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‘The Caspian Sea is shrinking. It is visible with the naked eye’

Kazakh ecologists and environmental activists worry that the Caspian Sea's levels are set to decline further.

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Security forces disperse Togo protesters demanding president’s resignation

Faure Gnassingbe facing criticism over changes to the country's constitution that could keep him in power indefinitely.

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Americans detained trying to send rice, Bibles, dollar bills to North Korea

Six US nationals were taken into custody in South Korea near a restricted border area with North Korea.

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Russian photographer gets 16 years prison for Soviet-era bunker details

Grigory Skvortsov, who denies wrongdoing, will serve his sentence in a maximum-security prison camp.

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India’s innovation push falters with researchers denied timely funding

Months-long delays in the payment of stipends leave researchers struggling to make ends meet.

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Japan executes by hanging ‘Twitter killer’ who murdered 9

Takahiro Shiraishi was hanged for the murders of eight women and one man whose body parts he hid in his small apartment.

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Real Madrid beat Salzburg to meet Juventus, Man City get Al Hilal

Spain's Real Madrid to meet Italy's Juventus in FIFA Club World Cup after eliminating Salzburg, Man City face Al Hilal.