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Lebanon's Saad Hariri arrives for trial of Hezbollah agents accused of killing father THE HAGUE: Saad Hariri, Lebanon's premier-designate, arrived in the Netherlands on Monday to attend the
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JEDDAH: The Supreme Military Committee of Chiefs of Staff in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) member states started its 15th meeting on Monday with the participation of all
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Washington, DC - The Trump administration's decision to shut down the Palestine Liberation Organization's (PLO) office in Washington, DC is "denying the Palestinians as people" and further jeopardising
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President John Magufuli has advised Tanzanian couples to stop using contraceptive methods, saying that the country needs more people, according to local media reports. "Those going for family
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Antakya, Turkey - In the days that followed last week's summit in Tehran between Russia, Iran and Turkey on the fate of Syria's Idlib province, the last rebel
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World
US drone companies historically have had trouble taking off. But two American startups think they may have created the innovations that will give them foothold to compete with
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(CNN)As he had done dozens of times before, Anas al-Diab rushed to film the aftermath of an airstrike in Syria's Idlib province. The 22-year-old citizen journalist and rescuer
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Daniel Zhang has a tough act to follow. The Alibaba CEO will inherit the role of chairman next year from Jack Ma, the flamboyant Chinese entrepreneur who built
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BASRA: Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi sought to ease tensions in southern Iraq on Monday with a visit to Basra, rocked by deadly protests over alleged corruption and government
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Bahrain’s King Hamad has set a November 24 date for Bahrain’s parliamentary elections, after issuing a Royal Order No. 36 of 2018 concerning the date of election and
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TRIPOLI: Suspected Daesh suicide bombers stormed the headquarters of Libya’s National Oil Company on Monday and killed at least two people, officials said. An oil company official, who
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More than 100 people, including 20 children, died in early September when their rubber boats were wrecked off the coast of Libya, according to the aid agency Medecins
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The United States announced the closure of the Palestinian mission in Washington, DC, in what Palestinian leaders described as "a declaration of war" on peace efforts by the administration
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Below is John Bolton's speech on Monday to the Federalist Society in Washington, DC: I am here to make a major announcement on US policy toward the International
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World
(CNN)Make Pluto great again?That seems to be the aim of a new study that urges Pluto be returned to its former planetary glory. The research, published in the
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KAFR BATNA: The shrill bell sends hundreds of students rushing toward their classrooms in a town near Damascus, which only months ago was the scene of fierce fighting
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CAIRO: Egyptian security forces have killed 11 suspected militants in the Sinai Peninsula as they press a campaign against Islamist militants in the area, a security source said
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NEW YORK: The US Open final suddenly appeared to be slipping away from Novak Djokovic. He dropped three consecutive games. He was barking at himself, at his entourage,
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There is a 70 percent chance of another El Nino event developing over the next three months, according to the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) which has issued its
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Armed men stormed the headquarters of Libya's National Oil Company in Tripoli, engaging guards in a deadly gun battle with at least one large blast going off in an
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Ndjamena, Chad - Since the fall in the price of oil in 2015, Chad has been struggling to deal with an economic crisis. The main construction sites in the capital,
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World
The iPhone X's fancy features may soon be headed to the rest of Apple's smartphone line. Apple CEO Tim Cook is expected to announce a new set of
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Jack Ma, a billionaire pioneer of China's internet industry, will step down as Alibaba's executive chairman next year to make way for the company's next generation of leaders.
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The Chinese economy's massive export engine is slowing down as the trade war heats up. A new salvo from the United States could push it into reverse. Growth
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Middle East
TEHRAN, Iran: Iranian authorities have detained two artists over a theater production of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream.Cultural official Shahram Karami told the official IRNA news agency Monday
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CAIRO: Egyptian security forces have killed 11 suspected militants in the Sinai Peninsula as they press a campaign against Islamist militants in the area, a security source said
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BASRA: Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi arrived Monday morning in Basra, the oil-rich southern city where protests over government neglect had escalated into deadly violence, his office said.After
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