ISIL holds pockets of territory in the deserts of eastern Syria and maintains its ability to strike inside Iraq. 
#MiddleEast #Iraq
Iraq builds fence along Syria border to block ISIL fighters
ISIL holds pockets of territory in the deserts of eastern Syria and maintains its ability to strike inside Iraq.www.aljazeera.com
Security fears are high in Zimbabwe after attack on President Mnangagwa's rally as country prepares to vote in July. 
#Zimbabwe #Africa #Elections
Zimbabwe's ZANU-PF and the security fears shaping run-up to poll
Security fears are high in Zimbabwe after attack on President Mnangagwa's rally as country prepares to vote in July.www.aljazeera.com
World powers signed the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons 50 years ago. 
#Politics #Nuclearweapons
What's the legacy of the 1968 treaty to ban nuclear arms?
World powers signed the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons 50 years ago.www.aljazeera.com
Plan to lift the pension age has drawn widespread criticism with the opposition leader Alexei Navalny calling for mass protests. 
#Europe #Russia #HumanRights
Protests across Russia over pension reforms
Plan to lift the pension age has drawn widespread criticism with the opposition leader Alexei Navalny calling for mass protests.www.aljazeera.com
Authorities hope separation of household waste for recycling will help solve landfill crisis in country's largest city. 
#Africa #SouthAfrica #Environment
S Africa: Johannesburg recycling initiative begins
Authorities hope separation of household waste for recycling will help solve landfill crisis in country's largest city.www.aljazeera.com
Leader of Merkel's Bavarian allies says he sees no alternative to turning migrants back at border, party sources say. 
#Politics #Europe #Germany
Germany: Hardline CSU leader 'unhappy' with Merkel migration plan
Leader of Merkel's Bavarian allies says he sees no alternative to turning migrants back at border, party sources say.www.aljazeera.com
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Attack underscores fragile security situation in the West African nation as it prepares to go to the polls on July 29. 
#Africa #Mali
Mali: Car bombing targeting French troops kills civilians
Attack underscores fragile security situation in the West African nation as it prepares to go to the polls on July 29.www.aljazeera.com
Policeman killed, 22 people wounded after suicide attacker blows up car outside storage facility, security sources say. 
#MiddleEast #Iraq
Iraq: Suicide bombing kills one near Kirkuk ballot box site
Policeman killed, 22 people wounded after suicide attacker blows up car outside storage facility, security sources say.www.aljazeera.com
The veteran leftist politician leads the opinion polls as Mexicans head to the ballot boxes on Sunday. 
#Mexico #LatinAmerica #Politics #Elections
Mexico: Who is Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador?
The veteran leftist politician leads the opinion polls as Mexicans head to the ballot boxes on Sunday.www.aljazeera.com
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Critics are divided, some say the bid is a rights violation and others say it not not sufficient to solve the problem. 
#Europe #France #Politics
France: New road speed limits draw criticism
Critics are divided, some say the bid is a rights violation and others say it not not sufficient to solve the problem.www.aljazeera.com
Australia, UK, Japan, Laos, China, Myanmar and US are aiding the effort to find 12 boys and their coach, missing in a flooded cave for more than a week. 
#AsiaPacific #Thailand
Rescuers pour in to help Thailand find missing football team
Australia, UK, Japan, Laos, China, Myanmar and US are aiding the effort to find 12 boys and their coach, missing in a flooded cave for more than a week.www.aljazeera.com
A photo round-up of some of last week's events, including Greece protests and rescue of refugees in the Mediterranean. 
Week in pictures: From air attacks in Yemen to protests in the US
A photo round-up of some of last week's events, including Greece protests and rescue of refugees in the Mediterranean.www.aljazeera.com
UAE says it has frozen fighting in Hudaida in order to give a chance to UN peace talks with the Houthis. 
#MiddleEast #Yemen #UnitedArabEmirates #UnitedNations #Houthis
UAE announces pause in Hudaida offensive
UAE says it has frozen fighting in Hudaida in order to give a chance to UN peace talks with the Houthis.www.aljazeera.com
Iran will allow private companies to export crude oil to counter US bid in blocking its exports. 
#Iran #UnitedStates #SaudiArabia #Politics
Iran vows to thwart US efforts to block its oil exports
Iran will allow private companies to export crude oil to counter US bid in blocking its exports.www.aljazeera.com
Ottawa's duties came in response to Washington's tariffs on steel and aluminium, sparking fears of an escalating trade war. 
#US&Canada #Canada #Business&Economy
Canada strikes back with tariffs on US imports
Ottawa's duties came in response to Washington's tariffs on steel and aluminium, sparking fears of an escalating trade war.www.aljazeera.com
Government says measure will bring in much-needed revenue but activists describe it as an attempt to 'gag' free speech. 
#Africa #Uganda #Business&Economy #Media
Uganda introduces social media tax despite criticism
Government says measure will bring in much-needed revenue but activists describe it as an attempt to 'gag' free speech.www.aljazeera.com
The US government's tried to deflect criticism of its family separation policy by presenting children as a threat. 
#Refugees #Immigration #UnitedStates #Childrights #HumanRights #US&Canada #UnitedKingdom
Demonising children at US and European borders
The US government's tried to deflect criticism of its family separation policy by presenting children as a threat.www.aljazeera.com
Casualties feared after explosion hits centre of the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad. 
Blast reported in Afghanistan's Jalalabad
Casualties feared after explosion hits centre of the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad.www.aljazeera.com
Although Zimbabwe was banned from the qualifying round, people there are still obsessed about the World Cup. 
#WorldCup2018 #Sport #Africa #Zimbabwe #Football
World Cup 2018: A 'respite from hardship' for Zimbabwe
Although Zimbabwe was banned from the qualifying round, people there are still obsessed about the World Cup.www.aljazeera.com
The notorious gangster escapes French prison for second time in five years after accomplices pick him up by helicopter. 
#France #Europe #Crime
Top French criminal Redoine Faid escapes prison by helicopter
The notorious gangster escapes French prison for second time in five years after accomplices pick him up by helicopter.www.aljazeera.com
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