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Cristiano Ronaldo has got his Serie A campaign off to a winning start, following his $117m move from Real Madrid to Italian giants Juventus. The reigning champions came from
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Middle East
UNITED NATIONS: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday presented four options aimed at boosting the protection of Palestinians in Israeli-occupied territories, from sending UN rights monitors and unarmed
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Middle East
The UN migration agency says that more than 63,000 migrants and refugees have entered Europe by sea in 2018. Forty-two percent of them have arrived in Spain, but
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Middle East
Egypt has rolled out a new law that allows authorities, through a judge, to order the blocking of websites that "constitute a threat" to the state, as well as jail or
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Middle East
Former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, the first black person to head the organisation, died in the Swiss city of Bern after a short illness. The Ghanaian career diplomat
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World
(CNN)Here's a look at the life of Kofi Annan, former UN Secretary-General and Nobel Peace Prize recipient.Personal:Birth date: April 8, 1938Birth place: Kumasi, Ghana
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Middle East
DUBAI: Iran’s navy has mounted a locally built advanced defensive weapons system on one of its warships for the first time, the Iranian navy chief was quoted as
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Middle East
DUBAI: Iran’s navy has mounted a locally built advanced defensive weapons system on one of its warships for the first time, the Iranian navy chief was quoted as
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Middle East
The outspoken cricketer-turned-politician, Imran Khan, has been sworn into office as Pakistan's next prime minister following his election by the country's parliament. Members of the National Assembly on
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Middle East
Former United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan has died at a hospital in the Swiss capital, Bern, after a brief illness. The 80-year-old served as the seventh UN chief
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Middle East
Thousands of people have been paying tribute to former Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, who has been cremated in New Delhi. He was the first prime minister
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Middle East
CAIRO: A Yemeni minister has accused Houthi militants of storming a warehouse used by the World Food Program to store humanitarian aid in Hodeidah. Abdel-Raqeeb Fateh, the minister
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Middle East
GENEVA: The Swiss city of Lausanne has blocked a Muslim couple’s bid to become Swiss nationals over their refusal to shake hands with members of the opposite sex.The
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Middle East
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia has contributed $100 million to help reconstruct areas of north-eastern Syria formerly held by Daesh. The Kingdom said the contribution would go toward a campaign by
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Middle East
Thousands of stranded people are waiting for rescue as relentless monsoon floods continue to batter the south Indian state of Kerala, where more than 200 people have died
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Middle East
Former United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan has died, the Kofi Annan Foundation announced on its Twitter page. Annan, who served as the seventh UN chief for almost
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Middle East
On The Listening Post this week: protests in Dhaka are about more than road safety, but the government will not let that message air. Plus, how the late
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World
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Middle East
ISTANBUL: Turkey’s battered lira weakened 5 percent on Friday after a Turkish court rejected a US Christian pastor’s appeal for release, a day after the US warned of
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Middle East
TUNIS: A migrant died early Friday as Tunisian security forces clashed with a group of Tunisians and Africans embarking on a clandestine sea crossing to Italy, a security
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Middle East
GAZA: Israeli troops on Friday shot dead two Palestinians taking part in protests along the Gaza border.At least 270 other Palestinians were wounded, 70 of them by gunfire,
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Middle East
The United Nations Human Rights Committee has called for imprisoned former president Luiz Inacio "Lula" da Silva to be allowed to run as a candidate in Brazil's presidential election in
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Middle East
Islamabad, Pakistan - Pakistan's parliament has elected Imran Khan as prime minister after his party swept the general election last month, vowing to bring an era of accountability and
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Middle East
In an opinion piece published in the New York Times on August 11, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Turkey's partnership with the United States is in jeopardy,
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World
(CNN)For a group of boys in northern Yemen, Thursday was supposed to be a celebration -- a much-anticipated field trip marking their graduation from summer school.A video taken
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The first major global conflict of the 21st century broke out in the Middle East. It didn't involve Iran. ISIS wasn't a factor. Surprisingly, even Israel found itself
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