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At least 168 people have been killed and over 700 injured after a volcano-triggered tsunami hit Indonesia's Sunda Strait on Saturday, sweeping away hundreds of homes and hotels, officials and witnesses have
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December 23, 2016, was supposed to be a happy day for Al Jazeera journalist Mahmoud Hussein, as he travelled to Cairo to visit his family. But that day
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At least 62 people have been killed and hundreds injured after a volcano-triggered tsunami hit both sides of Indonesia's Sunda Strait on Saturday, sending a wall of water crashing
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"The meaning of the other and love have disappeared from this society. Without money, people do not exist." - Jean, a 33-year-old homeless man living on the streets of
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Britain's opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn would push ahead with Brexit and seek to renegotiate the terms if he won a snap election next year, he said in an
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JEDDAH: The Arab coalition supporting the legitimate Yemeni government said on Saturday that the Iranian-backed Houthi militia continue to violate the Sweden agreement on a ceasefire in the
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Sudan lost most of its oil revenues when the South seceded in 2011, and it has since struggled to recover. Inflation has skyrocketed, prices have more than doubled
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Britain's opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn would push ahead with Brexit and seek to renegotiate the terms if he won a snap election next year, he said in an
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Demonstrators in Hungary have rallied again to protest against a new amendment to the labour laws. What critics are calling "The Slave Law" would allow employers to force
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BEIRUT: The six Sunni deputies allied with Hezbollah have opposed the candidate Jawad Adra, whom they had agreed earlier as their representative in the next Lebanese government, which
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BEIRUT: The six Sunni deputies allied with Hezbollah have opposed the candidate Jawad Adra, whom they had agreed earlier as their representative in the next Lebanese government, which
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JEDDAH: The US envoy to the global coalition fighting Daesh has resigned in protest at President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw US forces from Syria. Brett McGurk was appointed
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The US Senate adjourned on Saturday with no deal to end a partial government shutdown, which is now expected to last until at least Thursday. US President Donald
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Thousands of people took to the streets of the Serbian capital Belgrade for the third consecutive week to protest against the government of President Aleksandar Vucic. More than
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Saudi Prince Talal bin Abdulaziz, a vocal supporter of reform in the kingdom, has died aged 87, the royal court said on Saturday. Prince Talal, the senior member of
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ADEN: The head of a United Nations advance team tasked with monitoring a ceasefire between the Iranian-aligned Houthi militia and Saudi-backed government forces in Yemen's Hodeidah has arrived
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ISTANBUL: Nearly 300,000 Syrians have returned to their country after Turkey’s two cross-border operations in northern Syria, Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu was quoted as saying on Saturday.Turkey has
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ISTANBUL: Nearly 300,000 Syrians have returned to their country after Turkey’s two cross-border operations in northern Syria, Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu was quoted as saying on Saturday.Turkey has
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Kinshasa, DRC - An election official confirmed on Saturday that voting will take place in Ebola-hit Democratic Republic of Congo's northeastern region on December 30, despite concerns that opening
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Brett McGurk, the US envoy to the global coalition fighting ISIL, resigned this week over his disagreement with President Donald Trump's surprise decision to pull US troops out
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Recent polling has indicated two-thirds of Palestinians in the occupied West Bank want Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas to resign, as well as an increase of support for
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ISTANBUL: Nearly 300,000 Syrians have returned to their country after Turkey’s two cross-border operations in northern Syria, Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu was quoted as saying on Saturday.Turkey has
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UNITED NATIONS, United States: The UN envoy to Syria, Staffan de Mistura, on Thursday acknowledged that a committee tasked with writing a new constitution for the war-wracked country
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UNITED NATIONS, United States: The UN envoy to Syria, Staffan de Mistura, on Thursday acknowledged that a committee tasked with writing a new constitution for the war-wracked country
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Cuba has begun a modernisation campaign and part of that effort is both a new constitution and allowing ordinary citizens to weigh in on the document's contents. Cubans
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Opposition candidates in the Democratic Republic of Congo are urging supporters to show restraint, as large protests grip cities across the country. The latest unrest follows this week's
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Jakelin Caal was a seven-year-old child from Guatemala who fled outrageous poverty conditions with her father. Last week, she died at Providence Children's Hospital in El Paso in
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