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ANKARA/AMMAN: Turkey will send more troops into Syria’s Idlib province after striking a deal with Russia that has averted a government offensive and delighted rebels who said it
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ANKARA/AMMAN: Turkey will send more troops into Syria’s Idlib province after striking a deal with Russia that has averted a government offensive and delighted rebels who said it
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ADEN: Yemen’s central bank, based in territory controlled by its exiled government, nearly doubled its interest rate on Wednesday in an effort to stabilise the riyal after violent
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At least 21 people, mostly migrant workers, have died of suspected poisoning from contaminated alcohol in Malaysia. Police raided shops around Kuala Lumpur and seized huge stashes of
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South Sudan's government and its allied militias have been accused of carrying out war crimes of "staggering brutality" during an offensive earlier this year. Witnesses described how soldiers
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Islamabad, Pakistan - Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif and two family members were released from prison on Wednesday after being found guilty of corruption earlier this year. Sharif,
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World
The trade war between China and the United States is intensifying, but Beijing has just taken one potential weapon off the table. Premier Li Keqiang told an audience
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First Jaguar, now Mini. Brexit is already playing havoc with the business of making cars in the United Kingdom and striking fear into global automakers. BMW (BMWYY) said
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Salzburg, Austria (CNN)The European Union's top political representative issued a stark Brexit warning on Wednesday: Time is running out and there are still huge hurdles to conquer before
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The leaders of Hungary and Russia have announced an increase in energy agreements - both gas and nuclear - in their first international meeting after controversies in both
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After months of heightened tensions in the Syrian province of Idlib, the last stronghold of the Syrian opposition, Russia and Turkey seem to have reached a temporary solution.
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Liberia says it is investigating the disappearance of newly printed bills worth nearly $100m destined for the country's central bank. "This government will leave no stone unturned to
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World
Tech tycoon Jack Ma told investors to hunker down for a drawn out trade war between the United States and China. "It's going to last long, it's going
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First Jaguar, now Mini. Brexit is already playing havoc with the business of making cars in the United Kingdom and striking fear into global automakers. BMW (BMWYY) said
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Alibaba is setting up its own company to make computer chips as China seeks to cut its dependence on foreign technology. China's biggest tech firm announced Wednesday that
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Middle East
RAMALLAH: As the teacher pointed to the large touch screen, her first-grade classroom came alive. With the click of a link, an animated character popped up on the
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BEIRUT: Pro-Hezbollah politicians in south Beirut were accused of provocation on Tuesday for naming a street after the assassin who plotted the murder of former Lebanese Prime Minister
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More than five million children are in serious danger of dying from starvation in Yemen, as the ongoing war has caused food and fuel prices to soar, Save the
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New Delhi, India - India's government on Wednesday decided to make the practice of instant triple talaq (divorce) a punishable offence through an executive order after the draft
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Venezuela will increase its oil exports to China to one million barrels a day, President Nicolas Maduro has said, following a visit to Beijing. Already a strong economic
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BAGHDAD: Iraq’s rival Shiite blocs in parliament have agreed on who they want as the next prime minister after making progress in negotiations towards forming a government, negotiators
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North Korea has agreed to "permanently" shut one of its main missile facilities in the presence of foreign experts, South Korea's President Moon Jae-in announced at a joint
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In the United States, the New York City Ballet is starting a new season despite an ongoing abuse scandal. The company has lost three of its top dancers
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Togo will hold legislative and local elections in December as well as a referendum on constitutional reform. "We will hold the local elections and the referendum on December 16,
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World
Saudi Arabia has agreed to invest more than $1 billion in Lucid, a potential Tesla competitor. Lucid is planning a new high-performance electric car. It said the investment
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First Jaguar, now Mini. Brexit is already playing havoc with the business of making cars in the United Kingdom and striking fear into global automakers. BMW (BMWYY) said
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The Justice Department is investigating whether comments made by Tesla CEO Elon Musk last month about taking his company private were illegal, the automaker confirmed Tuesday. The company
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