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The African Union has called for the final announcement of last month's disputed presidential elections in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to be suspended due to "serious
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CAIRO: Extremist militants on Thursday kidnapped a Christian man traveling in a taxi in the turbulent north of Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula, according to security officials, an incident that
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AMMAN: Yemen’s warring sides started talks in Amman on Wednesday on how to implement a prisoner exchange that will allow thousands of families to be reunited as part
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CAIRO: Extremist militants on Thursday kidnapped a Christian man traveling in a taxi in the turbulent north of Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula, according to security officials, an incident that
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Tapachula, Mexico - Luis Jose Carbajal was 19 years old when he was shot. It was two months after the June 2009 coup d'etat in Honduras, and people
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Police in a Phoenix suburb have said that an officer shot dead a 14-year-old boy whose airsoft gun was mistaken as a real firearm during a suspected burglary.
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Esquipulas, Guatemala - Isabel Flores and her husband, Eric Laynez, see fleeing their home in Honduras to the United States as their only option. "There is no work
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PARIS: President Emmanuel Macron said on Thursday the death of four Americans in Syria this week showed that the battle against Daesh militants would continue and he vowed
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LONDON: A former Houthi air force commander has been killed in Sanaa after the Arab coalition launched an intelligence operation, Al Arabiya reported. Major General Ibrahim Al-Shami, who ranked
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DAMASCUS: The new UN envoy to Syria ended his first visit to the war-torn country Thursday, stressing the need for a UN-brokered political solution to the eight-year conflict.Geir
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US President Donald Trump told House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday that her trip to Belgium, Egypt and Afghanistan had been postponed over the partial government
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Protests broke out in several Sudanese cities on Thursday in some of the most widespread disturbances since unrest began on December 19. The capital, Khartoum, witnessed pitched battles
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Russian President Vladimir Putin has called for stability in the Balkans during his visit to Serbia in a show of support for the country's populist leader and his
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BEIRUT: Lebanon’s army intelligence have detained a man on suspicion that he crossed into Lebanon from Israel, a military official said Thursday. The country’s state news agency said
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GAZA CITY: Hamas said Thursday it had allocated new homes funded by Iran in Gaza to former Palestinian prisoners who had been held in Israeli jails.The prisoners ministry
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LONDON: A former Houthi air force commander has been killed in Sanaa after the Arab coalition launched an intelligence operation, Al Arabiya reported. Major General Ibrahim Al-Shami, who ranked
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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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The #10YearChallenge and #GlowUpChallenge have gone viral on social media this week. Millions of social media users shared current photos next to what they looked like a decade
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At least nine people have been killed and more than 20 others injured after a car bomb exploded at a police academy in the Colombian capital Bogota, the
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DUBAI: The Yemeni army has continued in its advances against the Houthis, liberating strategic areas in Saada that were strong-holds of the militia, the armed forces media center said Thursday.
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Turkish authorities have arrested and deported Dutch journalist Ans Boersma, after Dutch authorities said she was a "suspect in an ongoing investigation into terrorism". Boersma had been working
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The deadly suicide attack in northern Syria targeting US forces highlights the urgent need for closer military cooperation with Turkey to secure the restive region, analysts say. Four Americans
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At least 2 people have been killed as a severe winter storm slams the Levant region from Turkey to Egypt. Strong winds and heavy rain pounded the region
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The Houthi militia prevented retired Dutch General Patrick Cammaert, head of the Joint Coordination Committee to monitor the implementation of the Stockholm Agreement, from leaving his residence to
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The Yemeni defense minister Lieutenant-General Mohammad Ali Al-Maqdashi met with US military attaché in Yemen, Col. Brad Gandhi, on Wednesday, to discuss improving the Yemeni army and counter-terrorism
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DUBAI: The Yemeni army has continued in its advances against the Houthis, liberating strategic areas in Saada that were strong-holds of the militia, the armed forces media center said Thursday.
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A prominent American journalist working for the Iranian state television is being held in a prison in the United States without any known charges, her son has said.
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