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Armed men have raided the offices of President Mahmoud Abbas' Palestine TV in Gaza, officials said, in a move that could exacerbate tensions between the leader's Palestinian Authority
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OMDURMAN, Sudan: Dozens of protesters chanted anti-government slogans as they left a major mosque following Friday prayers in Omdurman, near the Sudanese capital of Khartoum, a Reuters witness
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WASHINGTON: Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will visit Saudi Arabia next week as part of a Middle East tour to discuss the war in Yemen, Iran and Syria. The
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OSLO: Norwegian Air Shuttle said Friday one of its Boeing 737s has been stuck in Iran for three weeks after an unscheduled landing due to engine problems, as
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A fire at a women's shelter in Iraq's capital has killed several lodgers, according to police, who gave conflicting accounts of the tragedy. Mohammed Jihad, Baghdad's police lieutenant
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Much has been said about Alice Walker in recent weeks, none of it good. It was her turn to get churned through the gristmill of Zionist slander, pummelled
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As a partial US government shutdown hit the two-week mark, Donald Trump and congressional leaders prepared to meet on Friday to discuss breaking an impasse pitting the president's demand
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In Iraq, a 5,000-year-old board game is in danger of being forgotten. Dama is a traditional strategy game, played around the world and one that used to bring
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Jordan's Professional Unions Association will place the Israeli flag on the ground at every entrance of its offices, the Israeli newspaper, Haaretz, has reported. The decision, Haaretz said, came
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A record 33 million visitors are heading to Greece every year - and they are helping revive a previously depressed housing market. Non-Europeans are being encouraged to buy
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PARIS: Deadly protests that have grown across Sudan in recent weeks are the biggest threat to President Omar Al-Bashir’s iron-fisted rule since he swept to power in a
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PARIS: Deadly protests that have grown across Sudan in recent weeks are the biggest threat to President Omar Al-Bashir’s iron-fisted rule since he swept to power in a
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The United Nations' human rights office has said it could not assess the fairness of a trial taking place in Saudi Arabia into the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi,
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Sudan's President Omar Al Bashir has promised to push through economic reforms - as he defies calls from protesters and the opposition to step down. Two parties have
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A new device that could revolutionise cancer detection is being tested in the United Kingdom. The breathalyser is designed to pick up early signs of the disease quickly
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KHARTOUM, CAIRO: Short of time to save his sinking economy, Sudan’s President Omar Bashir boarded a Russian jet on Dec. 17 and became the first Arab leader to
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AMONA, WEST BANK: Israeli police faced stiff resistance early Thursday as they tried to dismantle mobile homes of settlers who had moved back into an illegal West Bank
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RABAT: A Morocco prosecutor on Thursday brought seven new suspects including a Spanish-Swiss man before a Rabat anti-terror judge in connection with the murder of two Scandinavian women
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A strengthening tropical storm is edging closer to southern Thailand, prompting thousands of people to seek shelter inland, suspending ferry services and closing a major airport. Tropical storm Pabuk
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It had been five years since I'd visited Sudan. Recently, I returned to attend a family wedding in the capital, Khartoum. I was overjoyed with a nostalgic feeling.
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A heatwave sweeping Australia has engulfed the country's densely-populated southeast, boosting temperature records and prompting fire bans. A week after Australia's hottest town, Marble Bar in the remote
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BEIRUT: A major Lebanese trade union is to hold a general strike on Friday over living conditions and the political gridlock roiling the country. Lebanon has no government
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BEIRUT: Syria’s Kurds have established an autonomous region during seven years of civil war, but the abrupt decision by their US ally to withdraw has thrown their political
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ANKARA: Iraqi President Barham Salih’s first official visit to Turkey’s capital since his election in October indicates an emphasis on cooperating against terrorism, experts say. At a joint
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Canada has said 13 of its citizens have been detained in China since the December 1 arrest of a top executive from Chinese telecoms giant Huawei in Vancouver,
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The United States has warned its citizens they could face arbitrary action by authorities when they visit China, urging them to "exercise increased caution". The travel advisory update
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Six months after his historic summit with Kim Jong-un in Singapore, US President Donald Trump has still not succeeded in his goal of getting the North Korean leader
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