‘Nato did not defeat terrorism, but helped Afghanistan’ - former president Karzai

The country benefited from reconstruction efforts but fighting extremism failed, Hamid Karzai says.

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Azerbaijan mud volcano triggers huge blast in Caspian oil and gas fields

The explosion sent plumes of black smoke and flames into the sky in an oil and gas field.

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Soul Cap: Afro swimming cap Olympic rejection could be reconsidered after backlash

The governing body had told Soul Cap their hats don't follow "the natural form of the head".

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Georgia: Tbilisi Pride cancelled amid violent protests

Protesters stormed LGBT offices and attacked journalists ahead of the planned march in Tbilisi.

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Gang behind huge cyber-attack demands $70m in Bitcoin

The authors of a "colossal" ransomware attack demand the sum in Bitcoin in return for a key to unlock all files.

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