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NORTH KOREA: Kim Jong-un leaves for Vietnam by train

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has departed for Hanoi by train for talks with US President Donald Trump. He arrived at the Chinese border city of Dan

ISRAEL: Pope compares child sex abuse to human sacrifice

Pope Francis has promised concrete action to tackle child sex abuse at the end of a Roman Catholic Church summit on paedophilia. Clergy guilty of abus

BANGLADESH: Passenger plane forced to land in ‘hijack attempt’

An airliner flying from the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka to Dubai has been forced to make an emergency landing following a hijack attempt, local media re

AFGHANISTAN: Civilian deaths at record high – UN

More civilians were killed last year in Afghanistan than at any time since records have been kept, according to a new report from the UN. There were 3

BURKINA FASI: Africa’s largest film festival turns 50

Some 100,000 people are expected to attend 450 screenings over the next week at the Fespaco film festival in Burkina Faso. Since Fespaco began 50 year