Iran court upholds jail term for UK-Iranian aid worker
An Iranian appeals court has upheld a one-year prison term for British-Iranian aid worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe on security offences
The military and civilian groups have been sharing power in an uneasy alliance since the toppling of long-standing President Omar al-Bashir in 2019
Asma, 8, was burned by a tear-gas canister thrown by American forces as she and her family waited to get inside Kabul airport to flee to the US
Police formally declare the fatal stabbing of lawmaker David Amess a terrorist episode, with a potential link to Islamist extremism
The United States and representatives of the European Union have pressured other ASEAN leaders to exclude the military leader, an official says
Four women and one man aged between 50 and 70 were killed in the bow-and-arrow attack in Kongsberg
Police say it is a terrorist attack probably linked to Islamist extremism
The Pentagon offered unspecified amounts to relatives of the 10 civilians who died in Aug 29 attack and agreed to help relocate those who want to move to the US
David Amess was receiving treatment at the scene after being stabbed multiple times
A large explosion tears through a Shi'ite mosque in the country’s southern city of Kandahar during Friday prayers
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The partially eclipsed sun rises behind the Statue of Liberty in New York City, New York, US, early on June 10, 2021.
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A man uses a monocular to cast a reflection of a partial solar eclipse on a paper in Ronda, southern Spain, June 10, 2021
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Partial solar eclipse is seen above the horizon in Avon-by-the-Sea, New Jersey, U.S., June 10, 2021
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People watch the partial solar eclipse from Brorfelde Observatory at Toelloese in Denmark June 10, 2021.
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Birds fly as solar eclipse is observed in the morning in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada June 10, 2021
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A person watches the partial solar eclipse from Brorfelde Observatory at Toelloese in Denmark June 10, 2021
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Officers closed off Victoria Park, where the annual vigil to mark the anniversary is normally held
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Far fewer people came out in the streets than in past years
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Aerial views showed the huge gathering in Victoria Park in 2019
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People gathered with candles or turned on the lights on their phones near the park in the evening
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Officers were out in force and sought to disperse any crowds
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Huge crowds usually gather in Hong Kong's Victoria Park each year to mark the anniversary of the massacre
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But the numbers of people were far smaller this year
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Toshihiko Osawa, 67, the third-generation owner of the traditional sweet shop "Kintaro Ame" poses for a photograph at his shop in Tokyo, Japan, May 5, 2021. "If there aren't any spectators, there won't be as much tension and thrill for the athletes," said Osawa. "To have spectators and have everybody yelling is nicer."
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Isao Kawada, 77, a retiree, poses for a portrait as he visits a public bathhouse Daikoku-yu, in Tokyo, Japan, May 7, 2021. Kawada, who will only receive his first vaccine on July 2, said he still wanted the Games to go ahead. "We should have them. After all, everybody looked forward to them," he said. "There's just no excitement. The mood now is almost like a wake."
