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Internet giant Baidu flagged in China porn crackdown

China's search engine giant Baidu has been urged to clean up improper content after its online storage service was found to have pornographic files.

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Western powers move to help displaced Iraqis in troubled areas

The United States, Britain and France have begun to offer food, water and other badly needed supplies to displaced civilians stranded by Islamic State (IS) militants in mountainous northern Iraq.

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China eyes villages in property registration

Chinese authorities on Sunday issued a notice to step up registration of rural land use rights and property above the land, along with such efforts in cities.

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Iraqi ethnic minorities flee in droves from violence

Hundreds of thousands of Iraq's religious and ethnic minorities, faced with death threats and forced conversions, have begun their exodus from their regional homelands since Islamic State militants seized their towns and villages in northern Iraq early in June.

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Israel accepts 72-hour truce

​Israel accepted the Egyptian proposal to conduct another 72-hour ceasefire starting from Monday at 1:00 a.m. local time, an Israeli official said.

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China, ASEAN able to safeguard South China Sea's peace: FM

​China and the ASEAN are totally able to safeguard well the peace and stability of South China Sea, said Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Sunday.

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Kurds retake two towns from IS in northern Iraq

Kurds retake two towns from IS in northern Iraq​Kurdish forces retook two towns from the Islamic State militants in northern Iraq on Sunday as the U.S. military continued to launch airstrikes against targets of the extremist group, local media reported.

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Spanish Ebola victim receiving experimental treatment

​The family of the Spanish priest, who was flown home from Liberia earlier in the week after being confirmed as suffering from Ebola, is receiving the experimental "ZMapp" treatment to combat his illness, it was confirmed by the Spanish press on Sunday.

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Turkish PM Erdogan set to win 1st direct presidential election

​Presidential hopeful and Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is set to become Turkey's first popularly-elected president after unofficial ballot counting credited him with more than half the vote, local media said on Sunday.

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Pakistani religious leader announces "Revolution March"

Pakistani religious leader announces "Revolution March"

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Malaysia Airlines shares suspend trading

Malaysian stock exchange said on Friday that Malaysia Airlines (MAS) suspended its shares from trading, pending for an announcement.

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Relief goods pour into Yunnan quake zone

Trucks loaded with tents, generators, water and food are pouring into quake-hit areas of southwest China's Yunnan Province as traffic conditions have improved.

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John Kerry holds meetings with Afghan presidential candidates

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, who arrived in Afghanistan Thursday night, has met presidential candidates Abdullah Abdullah and his opponent Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai separately.

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Rockets fired from Gaza into Israel as ceasefire expires

Rockets were fired on Friday morning from the Gaza Strip into southern Israel after a 72-hour ceasefire between Israel and the Hamas-led militants ended.

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Tribunal sentences 2 Khmer Rouge leaders to life

The United Nations war crimes tribunal convicted two aging former top leaders of the Democratic Kampuchea, also known as Khmer Rouge, of atrocity crimes against humanity and sentenced them to life in prison, according to a verdict pronounced by the tribunal's president Nil Nonn on Thursday.

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Cambodian opposition MPs attend session for 1st time after boycott

​All fifty-five Members of Parliaments (MPs) from the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) attended a parliamentary session for the first time on Friday after they had boycotted the parliament for 10 months following a disputed election results in July last year.

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Obama authorizes targeted airstrikes, airdrops of aid in Iraq

U.S. President Barack Obama said Thursday evening that he has authorized targeted airstrikes and airdrops of aid in Iraq amid a humanitarian crisis.