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Militants hijack passenger train, take hostages in western Pakistan, officials say

Quetta, Pakistan CNN — A train carrying hundreds of passengers has been hijacked by separatist militants who are also holding a number of passengers hostage in Pakistan’s southwestern province of Balochistan, according to government and railway officials. The train, known as the Jaffer Express, was stopped by the militants as it reached a tunnel on …

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Egypt Independent March 12, 2025

The Middle East’s first super-luxury train will gleam gold

Editor’s Note: This CNN Travel series is, or was, sponsored by the country it highlights. CNN retains full editorial control over subject matter, reporting and frequency of the articles and videos within the sponsorship, in compliance with our policy. CNN — It’s the train set to whisk people across the largest country in the Middle …

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Egypt Independent February 5, 2025

X changed its terms of service to let its AI train on everyone’s posts. Now users are up in arms

New York CNN — When X unveiled its newest terms of service, which go into effect on November 15, users quickly picked up on one change. “By submitting, posting or displaying Content on or through the Services, you grant us a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to make your Content available to the rest of the …

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Egypt Independent October 27, 2024

The British Army trains in Kenya. Many women say soldiers raped them and abandoned children they fathered

Archer’s Post, Kenya CNN — Seventeen-year-old Marian Pannalossy cuts a striking figure wherever she goes in Archer’s Post, a small town 200 miles north of Nairobi. She lives alone and is light-skinned in a place where mixed-race people are a rarity and therefore ostracized. “They call me ‘mzungu maskini,’ or a poor white girl,” she …

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Egypt Independent June 17, 2024