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Nobel laureate Mohammadi says Iran issuing death threats

Nobel laureate Mohammadi says Iran issuing death threats

Iranian activist Narges Mohammadi, who won the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize for her fight for women's and human rights in Iran, has received death threats from Tehran, the Nobel Committee said Friday.

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Kurdish PKK fighters destroy weapons at key ceremony

Kurdish PKK fighters destroy weapons at key ceremony

Thirty PKK fighters destroyed their weapons at a ceremony in Iraqi Kurdistan on Friday, two months after the Kurdish rebels ended their decades-long armed struggle against the Turkish state.

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Springbok scrum-half speedster Williams gets chance to impress

Springbok scrum-half speedster Williams gets chance to impress

No position in the line-up of Rugby World Cup title-holders South Africa is more hotly contested than scrum-half with recalled Grant Williams set to start against Italy on Saturday.

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Cambodia to pass laws allowing for citizenship to be stripped

Cambodia to pass laws allowing for citizenship to be stripped

Cambodian lawmakers amended the constitution Friday paving the way for people charged with foreign collusion to be stripped of their citizenship, despite concerns such a law could be used to silence government critics.

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Spurs sign Kudus with Gibbs-White set to follow

Spurs sign Kudus with Gibbs-White set to follow

Tottenham have signed Mohammed Kudus from West Ham and are set to capture Nottingham Forest's Morgan Gibbs-White in a double swoop worth over £100 million ($136 million).

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Kiss's combined Aus-NZ side out to 'light up' Lions tour

Kiss's combined Aus-NZ side out to 'light up' Lions tour

A combined Australia-New Zealand side plans to "light up" the British and Irish Lions tour by upsetting them Saturday in their final warm-up on before the first Wallabies Test.

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Markets mixed as traders cautiously eye trade developments

Markets mixed as traders cautiously eye trade developments

Stocks were mixed Friday as investors cautiously watched trade developments as US President Donald Trump's latest tariff salvos tempered optimism that most countries will strike a deal to avoid the worst of his levies.

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Djokovic faces Sinner in Wimbledon blockbuster, Alcaraz takes on Fritz

Djokovic faces Sinner in Wimbledon blockbuster, Alcaraz takes on Fritz

Novak Djokovic puts his bid for Grand Slam history on the line at Wimbledon on Friday when he faces world number one Jannik Sinner in a blockbuster semi-final, while defending champion Carlos Alcaraz meets Taylor Fritz.

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Rubio meets China's Wang on sidelines of ASEAN talks

Rubio meets China's Wang on sidelines of ASEAN talks

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio met his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi Friday on the sidelines of ASEAN talks in Malaysia, where Washington's tariffs are in sharp focus.

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Son of Mexico's 'El Chapo' set to plead guilty in US drugs case

Son of Mexico's 'El Chapo' set to plead guilty in US drugs case

A son of Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman is expected to plead guilty to narcotics charges in a Chicago court Friday as part of a deal in return for a reduced sentence.

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