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Zimbabwe: Army chief accused of 'treasonable conduct'

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Catalan crisis: Spain's Rajoy vows to end 'separatist havoc'

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Japan's Party of Hope picks lower house lawmaker Tamaki as co-leader

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S. Korea's main opposition party urges former President Park to quit

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Jacinda Ardern is New Zealand's new - and youngest - Prime Minister

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Weakened Merkel scrambles to form government

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Austria elections: A swing to the right<br>

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Arrest warrants issued against Bangladeshi ex-PM Khaleda Zia

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Austrian populists expect to be kingmakers as politics turns to right

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Erdogan bids for crunch AKP reform targeting at 2019 elections

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Theresa May 'prepared to demote Boris Johnson in Cabinet reshuffle'

TheresaMayhassuggestedshewouldnotshyawayfromdemotingBorisJohnsonamidreportssheispreparingaCabinetreshuffle.ThePrimeMinisterhasfaceddownafreshcalltoresigninrecen

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Sympathy and daggers after British PM’s chaotic speech

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Pakistan's ruling party elects ousted PM as new chief

Pakistan'srulingMuslimLeague(PML-N)partyonTuesdayelectedoustedPrimeMinisterNawazSharifasitschiefweeksafterthecountry'stopcourtdisqualifiedhimfromholdinganypubli

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Pakistan's ruling party elects ousted PM Sharif as new chief

Pakistan'srulingMuslimLeague(PML-N)partyonTuesdayelectedoustedPrimeMinisterNawazSharifasitschiefweeksafterthecountry'stopcourtdisqualifiedhimfromholdinganypubli