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Tunisia's biggest labour union is staging a nationwide strike to protest against the government's refusal to raise the salaries of 670,000 public servants. Rail, bus and air traffic stopped
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Mexican legislators have overwhelmingly voted to approve the creation of a new 60,000-member national guard, a proposal embraced by leftist President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador as a crucial
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BEIRUT/QAMISHLI, Lebanon: The US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) said on Wednesday it was ready to help create a safe zone suggested by US President Donald Trump in its
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JARABLUS, SYRIA: Opposition commander Adnan Abu Faisal and his army are encamped near the frontline in northern Syria, waiting to launch an offensive on his home city of Manbij.
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AMMAN: Yemen’s warring sides started talks on Wednesday in the Jordanian capital Amman about a deal to free thousands of prisoners as part of UN-led peace efforts, two UN
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One of the toughest driving competitions in the world is coming to an end. The Dakar Rally has led teams through the Peruvian desert, to start and finish
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Kenyan security forces have killed all five attackers who stormed an upscale Nairobi hotel complex, taking at least 21 lives and causing hundreds to flee, according to authorities.
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Qatar and Saudi Arabia will face off in a highly anticipated football match at the 2019 AFC Asian Cup on Thursday, the first meeting between the two Gulf
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US sees Palestinian state on most of West Bank, some of East Jerusalem — Israeli TV JERUSALEM: Israeli television said on Wednesday that US President Donald Trump’s Middle
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US sees Palestinian state on most of West Bank, some of East Jerusalem — Israeli TV JERUSALEM: Israeli television said on Wednesday that US President Donald Trump’s Middle
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BEIRUT/QAMISHLI, Lebanon: The US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) said on Wednesday it was ready to help create a safe zone suggested by US President Donald Trump in its
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A bipartisan group of legislators in the United States has introduced bills that would prohibit the sale of US chips or other components to Chinese telecommunications companies that violate
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A volcano has erupted on a remote island in southern Japan, spewing ash and smoke into the air over the sparsely-populated area, but the warning level has been
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The US State Department has called China's sudden move to impose the death sentence on a Canadian man convicted of drug trafficking "politically motivated". In a statement on
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BEIRUT: Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri expressed deep regret for the absence of a Libyan delegation at an Arab Economic Summit taking place in Lebanon later this week. Hariri was
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BEIRUT: Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri expressed deep regret for the absence of a Libyan delegation at an Arab Economic Summit taking place in Lebanon later this week. Hariri was
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PARIS, LONDON: France on Wednesday condemned a failed Iranian satellite launch that it said used technology applicable to long-range missiles and urged Tehran to stop all ballistic tests which
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Medan, Indonesia - The two candidates squaring off for Indonesia's top seat will face each other for the first time in a televised debate on Thursday as campaigning
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London, United Kingdom - Theresa May's victory in a second no-confidence vote over her strategy for leaving the European Union will give the British Prime Minister a breathing
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London - Theresa May's ability to defeat a second motion of confidence amid widespread hostility to her strategy over Britain's withdrawal from the European Union is, at one
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Several people, including US troops, were killed after a blast struck near a US-led coalition patrol in the northern Syrian town of Manbij on Wednesday, less than a
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San Salvador - Alex Gonzalez decided to flee El Salvador at the last minute. Waking up from nightmares of being chased and killed reflecting his real-life fears of
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The first stage of China’s biggest investment project in Sri Lanka - a port city intended to become an Asian financial hub - is ending. It is a
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BEIRUT: A bomb attack claimed by Daesh killed US troops in northern Syria on Wednesday, weeks after President Donald Trump said the group was defeated there and he
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GENEVA: UN human rights experts urged Iran on Wednesday to grant urgently needed medical attention to two detainees, including British-Iranian national Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, who launched a hunger strike
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NEW YORK: The UN Security Council on Tuesday unanimously authorized the deployment of up to 75 observers to Yemen's port city of Hodeidah for six months to monitor a
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The trial of four volunteers working in the southern Arizona desert started in Tucson on Tuesday, raising fears about the future of humanitarian work at a time when
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