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Tens of thousands are expected to join rallies nationwide calling for family reunifications. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2KzVZyz

BEIRUT/AMMAN (Reuters) - A ceasefire has been agreed for southern Syria between the government and rebels, a Jordanian official source said on Friday, amid fears of a gathering humanitarian catastrophe in a region sensitive to neighbors Jordan and Israel. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2lGOFpL

ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday he would raise the issue of alleged Russian meddling in U.S. elections during his planned meeting with President Vladimir Putin in Helsinki next month. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2KCAyAd

ROME (Reuters) - Italy's new government barred a migrant rescue ship from docking at its ports on Friday, in its third such refusal this month, hours after a tense meeting of European leaders over migration ended. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2tH5NQA

SAKATA, Japan (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump has declared North Korea is no longer a threat, but that doesn't make the Japanese fishermen of Sakata feel any easier as they leave port for the peak fishing season. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2KwB3f4

BOSTON/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. federal judge on Friday blocked Kentucky from implementing work requirements in its Medicaid program, potentially dealing a blow to the Trump administration's effort to scale back the 50-year-old health insurance program for the poor and disabled. from Reuters: U.S. https://ift.tt/2tRSDj9

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Sticking to a pledge that Americans will be able to file tax returns on a postcard under President Donald Trump's tax code overhaul, the U.S. Treasury Department released a new Form 1040 for individuals on Friday, but met swift Democratic criticism about its potential complexity. from Reuters: U.S. https://ift.tt/2MAuJAi

Criticism of Nato and the EU appears to have been the last straw for the envoy to Estonia. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2Mzanr9

An Australian university advert is mocked for showing a man holding forth to five silent women. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2ySU7zy

As France reintroduces national service for 16-year-olds, what do people think about bringing it back to the UK? from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2IEeHTH

Is DUP leader Arlene Foster genuinely reaching out or is she, as others claim, on a "charm offensive"? from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2KlB6uU

An Australian university advert is mocked for showing a man holding forth to five silent women. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2ySU7zy

Transport for London should encourage customers to claim their money, a London Assembly member says. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2tFcGC4

DUBAI (Reuters) - U.S. economic pressure on Iran is intended to turn Iranians against their government, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was quoted as saying on Saturday by his website, as Iran faces a likely reimposition of U.S. sanctions. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2lHX1xn

AMMAN/BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian rebels are negotiating with Russia to return state sovereignty in areas they control in the southwestern Deraa province, where the army has made rapid advances this month, insurgents said on Saturday. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2lMZlDf

CAIRO (Reuters) - An Egyptian court on Saturday delayed a final ruling in a case against 739 people, including top leaders of the banned Muslim Brotherhood, who were involved in a 2013 sit-in that was broken up by security forces. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2tCHPWT

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Placed back on a terror financing watch list this week, Pakistan vowed on Saturday to tighten regulations and follow an action plan to curb money laundering and terror financing. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2tNo4eg

At a little passed midnight on Saturday, with the help of some sardines and a snare, volunteers lifted Toffee, a seven-week-old deaf puppy that briefly caught the nation's attention, out of a deep hole in northern Alabama, ending a saga that began more than 30 hours earlier, local media reported. from Reuters: U.S. https://ift.tt/2KoeIRH

The last time a great white shark was spotted near Spain's Balearic Islands was in 1976. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2KzZ55z

The last time a great white shark was spotted near Spain's Balearic Islands was in 1976. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2KzZ55z

Rescuers have been searching for a group of boys who went to explore a cave with their football coach. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2KySVpi

The daughter of a journalist killed in a shooting at a Maryland newspaper calls it a "senseless tragedy". from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2MzFz9H

A 94-year-old World War Two glider pilot takes his first helicopter flight to attend a comrade's funeral. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2KAtEes

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Mexican assets are poised to strengthen even if leftist front-runner Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador wins Sunday's presidential election, analysts say, on expectations he will govern from the center and as the uncertainty stemming from the race fades. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2tGIbeU

YANGON/COX'S BAZAR, Bangladesh (Reuters) - Rohingya refugees returning to Myanmar will have no explicit guarantees of citizenship or freedom of movement throughout the country, under a secret agreement between the government and the United Nations seen by Reuters. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2tRmTui