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Lebanese Foreign Ministry responds to Netanyahu with diplomatic tour of 'missile launcher' sites BEIRUT: Lebanese Foreign Minister Gebran Bassil responded to what he called Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin
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Prominent Emirati rights activist Ahmed Mansoor has filed a Supreme Court appeal in a bid to overturn a 10-year prison sentence handed to him earlier this year over
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US Open champion Naomi Osaka has said that her landmark victory in New York last month still felt "bittersweet" after a controversial and dramatic final against her childhood
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Iraq’s parliament has to elect its new president within the next few hours, a role that is served by a Kurd. The process has been plagued with delays
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World
(CNN)Here is a look at the Islamic New Year. The next Islamic New Year begins on the evening of August 31, 2019.Exact date varies depending on method used
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Investors cheered Tesla's deal with the SEC that keeps Elon Musk as CEO. The stock surged 17% on Monday, more than wiping away Friday's loss. Over the weekend,
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KHAN AL-AHMAR, West Bank: Palestinians residents of a West Bank hamlet braced on Monday for an Israeli demolition of their homes as activists arrived to help them resist
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BAGHDAD: With parliament summoned to elect a new Iraqi president, the Kurds’ two historic parties are for the first time contesting the post which is reserved for a
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ANKARA: President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday said Turkey hoped to rebuild relations with its NATO ally the United States following a bitter standoff over the detention of
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President Donald Trump has described the signing of a new free trade deal with Mexico and Canada as signaling "a new dawn" for Americans and the return of the country as a "manufacturing powerhouse".
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In the summer of 2016, two political earthquakes hit the European Union and Turkey within a month of each other. On June 23, the United Kingdom voted to
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Qatar's sports broadcaster beIN has launched a $1bn compensation claim against Saudi Arabia, accusing it of "breaching international law" in relation to the streaming of sporting events beIN
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World
Ryanair could be headed for a rough landing this year. Europe's leading low cost airline slashed its profit forecast for the current fiscal year to between €1.1 billion
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The stock market appears to like the new trade agreement between the United States, Canada and Mexico. Stocks popped after all three countries agreed to an 11th hour
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Palu, Indonesia (CNN)Puteri Pratiwi was riding home with her cousin, Ita, late on Friday night in her hometown of Palu when she felt the ground shudder beneath her.The
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TEHRAN, Iran: Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard said Monday that it launched ballistic missiles into eastern Syria targeting militants it blamed for a recent attack on a military parade,
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Rescuers in the Indonesia island of Sulawesi are racing against the clock to save those still trapped in the rubble, as volunteers buried bodies in a mass grave following an earthquake and
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Brazil will hold presidential elections on October 7, and many candidates tied to some of Brazil's worst corruption scandals are expected to be re-elected. The country is a
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The legendary French singer Charles Aznavour has died aged 94, his spokeswoman told AFP news agency on Monday. The songwriter, who had just returned from a concert tour
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RAMALLAH, West Bank: Palestinians are on a general strike across the West Bank in solidarity with Arab citizens of Israel over a contentious law that defines Israel as
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BAGHDAD: Over the last few weeks, four go-getting Iraqi women have separately met premature deaths — two falling victim to men firing automatic weapons into their vehicles.The deaths
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BAGHDAD: Over the last few weeks, four go-getting Iraqi women have separately met premature deaths — two falling victim to men firing automatic weapons into their vehicles.The deaths
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Yarchen Gar, officially known as Yaqing Orgyan, is a Buddhist monastery that is made up almost entirely of nuns. Living in rudimentary conditions, they are devoted to following the
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Violence between Francophone state forces and English-speaking separatists has forced of thousands of Cameroonian refugees into Nigeria, splintering families and leaving many people sleeping rough, without access to
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At least two people have been killed and scores injured by a powerful typhoon that brought down trees onto railway tracks and kicked up debris across Tokyo as
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World
Prominent human rights lawyer Amal Clooney on Friday called on Myanmar officials to release two Reuters journalists who have been imprisoned since last year. Clooney represents the reporters
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BlackBerry's transformation from struggling smartphone company into a burgeoning leader in cybersecurity software and connected cars is on track. The company now generates more than 90% of its
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