Death toll in Baghdad protests rises to 19

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Iraqi protesters pressed on with angry anti-government rallies in the capital and across several provinces for a fifth day Saturday, setting government offices on fire and ignoring appeals for calm from political and religious leaders. Security agencies fatally shot 19 protesters and wounded more than three dozen in a sustained […]

North Korea breaks off nuclear talks with US in Sweden

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North Korea’s top negotiator said late on Saturday that working-level nuclear talks in Sweden between officials from Pyongyang and Washington had broken off, dashing prospects for an end to months of stalemate. The North’s chief nuclear negotiator, Kim Myong Gil, who spent much of the day in talks with an […]

UK police arrest climate activists before protests

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Police officers detain a man outside Lambeth County Court, during a raid on an Extinction Rebellion storage facility, in London. Reuters British police arrested climate change activists in London ahead of planned protests by Extinction Rebellion on Monday, the group and police said. “Pre-emptive arrests are taking place at one […]