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Next Friday's poll will be between hardliner Saeed Jalili and rival Masoud Pezeshkian, seen as a ref
Preschool teacher Carissa got tested as soon as she heard her former pupil, 5 year old Ezra, needed
US President Joe Biden has spoken at a rally in North Carolina - his first public event since he str
After president Joe Biden's faltering performance in the TV debate with Donald Trump there are calls
Joe Biden and Donald Trump will be using the stage at the CNN debate in Atlanta to try and convince
He is thought to organise illegal boat crossings between France and the UK, including a trip in Apri
The president of Bolivia, Luis Arce, seems to have defeated a military coup attempt in the city. He
The court on the island of Saipan is expected to allow the Wikileaks founder, Julian Assange, to wal
Julian Assange has for years fought extradition to the United States, accused of leaking a huge quan
The head of the UN children's agency says Sudan is one of the worst places in the world for children
Footage posted on social media show people shooting at police cars. Among the dead are 15 police of
Gunmen in the southern Russian republic have killed police officers and a priest in what officials a
The Supreme Court has ordered a retrial for Toomaj Salehi who was sentenced to death after speaking
When Celia's daughter asked about regrets, she posted a message about a puffin sweater she wished sh
Court in Switzerland sentences four members of the billionaire family to jail for exploiting domesti
Lobby groups say at least 200 people were injured and more than 100 arrested across Kenya. Protester
The US ambassador to China tells the BBC that despite a competitive relationship, the two countries
Demonstrators, many of them young, were armed only with their smart phones. Police in Nairobi came o
Many of the most brutal cases took place in Aleppo between 2011 and 2013. Also: hundreds of people a
Accord signed on Vladimir Putin's first visit to Pyongyang in more than twenty years. Kim Jong-un sa
