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Rapper A$AP Rocky arrested on suspicion of assault in Sweden

In a video on the rapper's Instagram account, he is seen telling one of the men, "Listen, we don't want to fight y'all. We not trying to go to jail."

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Close the windows? Amsterdam mulls red-light district change

Amsterdam is proposing "fundamental" changes to its famed red-light district to ensure the rights of sex workers, prevent crime and reduce nuisance for local residents and businesses.

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Over 1 million in Japan urged to evacuate due to danheavy rains

Heavy rain has continued in southern Japan since Friday, killing an elderly woman in a mudslide in Kagoshima. The rain also has flooded dozens of homes.

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Dozens killed as airstrike hits migrant detention center in Libya

Strike may lead to more Western pressure on Khalifa Hifter, a renegade general who President Donald Trump has praised for countering terrorism.

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Iran warns it will increase nuclear enrichment within days

President Hassan Rouhani's warning increases pressure on European partners to salvage the unraveling 2015 nuclear deal.

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Suspected U.S. spies 'due to be' sentenced to death, Iran says

NBC News could not independently confirm the reports and the CIA said it had no comment.

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Euroviews. Don't be fooled by Trump's historic-seeming North Korean photo op ǀ View

Is this enough to really change the tide of history on the Korean Peninsula? The answer became clearer as the two men sat next to each other.

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Dalai Lama sorry for saying female successor would have to be "attractive"

"If a female Dalai Lama comes, she should be more attractive," the Dalai Lama told the BBC in a recent interview.

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14 killed in fire on Russian navy submersible

The ministry said that the blaze broke out Monday while the vessel was performing tests in Russia's territorial waters.

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Women's soccer enters new era with huge World Cup audiences

FIFA says it expects the competition to reach a total of 1 billion viewers across all platforms worldwide.

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Over 2,700 miles in four months: One fox's sprint stuns researchers

Researchers say it's one of the longest migrations of an Arctic fox ever documented in such a short time.

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Trump's Asia trip highlights daughter Ivanka's prominent, and controversial, role

"This seemed to be a moment where she came even further from the margins to center stage," said former White House staffer Peter Feaver.

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Euroviews. The killer robots are coming. Here's our best chance at stopping them ǀ View

The US shouldn't propel the killer robot arms race by building bigger, faster, deadlier machines of our own. It should cut it short.

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Trump's foreign aid policies endanger women, experts say

"If it was done at the end of a gun, it would be denounced before the International Criminal Court," the U.N. human rights commissioner said.

United Kingdom

Body found in London garden is a stowaway who fell from plane

A bag, water and food were discovered in the plane's landing-gear compartment after it landed.

USA

Iran uranium stockpile breaches 2015 nuclear deal, state media report

Iran has warned it would soon breach the terms of the 2015 pact if European signatories did not act to prevent tough sanctions being imposed by the U.S.

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Japan resumes commercial whaling after three decades

The country withdrew from the International Whaling Commission last year in a move that sparked global condemnation.

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Hong Kong protesters clash with police on anniversary of Chinese rule

The clashes flared outside a flag-raising ceremony marking 22 years since the then British colony was given back to Beijing.

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Jailed British-Iranian aid worker ends hunger strike, husband says

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe ended a hunger strike in Tehran, with her husband saying it served the purpose of raising awareness of her plight.

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Palestinians release businessman who attended U.S. peace conference

The Palestinian Authority boycotted last week's Bahrain conference, saying the U.S. is unfairly biased toward Israel.