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The body running India's biometrics-based national identity card system has warned people against sharing their unique card number publicly after the country's telecom regulator tweeted his in a challenge to critics to do him "any harm". from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2vpjCmL via IFTTT

Three Russian journalists were killed in Central African Republic, their news outlet said on Tuesday, in what local authorities said was an ambush by unidentified assailants. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2Az9Kwy via IFTTT

A young woman posed in a photo shoot and years later discovered she was the face of fake adverts. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2OyO330 via IFTTT

Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos, who staked his legacy on ending a five-decade war with Marxist rebels, leaves office next week satisfied he oversaw a historic peace deal but frustrated he could not do more to unite the nation and reduce inequality. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2OvrlZn via IFTTT

Iran's government spokesman resigned on Tuesday, he said in a tweet, as President Hassan Rouhani comes under pressure from hardline rivals to change his cabinet following a deterioration in relations with the United States. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2NWkHug via IFTTT

For six years Amina al-Khoulani hoped her brothers Majd and Abdelsattar were alive, albeit cut off in a Syrian government prison after their arrest early in Syria's war. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2mZCvct via IFTTT

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The president of the Nigerian Senate Bukola Saraki is rejoining the opposition People's Democratic Party, it said on Tuesday. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2v6r5rz via IFTTT

The journalists were killed in an attack on their vehicle late on Monday night, officials say. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2v3yQPf via IFTTT

Japanese Defence Minister Itsunori Onodera said on Tuesday that Tokyo had asked Russia to reduce its military activity on a disputed island chain in the Pacific after Moscow beefed up its forces there in response to what it sees as a potential threat. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2M3Wdyp via IFTTT

The head of Iran's powerful Revolutionary Guards on Tuesday dismissed U.S. President Donald Trump's tentative offer of talks with Tehran, saying the Islamic Republic was not North Korea. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2vl2SNG via IFTTT

A change in who gets to use the Eiffel Tower's elevators has stranded frustrated tourists in long queues at the Paris landmark during a heatwave in the French capital. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2AyMFtU via IFTTT

An Egyptian military court sentenced a poet to three years in prison on Tuesday for publishing false news and insulting the military after he gained publicity for writing a satirical song that criticized the government, his lawyer said. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2OwLpe0 via IFTTT

Kyaw Soe Oo, one of two Reuters journalists accused of obtaining state secrets in Myanmar, told a court on Monday that the information in documents police say were found on his mobile phone was already public. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2LxKj3C via IFTTT

A lawyer for Germany on Tuesday urged a U.S. judge to dismiss a lawsuit brought against the country on behalf of the Herero and Nama people of what is now Namibia over genocide and seizure of property carried out by German colonists more than 100 years ago. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2LSOwye via IFTTT