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An official from the electoral commission in the Democratic Republic of Congo says Sunday's elections might be delayed due to technical difficulties. Earlier, police fired tear gas at
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DUBAI: With US sanctions heaping further pain on Iran’s deteriorating economy, 2018 has been widely viewed by political analysts as the year Tehran was tamed. Sanctions enforced last
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DUBAI: With US sanctions heaping further pain on Iran’s deteriorating economy, 2018 has been widely viewed by political analysts as the year Tehran was tamed. Sanctions enforced last
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WASHINGTON: The withdrawal of US troops in Syria will have an impact on the battlefield and well beyond, with wide-ranging geopolitical ramifications.Here is a look at some of
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A court in Japan has denied a prosecutors' request to extend the detention of former Nissan chief Carlos Ghosn. The decision by the Tokyo District Court on Thursday means
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President Donald Trump's unilateral decision to withdraw troops from Syria has taken the United States' allies in the fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
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Tijuana, Mexico - A US federal judge on Wednesday struck down the policies put in place by former Attorney General Jeff Sessions that made it harder for individuals
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DUBAI: A hard-won truce in the battleground Yemeni city of Hodeidah will collapse if militia violations persist and the UN does not intervene, the Saudi-led coalition said on
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Illinois's attorney general has issued a blistering report about clergy sexual abuse, saying that Catholic dioceses in the US state has not released the names of at least 500
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President Donald Trump has announced the withdrawal of all 2,000 US troops from Syria as he abruptly declared victory over ISIL in the country, in a move that contradicted
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The chief justice of Brazil's Supreme Court late on Wednesday knocked down a colleague's ruling that would have freed from jail former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva,
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JEDDAH: Anger has erupted in Iran’s restive Khuzestan province after security forces arrested dozens of striking steel workers. More than 4,000 employees at the National Steel Industrial Group
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MARIB: The number etched on the bracelet around Mohammed’s wrist gave the 13-year-old soldier comfort as missiles fired from enemy warplanes shook the earth beneath him. For two
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MARIB: The number etched on the bracelet around Mohammed’s wrist gave the 13-year-old soldier comfort as missiles fired from enemy warplanes shook the earth beneath him. For two
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Defying calls by President Donald Trump to hold interest rates steady, the US central bank, the Federal Reserve, raised its benchmark interest rate a quarter percentage point on
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Prior to his election as prime minister of Pakistan in July 2018, Imran Khan was accused by his rivals of being strong on rhetoric and short on genuine
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A Brazilian Supreme Court justice issued a surprise ruling on Wednesday that could lead to the release of ex-President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who was jailed this
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The Saudi-led Arab coalition destroyed a drone and its launch pad on Wednesday at Sanaa International Airport. The coalition said that the drone was in the preparation stage for
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MARIB: The number etched on the bracelet around Mohammed’s wrist gave the 13-year-old soldier comfort as missiles fired from enemy warplanes shook the earth beneath him. For two
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The US Treasury sanctioned 16 members of Russia's GRU military intelligence agency over a "wide range of malign activity", including interference in the 2016 presidential vote and hacking international
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The US central bank, the Federal Reserve, raised its benchmark interest rate a quarter of percentage point on Wednesday and forecast fewer rate hikes for next year. In
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Hackers spent years eavesdropping on the diplomatic communications of European Union officials, an operation disrupted only after researchers discovered hundreds of intercepted documents on the internet. The documents
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WASHINGTON: The United States has defeated Daesh in Syria, Donald Trump claimed on Wednesday, adding that it was the only reason he had kept troops in the country.
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BEIRUT: Lebanon's finance and foreign ministers will retain their posts, a senior official said on Wednesday, as rival parties near a breakthrough in talks on forming a new
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The Saudi-led Arab coalition destroyed a drone and its launch pad on Wednesday at Sanaa International Airport. The coalition said that the drone was in the preparation stage for
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South Africa issued an arrest warrant for Zimbabwe's former first lady Grace Mugabe over an alleged assault of a model in Johannesburg last year, a police spokesman said on
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Saudi Arabia's stock market plummeted following an oil price drop and the 2019 budget release, while Dubai's index rebounded from this year's worst performance in the Middle East
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