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HODEIDAH: The United Nations on Friday welcomed a decision by Yemen’s government to pay the salaries of civil servants in the militia-held city of Hodeidah starting this month.
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ANKARA: Turkey will have nothing left to do in the Syrian town of Manbij once "terrorist organisations" leave the area, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday, hours after
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On Sunday, Bangladesh will vote in its 11th general elections, which will be held amid widespread violence, deep mistrust and wrangling between the government and the opposition. Despite
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Leonardo Vizcarra was born without his left hand. But while some might see it as a disability, the 16-year-old Bolivian embraced this challenge. Now he's transforming the lives
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Dhaka, Bangladesh - As election campaigning draws to a close, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has urged Bangladeshis to vote for the "boat" - a symbol of her ruling
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BEIRUT: The Syrian army entered the key northern city of Manbij for the first time in six years on Friday, a spokesman said in a televised statement.The announcement
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MOSCOW: Moscow will early next year host the leaders of Russia, Iran and Turkey to discuss the Syrian conflict, Russia’s deputy foreign minister said Friday, after the United
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SAN ROQUE, Spain: A charity rescue boat carrying 311 mainly African migrants plucked off Libya entered Spanish waters Friday morning and was set to berth in a southern
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South Lampung, Indonesia - The wedding party was in full swing when Andi Karim heard the sounds of fierce waves slamming the shore of his village in western
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Syria's army says it has entered the flashpoint city of Manbij, according to state media, after the country's main Kurdish armed group invited government forces to take control
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Sudan's government says 19 people have been killed since anti-government demonstrations began more than a week ago. Journalists went on strike on Thursday in solidarity with demonstrators, who
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BAGHDAD: Iraqi political parties have demanded the withdrawal of US troops from their country hours after a “surprise” visit by Donald Trump to American forces based there. The
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Ten police officers were killed and three wounded in an ambush in northwestern Burkina Faso on Thursday, the west African country's security ministry said. "The toll is 10 officers
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An earthquake has struck Indonesia's eastern province of West Papua, causing nervous residents to flee their houses in panic days after a tsunami killed hundreds further west in
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Last week, I lost a bet. Two days after the current protests started in Sudan on Wednesday, December 19, I said on Al Jazeera that I would be
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BAGHDAD: Iraqi political parties have demanded the withdrawal of US troops from their country hours after a “surprise” visit by Donald Trump to American forces based there. The
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BAGHDAD: Iraqi political parties have demanded the withdrawal of US troops from their country hours after a “surprise” visit by Donald Trump to American forces based there. The
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BAGHDAD: Iraqi political parties have demanded the withdrawal of US troops from their country hours after a “surprise” visit by Donald Trump to American forces based there. The
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Inter Milan will play their next two home matches without fans and a third game with a portion of the stadium closed as punishment for their fans racially
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The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has reopened its embassy in the Syrian capital, Damascus, in a move that is seen as a diplomatic boost for President Bashar al-Assad from
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The Japanese government has made good on years of threats by bolting the International Whaling Commission (IWC), but its decision may also offer a way out of tensions
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AMMAN: The four-day “Towards Victory for Jerusalem” conference in Ramallah, featuring a delegation of youths from seven Islamic countries, concluded on Thursday. The conference, co-sponsored by the Arab League,
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BENGHAZI: A Chadian armed group attacked a military camp of forces loyal to Gen. Khalifa Haftar in southern Libya on Thursday, killing one and injuring 13 others, a local
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A network of Sudanese journalists went on strike on Thursday in the wake of deadly protests sparked by a hike in bread prices, while opposition groups called for
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Anlong Veng, Cambodia - In late 1998, Peng Samonn, a war-weary Khmer Rouge cadre who had spent decades fighting in the jungles on the Thai border, got wind
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Kinshasa, DRC - Joseph Kabila, the outgoing president of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), has said long-delayed polls will happen on Sunday - even as uncertainty remains over how
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It has been 10 years since Israel launched its massive offensive on the Gaza Strip, which sparked global outrage as the world's fifth-strongest army pounded the tiny blockaded
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