Can World Cup's tiniest nation stop world's greatest player?
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Muslims in Seychelles mark end of Ramadan with Eid-ul-Fitr celebration
Muslims in Seychelles joined the global Islamic community in Eid-ul-Fitr celebrations Friday to mark the end of the fasting month of Ramadan. For the fifth consecutive year, various Islamic groups in the archipelago of 95,000 people came together at ‘Stad Popiler’ in the capital, Victoria. Imam Ahsan Haleem, a Maldivian, said that people should hold [...]
23 Presidential candidates cleared for Zimbabwe's July vote
A record 23 presidential candidates were cleared on Thursday to run in Zimbabwe's elections due on July 30, including incumbent Emmerson Mnangagwa and young opposition leader Nelson Chamisa, the country's electoral commission announced. It is the first election in Zimbabwe since veteran leader Robert Mugabe was ousted following a brief military takeover in November last [...]
China holds missile drills in South China Sea amid heightened tension
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's navy carried out drills in the South China Sea to simulate fending off an aerial attack, state media said on Friday, as the country trades barbs with the United States over responsibility for heightened tension in the disputed waterway. Source: Reuters World News
Knife attacker sentenced to life by a Finnish court
HELSINKI (Reuters) - A Finnish court sentenced Abderrahman Bouanane, a failed Moroccan asylum seeker, to life in prison on Friday for stabbing two women to death and wounding eight other people last year in the Nordic country's first militant Islamist attack. Source: Reuters World News
'Total isolation': Venezuelan lawmaker tells of time in Maduro's jails
CARACAS (Reuters) - A year and a half in Venezuela's feared prison system, deprived of food and water, caused opposition lawmaker Gilber Caro to lose 18 kg (40 lb), about a fifth of his body weight, he said. Source: Reuters World News
Millie Bobby Brown leaves Twitter amid cyberbulling
Millie Bobby Brown has deactivated her Twitter account after becoming the target of a cruel hashtag and meme. Source: Latest CNN News
Watch man steal Banksy artwork
Surveillance video shows a man entering an exhibition and dart away clutching a Banksy print. Source: Latest CNN News
Chinese cyber attacks on Taiwan government becoming harder to detect: source
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Cyber attacks from China on Taiwan's government computers are becoming more difficult to detect, a source close to government discussions said, as hackers increasingly use online platforms such as search engines to break into systems. Source: Reuters World News
Pakistani Taliban leader killed in air strike in Afghanistan near border
KABUL/PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - Pakistani Taliban leader Mullah Fazlullah has been killed in a U.S.-Afghan air strike in Afghanistan, a senior Afghan Defence Ministry official said on Friday, a killing likely to ease tension between the United States and Pakistan. Source: Reuters World News