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Child bride auction in South Sudan goes viral, sparks anger

Photos posted on Facebook show the 17-year-old bride sitting beside the groom, wearing a lavish dress and staring despondently at the floor.

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China allows U.S. aircraft carrier to dock amid military tensions

Beijing has demanded the U.S. cease military activity of all kind near its South China Sea island claims that it has been rapidly fortifying.

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Bow-and-arrow tribe kills American on remote island, police in India say

The protected Sentinelese people are known to resist contact with outsiders, often attacking anyone who comes near.

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For every child killed by Yemen's war, 'dozens are starving to death'

Fighting and a Saudi-led blockade have created the world's worst humanitarian crisis, with more than 8 million people at risk of starvation.

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Putin loyalist loses bid to run Interpol after U.S. lobbying campaign

The vacancy arose after the international crime agency's previous president was detained in China.

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Some of the bombs being dropped on poor Yemenis — including on the school bus where 40 children died in August 2018 — were made in America. So were the planes from which they are being dropped.

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U.N. environment chief quits over travel expense report

His carbon footprint was high.

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Parkland shooting survivors receive peace prize from Desmond Tutu

"I am in awe of these children," Tutu said at the ceremony on Tuesday.

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At least 40 killed in Kabul explosion

More than 60 other people in the Afghanistan capital were injured in the blast.

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Italy orders seizure of ship that's rescued 30,000 migrants in the Med

The vessel became a symbol of restrictions on aid groups when it was stranded at sea for 10 days after being refused permission to dock by Italy and Malta.

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Saudi school textbooks teach teens hatred, violence, anti-Semitism

"The U.S. cannot look the other way while Saudi Arabia features anti-Semitic hate speech year after year," the ADL's CEO said.

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Hip-hop fan could be 1st American world chess champion since Bobby Fischer

The game has evolved into a pay-per-view spectator sport that rivals the likes of boxing since the Bobby Fischer era.

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Israel's interior minister should be charged with money laundering, police say

He was previously sentenced to three years in prison for bribery, fraud and breach of trust in 2000 during his previous stint in the role in the 1990s.

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Three Australians accused of planning attack targeting 'crowded place'

Prosecutors say the police investigation involved intercepts of 17,000 phone calls and 10,500 text messages plus 7,800 hours of other covert recordings.

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Some Saudi royals turn against crown prince, Reuters sources say

The House of Saud is made up of hundreds of princes. Unlike typical European monarchies, there is no automatic succession from father to eldest son.

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Airbnb plans to remove listings in Israeli West Bank settlements

The company said it will take down some 200 listings and cease its operations in Israeli settlements "that are at the core of the dispute between the Israelis and Palestinians."

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Teenage Formula 3 driver in surgery after her horrific crash

"It was nearly a rocket. Surviving was incredible," Frits van Amersfoort, the owner of Van Amersfoort Racing, said.

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Khashoggi's killing is elephant in room as Saudi king gives rare speech

The Saudi monarch instead reiterated his support for his son's signature initiative to turn around around the oil-dependent economy and cut unemployment.

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World Toilet Day highlights global sanitation crisis

One in five primary schools and one in eight secondary schools globally do not have any toilets, the group WaterAid said in a new report.

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'Talents and skills' will be the way into post-Brexit U.K., May says

The British PM said "engineers from Sydney or software developers from Delhi" would no longer find themselves in line behind people from E.U. countries.