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TIARET, Algeria: Dating back centuries, Algeria’s pyramid tombs are unique relics of an ancient era but a dearth of research has left the Jeddars shrouded in mystery. The 13
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BAGHAD: King Abdullah of Jordan visited Iraq on Monday to activate security agreements between the two countries and finalize an oil pipeline project from Basra to the port
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BERLIN: Egypt has deported the second of two young German men who were arrested last month as suspected militants, the Foreign Ministry in Berlin said on Monday. Eighteen-year-old Issa
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Canada has warned its citizens of the risk of "arbitrary enforcement" of local laws in China after a Canadian man convicted of drug trafficking was suddenly retried and
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Nearly 80 percent of junior doctors across New Zealand have walked off work at public hospitals, after a breakdown in union talks with the government over working conditions
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Bekaa Valley, Lebanon - Syrian refugees in Lebanon are struggling with the aftermath of a storm that drenched the country's eastern and northern regions, delivered floodwaters and damaged hundreds of makeshift
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BEIRUT: Libya’s Government of National Accord (GNA) has said it will boycott this Sunday’s Arab Economic and Social Development Summit in Beirut. The boycott is in response to “negative
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BEIRUT: Libya’s Government of National Accord (GNA) has said it will boycott this Sunday’s Arab Economic and Social Development Summit in Beirut. The boycott is in response to “negative
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KHARTOUM: Defiant Sudanese President Omar Bashir said on Monday that ongoing protests will not lead to a change in government, as he addressed a rally of cheering supporters in
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More than 30,000 Los Angeles teachers demanding higher pay walked off the job in the second-largest US school system on Monday, union officials said. About 640,000 students arriving
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Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Monday pledged the creation of a "new monetary system" in defiance of what he called "the criminal dollar", and also announced a 300
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A US judge in California on Sunday blocked Trump administration rules, which would allow more employers to opt out of providing women with no-cost birth control, from taking
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UK summons Iran ambassador over case of British-Iranian aid worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe LONDON: The UK's Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt summoned Iran's ambassador in London over the jailed British-Iranian
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UK summons Iran ambassador over case of British-Iranian aid worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe LONDON: The UK's Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt summoned Iran's ambassador in London over the jailed British-Iranian
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UK summons Iran ambassador over case of British-Iranian aid worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe LONDON: The UK's Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt summoned Iran's ambassador in London over the jailed British-Iranian
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An explosion has rocked the Afghan capital, Kabul, killing at least four people and wounding scores of others, the country's health ministry has said. The 93 people injured
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The French president has launched a national citizens’ debate in a bid to quell the yellow vest protests that have taken place across France since November. The president
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The US Catholic Church has already paid out more than $3bn in sex abuse compensation. Now it is facing a federal investigation after a report found hundreds of
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UK summons Iran ambassador over case of British-Iranian aid worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe LONDON: The UK's Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt summoned Iran's ambassador in London over the jailed British-Iranian
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Pompeo cuts MidEast tour short to attend family funeral after talks with Saudi king, crown prince DUBAI: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will cut short his Middle
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Pompeo cuts MidEast tour short to attend family funeral after talks with Saudi king, crown prince DUBAI: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will cut short his Middle
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A court in China has sentenced a Canadian man to death on drug trafficking charges, after his previous 15-year prison sentence was deemed too lenient, a ruling likely
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An explosion has rocked the Afghan capital, Kabul, causing a number of casualties, the country's health ministry has said. More than 40 people were wounded in the explosion
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Bulawayo, Zimbabwe - Protesters in Zimbabwe barricaded the main roads into major cities on Monday to protest a fuel price rise announced by President Emmerson Mnangagwa. In the
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DUBAI: Oman has seen a more than 65 percent drop in the number of Indian expat workers coming into the country as the ban on foreign labor continues,
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DUBAI: Oman has seen a more than 65 percent drop in the number of Indian expat workers coming into the country as the ban on foreign labor continues,
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DUBAI: Oman has seen a more than 65 percent drop in the number of Indian expat workers coming into the country as the ban on foreign labor continues,
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