes in northern Iraq's Avasin Basyan region on Saturday, killing four Kurdish militants, it said on its official Twitter account. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2KwltzX

MUMBAI (Reuters) - Thousands of people took to the streets in central India this week demanding the death penalty for assailants who raped a seven-year-old girl lured away from school as she waited to be picked up by her parents. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2MAEIWB

CAIRO (Reuters) - An Egyptian court on Saturday delayed a final ruling in a case against 739 people involved in a 2013 sit-in protest that was broken up by security forces, saying defendants could not be transferred to the court due to "security concerns". from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2KAiC99

PRAGUE (Reuters) - The Czech Communist Party agreed on Saturday to help a minority cabinet led by Prime Minister Andrej Babis survive a vote of confidence, clearing the way for the billionaire businessman to govern after winning an election in October. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2MA35Uc

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The last time a great white shark was spotted near Spain's Balearic Islands was in 1976. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2KzZ55z

An Australian university advert is mocked for showing a man holding forth to five silent women. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2ySU7zy

ROME (Reuters) - Italy's new government barred a migrant rescue ship from docking at its ports on Friday, in its third such refusal this month, hours after a tense meeting of European leaders over migration ended. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2tH5NQA

SAKATA, Japan (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump has declared North Korea is no longer a threat, but that doesn't make the Japanese fishermen of Sakata feel any easier as they leave port for the peak fishing season. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2KwB3f4

AMMAN/BEIRUT (Reuters) - The Syrian army seized more towns in the southwest on Saturday, as air strikes pounded others that still held out against the rapid offensive and rebels said they had begun negotiating peace terms through the government's ally Russia. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2N8XTYq

CHIANG RAI, Thailand (Reuters) - Having failed to find any sign of 12 boys and their soccer coach during a week-long search of flooded cave complex in northern Thailand, rescuers held out hope on Saturday that the group could have found safety on a rocky mound in one of the chambers. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2yW1BS7

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DUBAI (Reuters) - U.S. economic pressure on Iran is intended to turn Iranians against their government, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was quoted as saying on Saturday by his website, as Iran faces a likely reimposition of U.S. sanctions. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2lHX1xn

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