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ALGIERS: A day after Algeria’s Constitutional Council formalized Abdelaziz Bouteflika’s departure Wednesday from the office he held for two decades, the ex-president himself asked the Algerians people for
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HEBRON: The bespectacled man was given a hero’s welcome when he arrived for the party on the recent Jewish holiday of Purim, with teenagers singing and applauding around him.
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MOSCOW: The body of an Israeli soldier missing since the 1982 Lebanon War was found by the Russian and Syrian armies and returned, President Vladimir Putin said Thursday.
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The lives and futures of more than 19 million children are at risk of disasters linked to climate change in Bangladesh, the UN agency for children has said.
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Libyan army commander Khalifa Haftar on Thursday ordered his eastern military forces to advance on Tripoli, the capital of the UN-backed government, sparking fears of a major showdown
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Christchurch, New Zealand - The Australian man accused of murdering 50 people at two New Zealand mosques has been ordered to undergo mental tests. At the brief and
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CAIRO: More than 100 years after it was established, the Commonwealth War Cemetery in Cairo has become a haven of peace honoring the victims of two of the
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CAIRO: More than 100 years after it was established, the Commonwealth War Cemetery in Cairo has become a haven of peace honoring the victims of two of the
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BAGHDAD, Iraq: A “new phase of relations” has begun between the Kingdom and Iraq, a Saudi minister said Thursday, following the inauguration of a new consulate in Baghdad
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US President Donald Trump said on Thursday that the United States and China are "rounding the turn" in a lengthy negotiation over trade and predicted that "something monumental"
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The United States House of Representatives voted Thursday to reauthorise a 25-year-old law that helps victims of domestic and sexual violence, despite complaints by Republicans that Democrats were
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Last year, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman warned that "if Iran develops a nuclear bomb, we will follow suit". Now, Saudi Arabia is said to be a
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TRIPOLI: Libyan army commander Khalifa Haftar on Thursday ordered his forces to march on Tripoli, the capital of the UN-backed government, sparking fears of a major showdown with rival
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Algeria's military has historically played a significant role in choosing the country's civilian leaders. In 1992, President Chadli Bendjedid was shown the door to make way for President
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US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Thursday called on NATO allies to adapt to confront a wide variety of emerging threats from Russia and China. Pompeo made the call
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In recent weeks, thousands of migrants from Latin America have been forced to surrender to US authorities after failing to circumvent border controls tightened by US President Donald
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ALGIERS: Algerian protesters who succeeded in pushing out longtime President Abdelaziz Bouteflika now want other key officials to leave too.Demonstrators are planning new nationwide protests Friday to call
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GENEVA: Iraq must ensure that Daesh leadership faces justice for alleged war crimes and genocide against civilians, not just charges of belonging to a terrorist group, a UN
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GENEVA: Iraq must ensure that Daesh leadership faces justice for alleged war crimes and genocide against civilians, not just charges of belonging to a terrorist group, a UN
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Eastern military forces have taken control of Gharyan, a town 100km south of the capital, Tripoli, signifying an escalation in the years-long power struggle in Libya. The capture of
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As Addis Ababa releases preliminary report into fatal crash, there are calls for Boeing to be held responsible for safety failures.
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Argentina's economy is continuing to sink, inflation keeps rising, and the currency is again losing value. Latest government reports show poverty has risen to 32 percent from around
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Caracas, Venezuela - Weeks of power cuts in Venezuela have further crippled an already fragile infrastructure, creating widespread water shortages hampering basic services. Power has been restored in
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Mabare, Rwanda - It was the first week of April 1994 and a month after the start of the long rainy season. The slopes of the mountains were
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United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has expressed worry about a potential armed showdown in Libya, where eastern military forces have moved west and skirmished with rival forces south
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ADEN: Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has stopped admitting patients to its clinic in Yemen’s second city Aden after staff were threatened and a patient kidnapped and killed, the
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BEIRUT: Shelling by Syrian government forces of rebel-held areas in the northwest of the country has killed 17 civilians in the past 24 hours, a war monitoring group
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