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'For the rest of my life, Jamal's murder will be an agony,' says Khashoggi's fiancée

"It took me a long time to enter into mourning," said Hatice Cengiz. "After a long delay, I experienced this huge shock wave."

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Trump-Zelenskiy call may be a scandal in U.S. In Ukraine, not so much.

"Zelenskiy is an inexperienced politician, but obviously a good psychologist. He figured out Mr. Trump's profile and his absolute egocentrism."

USA

Boris Johnson condemned as lawmakers receive Brexit death threats

"On both sides passions were inflamed, angry words were uttered, the culture was toxic," the speaker of the House of Commons said.

USA

Ex-French President Chirac, who stood up to U.S., dies at 86

The former president died on Thursday "peacefully, among his loved ones," his family said.

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BBC Presenter broke rules by criticizing Trump comments

The decision has prompted an outpouring of support for the presenter online.

USA

Hong Kong leader holds community talks in attempt to end crisis

"Deep wounds have been opened in our society. These will take time to heal," Carrie Lam said in an opinion piece in the New York Times.

USA

Woman behind French #MeToo movement is fined for defamation

French journalist Sandra Muller said she fears the message of the court decision is "be quiet."

USA

Dead student went unnoticed for months in university housing

The man's body was discovered at the University of Canterbury after other students noticed an odor coming from his room.

USA

Israel's president taps Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to form next government

The final results published Wednesday saw the Likud party win 32 out of the 120 seats in the Israeli Parliament, one behind Blue and White's 33.

USA

Male model accused of taking home unconscious woman who died

The victim, Thitima Noraphanpiphat, 25, worked as a "pretty," the term for young women hired for events such as auto shows to pose seductively with products.

USA

Boris Johnson flies back to U.K. to face Brexit music

"Holding the government to account and asking questions about what the government is doing is what Parliament is all about," said a former Conservative Party lawmaker.

USA

U.S. football player Wendell Brown released from Chinese prison

"I'm coming home," Brown said before boarding a flight to Los Angeles after serving a prison term for his involvement in a bar fight.

USA

Slash emissions or watch cities vanish, rivers run dry, marine life collapse, study warns

"Everybody in the world will be affected by the changes we are seeing," said Michael Meredith, one of the report's authors.

USA

U.S. exit from Syria could bolster ISIS threat, strengthen Iran, says bipartisan report

The Trump administration's repeated flip-flops on Syria policy have undercut U.S. credibility and confused allies, the report says.

USA

Meet Lady Hale, the brooch-wearing justice who delivered a blow to Boris Johnson

"The effect upon the fundamentals of our democracy was extreme," Hale said of the prime minister's suspension of Parliament.

USA

Huge repatriation effort spells end to oldest travel company's storied history

The 178-year-old company began when a Baptist missionary organized 500 like minded passengers to travel to a temperance meeting in 1841.

USA

Former Spanish dictator Francisco Franco's remains to be exhumed decades after death

Six judges unanimously rejected an appeal by Franco's relatives against the government's plan to move the body to a cemetery on the capital's outskirts.

USA

U.K. Supreme Court rules Boris Johnson's Parliament suspension unlawful

The decision marks a decisive setback for the government, potentially giving lawmakers additional time to scrutinize and challenge its hardline Brexit plans.

USA

Tropical storms inch toward Puerto Rico, Bermuda

The U.S. National Hurricane Center said Karen was expected to pass near or over Puerto Rico and the U.S. and British Virgin Islands on Tuesday.

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British travel firm Thomas Cook collapses, stranding hundreds of thousands

The closing of one of Britain's oldest companies has sparked the largest peacetime repatriation effort in the nation's history.