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Under the cover of darkness, Nomali jumped over a wall, burst into a museum and snatched a human skull from a pedestal before escaping...
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Eighty years ago Thursday, 50 countries came together in the ashes of World War II to sign the United Nations’ founding charter in order...
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With its influence discredited and its budget in tatters, the UN is weathering a firestorm of criticism as it celebrates its 80th anniversary.
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Trekking through mud and rocks in Japan’s humid Okinawan jungle, Takamatsu Gushiken reached a slope of ground where human remains have lain forgotten since...
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Barcelona’s UNESCO-listed Casa Batllo, a modernist architectural masterpiece by Sagrada Familia designer Antoni Gaudi, unveiled a multimillion-euro restoration Thursday that brings its rear facade...
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Life in 1990s former Yugoslavia was a nightmare of war, economic collapse and an all-powerful mafia. But a new exhibition in Belgrade hopes plunging...
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Aynullah Rahimi’s family has for decades tended the old cemetery in Kabul reserved for non-Afghans, but since the country’s latest war ended and foreigners...
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Nearly two years after Niger’s military seized power and the border with Benin was shut, tensions over security, sovereignty and French influence have hardened...
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From his roof, Sidi Mohamed Lemine Sidiya scans the mediaeval town of Oualata, a treasure that is disappearing under the sands of the Mauritanian...
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Clad in protective blue surgical gloves, a Dutch museum worker gingerly unhooks a precious decorative artefact before gently laying it down on a pillow...