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Tecun Uman, Guatemala - Zulma Rodriguez sat in the shade of a tree outside the Guatemalan immigration office, waiting on some paperwork before she can cross the bridge into
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Federal officials confirmed on Friday that a prominent American-born anchorwoman on Iranian state television was jailed in the US as a material witness and has not been charged
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As the partial US government shutdown hit the four-week mark on Friday, tensions mounted in Washington on both sides of the standoff over President Donald Trump’s demand for
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LONDON: An Al-Qaeda leader known as “Abu Talha Al-Libi” has been killed in an operation near Sabha, southern Libya, the Libyan National Army said Friday. “Abu Talha Al-Libi” was killed on Friday morning after a raid
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UNITED NATIONS: A cease-fire in Tripoli remains steadfast despite heavy recent clashes, UN Envoy to Libya Ghassan Salamé told the Security Council on Friday. Fighting broke out this week
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UNITED NATIONS: A cease-fire in Tripoli remains steadfast despite heavy recent clashes, UN Envoy to Libya Ghassan Salamé told the Security Council on Friday. Fighting broke out this week
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The wife of the former Chinese Interpol chief being held in his home country on corruption charges has applied for asylum in France, her lawyer said. Grace Meng
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Lebanon's foreign minister has called on the Arab League to restore Syria's membership to the 22-member bloc, the latest indicator that Arab countries are preparing to welcome Damascus
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US President Donald Trump directed his former personal lawyer Michael Cohen to lie to Congress about negotiations over a real estate project in Moscow, Buzzfeed news reported on
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BEIRUT: Financial strains in Lebanon have been brought into focus by turbulence on markets where its dollar-denominated sovereign bonds suffered a heavy sell-off last week following comments by
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ANKARA: A Turkish court sentenced a judge who previously won an award for human rights to 10 years in prison over links to the network Ankara says orchestrated
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BEIRUT: Arab ministers have begun meetings in Beirut ahead of a regional economic summit that most regional leaders will not attend.The Arab Economic and Social Development Summit, or AESD,
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Five suspects have appeared in court in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi in connection with Tuesday's deadly hotel attack. The siege, which lasted more than 18 hours and claimed
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The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has rebuked the African Union (AU) over its calls to suspend the announcement of final results from its presidential elections, insisting that the Constitutional
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Union leaders urged striking Los Angeles teachers to turn out en masse for a rally on Friday marking the fifth day of their walkout against the country's second-largest
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Iran’s American-born journalist detained by FBI to appear in US court — Iranian state TV DUBAI: An American journalist working for Iran’s state television channel Press TV who
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RAMALLAH, West Bank: On a cold winter’s night earlier this month, a convoy of 10 Israeli armored jeeps drove into the heart of the West Bank city of
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RAMALLAH, West Bank: On a cold winter’s night earlier this month, a convoy of 10 Israeli armored jeeps drove into the heart of the West Bank city of
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KHARTOUM: Stone-throwing Sudanese demonstrators battled security forces in Khartoum on Thursday, witnesses said, and a child and a doctor were reported killed at the start of a fifth
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A former presidential candidate and member of Singapore's ruling party says he has applied to set up a new party, in a bid to return to politics ahead
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Qatar have beaten Saudi Arabia 2-0 at the 2019 AFC Asian Cup, the first meeting between the two Gulf nations since the start of a major diplomatic crisis
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Beirut, Lebanon - As Lebanon prepares to host a regional economic summit this weekend, the meeting has been overshadowed by divisions over Syria's future and efforts to contain Iran. Having previously confirmed their
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KHARTOUM: Stone-throwing Sudanese demonstrators battled security forces in Khartoum on Thursday, witnesses said, and a child and a doctor were reported killed at the start of a fifth
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KHARTOUM: Stone-throwing Sudanese demonstrators battled security forces in Khartoum on Thursday, witnesses said, and a child and a doctor were reported killed at the start of a fifth
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KHARTOUM: Stone-throwing Sudanese demonstrators battled security forces in Khartoum on Thursday, witnesses said, and a child and a doctor were reported killed at the start of a fifth
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Activists and relatives of Laquan McDonald, a black teenager in the United States who was killed by a white police officer more than four years ago, have decried a
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North Korea's top envoy, Kim Yong-chol, has arrived in Washington, DC, according to South Korean media, in a visit aimed at laying the groundwork for a second summit
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