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GAZA CITY, Palestinian territories: An Israeli tank shelled a Hamas site in the northern Gaza Strip on Tuesday after gunfire at soldiers near the border fence, the army
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GAZA CITY, Palestinian territories: An Israeli tank shelled a Hamas site in the northern Gaza Strip on Tuesday after gunfire at soldiers near the border fence, the army
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GAZA CITY: A fresh tranche of Qatari funds for Hamas civil servants in Gaza will be delivered via Israel this week, the Qatar ambassador to the Palestinian enclave
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An attack by Houthi rebels on the city of Taiz in southwestern Yemen has killed one woman and injured dozens. The incident comes two days after the latest
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Israeli forces have shelled Palestinian positions in the besieged Gaza Strip in what it said was a response to gunfire from the enclave. In a statement, the Israeli
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French and British authorities are looking for a small aircraft carrying Argentinian footballer Emiliano Sala that went missing on Monday night. Sala, a 28-year-old striker who signed for
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JERUSALEM: Tens of thousands of Palestinians are no longer getting food aid or basic health services from America, US-funded infrastructure projects have been halted, and an innovative peace-building
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JERUSALEM: Tens of thousands of Palestinians are no longer getting food aid or basic health services from America, US-funded infrastructure projects have been halted, and an innovative peace-building
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BAGHDAD: From the halls of parliament to the lightning-fast rumor mills of social media, pro-Iran factions are demanding US troops withdraw from Iraq in a challenge to the
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Tens of thousands of Palestinians are no longer getting food aid or basic health services from the United States as US-funded infrastructure projects have been halted, and an innovative peace-building
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More than 140 refugees and migrants rescued at sea by a cargo ship landed in Libya and were taken to a detention centre, the United Nations said on
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Footballer Cristiano Ronaldo has pleaded guilty to tax evasion, accepting a fine worth 18.8 million euros ($21.4m) and a suspended 23-month jail term after a pre-agreed deal with Spanish tax
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Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa says he will investigate wrongdoing by security forces in the wake of their brutal crackdown on nationwide protests. The president cut short a foreign
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China's economic slowdown is increasing the pressure on the country's job market and young people in particular are feeling the crunch. A record number of new graduates will
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One of 20 undeclared ballistic missile operating bases in North Korea serves as a missile headquarters, according to a report by the Center for Strategic and International Studies
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CAIRO: Egyptian security officials say police have arrested 24 people who tried to prevent authorities from demolishing illegal buildings near the Giza pyramids.They say police used tear gas
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RIYADH: A team of explosive safety experts in Yemen have been killed by a consignment of Houthi land mines that blew up while they were being transported to
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Killing a doctor means killing a nation. The message from protesting doctors as they staged a rally in Sudan's capital Khartoum. They are mourning the death of a
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A powerful 6.1-magnitude earthquake has struck south of the city of Raba on Indonesia's central island of Sumbawa, but no tsunami warning was issued and there were no
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A court in in Japan's capital has denied ousted Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn's latest request for bail, made more than two months after his arrest. The decision by
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ANKARA: After Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told US President Donald Trump on Sunday that Turkey was ready to take over security keeping in Manbij in northern Syria without
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ANKARA: After Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told US President Donald Trump on Sunday that Turkey was ready to take over security keeping in Manbij in northern Syria without
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CAIRO: Human Rights Watch is urging Italy and the EU to condition their support to Libya on tangible improvements in detention conditions for migrants, refugees and asylum seekers. The
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London, United Kingdom - A prominent Palestinian activist has won a legal case after an influential database used by banks to assess the risk of individuals and organisations
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Tlahuelilpan, Mexico - Claudia Zacarias Hernandez heard the screams as flames engulfed dozens who had gathered to collect fuel from an gushing pipeline in rural Mexico last week.
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US President Donald Trump wants a border wall. Congressional Democrats do not. And the resulting political deadlock that's led to the longest US government shutdown in history is
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RAMON AIRPORT, Israel: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday Israel would not allow “Iranian aggression,” after its military struck what it called Iranian targets in Syria in response
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