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China Backs Myanmar Government Efforts to 'Safeguard Stability'

China said Tuesday it backs the Myanmar government's efforts to "uphold peace and stability" in Rakhine state, where a military crackdown has sent more than 300,000 Rohingya Muslims fleeing for Bangladesh.

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Turkey Signs Deal to Buy Russian S-400 Missile Systems, Says Erdogan

Turkey has signed a deal with Russia to buy S-400 missile defence systems in its first major weapons purchase from Moscow, Turkish newspapers Tuesday quoted President Recep Tayyip Erdogan as saying.

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UN Unanimously Backs New Sanctions on North Korea

The UN Security Council unanimously imposed new sanctions on North Korea, banning textile exports and restricting shipments of oil products to punish Pyongyang for its sixth and largest nuclear test. 

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Police Reopen Copenhagen Airport Terminal after 'Incident'

Danish police reopened a terminal at Copenhagen airport on Tuesday two hours after evacuating and closing it as they investigated a suspicious piece of luggage, police and airport officials said.

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Netanyahu Slams Iran as He Arrives for Landmark Latin America Visit

Benjamin Netanyahu urged all countries to fight terrorism and singled out Iran as a serial offender as he paid tribute to the victims of two bombings in Argentina on the first trip by an Israeli premier to Latin America.

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Global Split over Rohingya Crisis as China Backs Myanmar Crackdown

International divisions emerged on Tuesday ahead of a U.N. Security Council meeting on a worsening refugee crisis in Myanmar, with China voicing support for a military crackdown that has been criticized by the U.S., slammed as "ethnic cleansing" and forced 370,000 Rohingya to flee the violence.

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3.5 Million Refugee Children Don't Attend School, Says UN

More than half the world's refugee children -- some 3.5 million altogether -- do not attend school, the UN refugee agency said Tuesday, urging greater and steadier funding for their education.

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Bangladesh Plans to Move Reluctant Rohingya to Remote Island

Thousands of Rohingya Muslim refugees who fled violence in Myanmar in search of refuge could be forced to make their new homes on a barren Bangladeshi island that floods every year.

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Pope Urges U.N. to Help Venezuela

Pope Francis appealed to the United Nations on Monday to help Venezuela end a deadly economic, political and social crisis.

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At Least 10 Dead in Cuba from Irma

At least 10 people were killed as Hurricane Irma ripped through Cuba over the weekend, the country's civil defense organization said Monday.

"The unfortunate loss of 10 human lives has been reported so far," in several parts of the island, including Havana, the agency said in a statement. 

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