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Taliban 2.0: Militants' talk peace with U.S., but past can't be erased

When NBC News pressed a senior Taliban member on women's rights, he replied: "I just read your message here among the members, and they laughed."

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Civil war destroyed their homes. These refugees are learning how to rebuild them.

"If we're not doing it, if we're not going to do it, I don't think anyone else will."

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Indonesia lifts tsunami warning after 7.0 quake

The quake comes a week after a magnitude 6.4 quake killed 14 people on the island and prompted a large-scale evacuation of a volcano popular with hikers

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Vintage plane crash in Swiss Alps kills 20, police say

"The aircraft plunged almost vertically at high speed into the ground," said Daniel Knecht, an official from the Swiss Transportation Safety Investigation Board.

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New role? Russia tasks actor Steven Seagal with improving U.S. ties

Moscow said Seagal's role would be to develop Russian-U.S. "humanitarian" relations, including in the fields of culture and art.

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New leader of terror-torn Pakistan plans to plant 10 billion trees

The violence-plagued country is one of the most vulnerable in the world to climate change.

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Brazil's Workers Party names jailed leader as presidential nominee

Lula has been jailed since April on a corruption conviction that will almost certainly bar him from running.

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Bangladesh protesters are injured

The protests began Sunday after two college students were struck and killed by a pair of buses racing to pick up passengers.

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Lisbon is so hot, even beaches are mostly empty

A brutal heat wave in Portugal made for quiet beaches and closed parks, while putting firefighters on alert.

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Thailand's rescued cave boys return home after stay at Buddhist temple

The boys' dramatic rescue is being commemorated with construction of a museum, expected to open within six months.

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No turning back: Europe looks at abandoning daylight saving time

In some parts of Finland, daylight saving time barely saves any daylight at all, and many Finns have had enough.

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Russian airline says 18 killed in Siberian helicopter crash

The passengers were believed to be workers heading to their shift at an oil-pumping station.

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Dozens killed in suicide bombing at Afghanistan mosque

At least 39 dead after two burka-clad militants attacked the Shi'ite mosque in the city of Gardez.

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Residents struggle to cool off amid Lisbon's record heat wave

People retreat to beaches, shade as temperatures climb to 106 degrees in Portugal's capital.

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Watch Euronews’ Fast News, where the most significant stories of the past few days are packed into 60 seconds.

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Detained U.S. pastor 'needs to come home,' Pompeo warns Turkey

The secretary of state said the U.S. is "very serious" about the North Carolina native being released from house arrest.

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Paragliders compete and Christmas comes early: No Comment of the week

Here's our selection of this week's best videos from Euronews' No Comment section.

Georgia

Putin-backed troops quietly move a border on the fringes of Europe

Ignoring Washington's warnings, troops have been moving a disputed boundary deeper into Georgia, a former Soviet republic that's now a staunch U.S. ally.

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'Snatch and grab' mission saves trapped soldier after week on New Zealand mountain

The hiker survived strong winds, heavy snow and temperatures that fell to as low as 3 degrees when wind chill is factored in.

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