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Fight against illegal mining intensifies

Study: In some villages, 92 percent of people suffer from mercury poisoning

Scarred Yazidi boys escape Islamic State combat training

When nine-year-old Murad got the chance to flee from Islamic State - the group that repeatedly raped his mother and slaughtered or enslaved thousands from his Yazidi minority - he hesitated.

Dog rescuers move swiftly to kill 'dying business'

"It's a dying business," Gong In-young said on Wednesday as he watched US activists clear out the cages of the South Korean dog meat farm he has been running for the past decade.

Immigration center closure causes chaos at border

Asylum-seekers camp in Papua New Guinea ruled unconstitutional by court, ordered shut

Sikhs open temple after 73 years, risking attacks

An armed policeman stood guard outside the 300-year-old Sikh temple, known as a gurdwara, in northwest Pakistan. He kept a watchful eye on everyone who passed him on the narrow street, looking for a suspicious gesture, or a bulge beneath the clothes that hints at a hidden gun or a bomb.

State employees to work two days a week to reduce electricity usage

Venezuela's government ordered public workers on Tuesday to work a two-day week as an energy-saving measure in the crisis-hit South American country.

Clock tower repairs silence famous bell

It's so long to Big Ben's bongs - at least temporarily.

Experts say 'sad' to leave without answer

The foreign experts came to Mexico in March 2015 with the daunting task of helping investigators solve the mysterious disappearance of 43 students

Trump, Clinton trade barbs after wins

Pepper spray flies during Trump protest clash in California

2 Hindu teachers jailed for 'insulting Islam'

A court has jailed two teachers in southern Bangladesh for making derogatory comments about Islam and the Prophet Muhammad, invoking a rare law from the British colonial era that makes insulting any religion a crime.

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