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Advanced Russian war plane crashes in Syria, killing two crew
MOSCOW (Reuters) - An advanced Russian multi-role fighter plane crashed in Syria on Thursday morning shortly after take-off, killing both members of its crew, the Russian military was cited as saying by Russian news agencies. Source: Reuters World News
Afghan president launches new ID cards amid row over ethnicity
KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan President Ashraf Ghani launched new electronic ID cards on Thursday and faced immediate opposition in his own government toward a system that has fueled bitter rows over ethnic politics only months before parliamentary elections are due. Source: Reuters World News
China installs cruise missiles on South China Sea outposts: CNBC
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - China has installed anti-ship cruise missiles and surface-to-air missile systems on three of its outposts in the South China Sea, U.S. news network CNBC reported on Wednesday, citing sources with direct knowledge of U.S. intelligence reports. Source: Reuters World News
Back to the future: Rejuvenating China pushes Marxism as 'true path'
BEIJING (Reuters) - With chat shows claiming "Marx was Right" and cartoons of his wild youth, China has gone to great lengths to show that the theories of German philosopher Karl Marx are still relevant today, ahead of the 200th anniversary of his birth on Saturday. Source: Reuters World News
German police raid migrant shelter after clashes
BERLIN (Reuters) - German police launched a raid on a migrant shelter on Thursday where three days ago 150 asylum seekers clashed with police and prevented the deportation of a 23-year-old man from Togo. Source: Reuters World News
Seychelles improves 2 spots to 85th in World Press Freedom rankings
Seychelles is ranked 85 out 180 countries in the 2018 World Press Freedom rankings, moving up and improving two places from last year. The index is compiled and published by Reporters Without Borders (RWB), a Paris-based non-governmental organisation. The release of the rankings coincides with World Press Freedom Day on May 3, a date which [...]
Widow of dissident Liu Xiaobo is losing hope of leaving China, friend says
BEIJING (Reuters) - Liu Xia, the widow of China's Nobel Peace Prize-winning dissident, Liu Xiaobo, is losing hope of leaving the country and says she may die there, a friend who recently spoke to her by telephone has said. Source: Reuters World News
Focus on human rights fades as U.S., South Korea pursue North Korea deal
SEOUL (Reuters) - Absent from last week's summit between the leaders of North and South Korea was Pyongyang's human rights record, and the issue appears to have faded from U.S. President Donald Trump's public agenda as he prepares for his own meeting with Kim Jong Un. Source: Reuters World News
Syrian rebels prepare to quit south Damascus
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Buses arrived in south Damascus on Thursday to transport Syrian rebels from an enclave they have surrendered there, but some fighters in another besieged area near Homs kept fighting despite an agreement to quit, a war monitor said. Source: Reuters World News