Reuters
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Legal Battles To Test Trump And His Immigration Ban
President Donald Trump's temporary immigration ban faced on Monday the first of several crucial legal hurdles.
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Turkey Detains Some 400 Islamic State Suspects In Biggest Roundup
Turkish police on Sunday detained some 400 suspected members of Islamic State in anti-terror raids in six provinces, state media said, the biggest roundup to target the organisation in Turkey.
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'I Believe In Passion For Inclusion.' Will Lady Gaga Use Her Super Bowl Show To Attack Trump?
Lady Gaga has revealed few details of what viewers can expect from her much anticipated Super Bowl halftime show, but the outspoken singer assured she would remain true to her beliefs and passions.
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Law Used To Imprison Egyptians Draws Scrutiny
Rights activists are trying to force Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to throw out a law used by his government to imprison thousands of Egyptians and sentence hundreds to death by arguing that it was overturned as far back as 1928.
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German Magazine Sparks Furor With Image Of Trump Beheading Statue Of Liberty
German weekly magazine Der Spiegel has sparked controversy at home and abroad on Saturday with a front cover illustration of U.S. President Donald Trump beheading the Statue of Liberty.
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Philippine Catholic Church to slam 'reign of terror' behind war on drugs
The Philippines' Catholic Church will assail President Rodrigo Duterte's war on drugs for creating a "reign of terror" among the poor, in sermons to be read at services across the country this weekend.
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Ukraine, Separatists Say More Civilians Killed In Eastern Flare-up
Ukrainian authorities and pro-Russian separatists accused each other on Thursday of carrying out fresh artillery attacks on frontline residential areas in eastern Ukraine.
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Trump To Focus Counter-Extremism Programme Solely On Muslims
The Trump administration wants to revamp and rename a US government programme designed to counter all violent ideologies so that it focuses solely on Islamist extremism.
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Fired: Trump Dumps Top Lawyer Who Defied Immigration Order
It was another dramatic twist in the unusually raucous roll-out of Trump's directive that put a 120-day hold on allowing refugees into the country.
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Canada's PM Says Mosque Shooting A 'Terrorist Attack On Muslims'
Six people were killed and eight wounded when gunmen opened fire at a Quebec City mosque during Sunday night prayers.
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Pakistan Acquits 112 In Case Of Torching Christian Homes
A Pakistani court acquitted 112 suspects in the 2013 torching of hundreds of Christian homes in the eastern city of Lahore
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French Foreign Minister Says Accepting Refugees 'Is A Duty'
Consideration for the plight of refugees is a duty, and fear of terrorism is not a legitimate reason to refuse them sanctuary, the French foreign minister said on Sunday.