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(CNN)Priceless artifacts spanning 11,000 years went up in flames as an inferno swallowed Brazil's National Museum. More than 20 million pieces of history, including Egyptian mummies and historic
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Middle East
DUBAI: With the rise of modern cities across the Gulf, the region is taking vital steps to safeguard its culture and heritage.Saudi Arabia made another move towards preservation
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JERUSALEM: Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman on Monday signalled his country could strike Iranian targets in Iraq if they threatened Israel, saying it would hit wherever necessary.“We will
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BEIRUT: Lebanon’s Prime Minister designate Saad Al-Hariri on Monday handed President Michel Aoun the “formula” for a new cabinet after nearly four months of political impasse.Key parties have
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US Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh is expected to face tough questions during four days of hearings this week over his stance on controversial issues, including women's rights
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Robert Kyagulanyi, a Ugandan pop star-turned-opposition politician, has alleged that security officers beat him up and squeezed his genitals until he passed out while in detention, in his
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Rio de Janeiro riot police fired tear gas and pepper spray on Monday to keep an angry large crowd from entering the remains of Brazil's National Museum after
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JERUSALEM: Millions of Palestinian refugees “cannot simply be wished away,” the head of a UN support agency said on Monday, hitting back at a US aid cutoff and
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JERUSALEM: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, who has apologized for comparing himself to Hitler, will pay respects at Israel’s Holocaust memorial on Monday after meeting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.Duterte
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Iraqi parliament fails to choose speaker as federal court to decide winning coalition BAGHDAD: Iraq’s parliament held its first session on Monday since May elections but failed to
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Rio de Janeiro riot police fired tear gas and pepper spray on Monday to keep an angry large crowd from entering the remains of Brazil's National Museum after
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The United States says Pakistan is failing to take action against armed groups, including the Taliban. Washington, which says some of these groups operate within Pakistani borders, wants
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Argentina's President Mauricio Macri has announced emergency measures to control the slide of the country's currency, including new taxes on exports and cutting government ministries by half. The
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DUBAI: A British tourist has died when the banana boat she was riding flipped over at the Red Sea resort, Steigenberger Aqua Magic Hotel, the same venue where
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DUBAI: A British tourist has died when the banana boat she was riding flipped over at the Red Sea resort, Steigenberger Aqua Magic Hotel, the same venue where
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DUBAI: A British tourist has died when the banana boat she was riding flipped over at the Red Sea resort, Steigenberger Aqua Magic Hotel, the same venue where
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Rotting carcasses of livestock contaminating water in the aftermath of devastating floods in India's Kerala state have given way to a new challenge - battling infectious disease such
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Germany and Norway have pledged more than $150m of additional aid for Africa's Lake Chad region, where millions of people are facing a humanitarian crisis driven by violence,
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US President Donald Trump is weeks away from his first major electoral test since winning the White House. Voters will go to the polls in November to decide
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World
(CNN)Here's a look at the Jewish holiday Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement. September 18-19, 2018 - Yom Kippur will begin at sundown on September 18 and end
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(CNN)Here's a look at Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS).Facts:Started as an al Qaeda splinter group. Also known as Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL)
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Middle East
BEIRUT: Iran called on Monday for militants to be “cleaned out” of Syria’s Idlib province, as it prepared for talks with Syria and Russia about confronting the last
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ADEN: Yemen’s warring parties will not meet directly at UN-brokered peace talks in Geneva this week, likely to focus on a prisoner exchange deal and the fate of
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Middle East
DUBAI: Four months after Lebanon’s general election, any hopes Prime Minister-elect Saad Al-Hariri held of easing his way into office have been dashed following warnings of a crippling
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Renewed clashes between rival armed groups in Tripoli have plunged Libya in yet deeper chaos, casting serious doubt as to whether the war-wracked country is ready to hold planned elections
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Thousands of travelers have been stranded on Greece's islands due to a strike by ferry crew seeking higher pay, tax breaks and the restoration of labour rights after
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