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TRIPOLI: The UN secretary-general appealed on Thursday for restraint from rival factions in Libya as forces from the east of the country moved to within 100 km (60
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United States Vice President Mike Pence warned Turkey on Wednesday that it could risk its membership in NATO if it goes ahead with plans to buy a Russian
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One in five deaths worldwide in 2017 were linked to people eating poor diets high in sugar, salt and processed meat that contributed to heart disease, cancer and
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Libya's internationally recognised government in Tripoli has declared a military alert after eastern forces loyal to renegade General Khalifa Haftar said they had moved towards the western part of
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JERUSALEM: In a charged election campaign that has been heavy on insults and short on substance, Israel’s conflict with the Palestinians has been notably absent from the discourse. Prime
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Christchurch, New Zealand - The self-confessed white supremacist accused of killing 50 people at two Christchurch mosques last month has been charged with 50 counts of murder and 39
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Australia will fine social media companies up to 10 percent of their annual global turnover and imprison executives for up to three years if violent content is not
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New Delhi, India - Clever catchphrases and viral social media campaigns were a defining feature of the bid for power launched five years ago by Prime Minister Narendra
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JERUSALEM: In a charged election campaign that has been heavy on insults and short on substance, Israel’s conflict with the Palestinians has been notably absent from the discourse. Prime
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JERUSALEM: In a charged election campaign that has been heavy on insults and short on substance, Israel’s conflict with the Palestinians has been notably absent from the discourse. Prime
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JERUSALEM: In a charged election campaign that has been heavy on insults and short on substance, Israel’s conflict with the Palestinians has been notably absent from the discourse. Prime
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British parliamentarians have narrowly approved a bill seeking to delay Brexit, as they attempt to avoid a no-deal exit from the European Union. In a third reading, the House
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Keeping up pressure for political change in Venezuela, a bipartisan group of 15 US senators introduced legislation on Wednesday to provide $400m in new aid, internationalise sanctions and
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Marine biologists have mapped out how to protect more than a third of the world's oceans by 2030, a target that scientists say is crucial in order to
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Algeria's former president Abdelaziz Bouteflika has apologised to his compatriots in a public farewell letter a day after he stepped down following weeks of mass protests and loss
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Canada - More than a dozen former residents of a community in Canada's capital have filed a human rights complaint that their evictions late last year were the
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Ankara, Turkey - While the dust from Sunday's local elections in Turkey is far from settled, observers are looking to see how President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will react to
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BEIRUT: Four suicide bombers struck in Syria’s Raqqa on Wednesday, a spokesman for the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) which controls the city said in a message to
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JERUSALEM: In a charged election campaign that has been heavy on insults and short on substance, Israel’s conflict with the Palestinians has been notably absent from the discourse. Prime
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JERUSALEM: In a charged election campaign that has been heavy on insults and short on substance, Israel’s conflict with the Palestinians has been notably absent from the discourse. Prime
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Military forces in eastern Libya loyal to powerful General Khalifa Haftar said they have moved towards the western part of the country, where the capital Tripoli is controlled by
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British Prime Minister Theresa May has met opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn in a gamble that could see a European Union divorce deal finally clear parliament but threatens to tear her
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Brunei is enacting a strict new penal code that imposes death by stoning for adultery and gay sex, as well as amputations as punishment for theft, despite widespread
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BEIRUT: Venezuela’s foreign minister, meeting with anti-US allies in the Middle East, says opposition leader Juan Guaidó is in breach of the constitution and that the judiciary has
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BEIRUT: Venezuela’s foreign minister, meeting with anti-US allies in the Middle East, says opposition leader Juan Guaidó is in breach of the constitution and that the judiciary has
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ANKARA: Turkey’s main opposition candidate in Istanbul urged the High Election Board (YSK) on Wednesday to confirm him as the elected mayor after it ruled in favor of
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The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) marks its 70th anniversary this week. Foreign ministers from NATO countries are meeting in the United States's capital, Washington, DC, for the occasion,
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