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The United States is considering a total withdrawal of its forces from Syria, US media reported on Wednesday, citing unnamed US officials. Such a decision, if confirmed, would
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More than two years after talks between the internationally recognised Yemeni government and the armed Houthi movement collapsed in Kuwait, the two warring sides finally sat down for
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When on October 27, 2018, anti-Semite Robert Bowers opened fire on the Tree of Life synagogue in the US city of Pittsburgh, killing 11 people, CNN and BBC
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Istanbul, Turkey- Standing in Istanbul's Taksim Square, the Republic Monument commemorates the creation of Turkey by Mustafa Kemal Ataturk. In the group of people depicted behind Ataturk is
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JEDDAH: Truce monitoring observers will be deployed in the Red Sea port city of Hodeidah on Wednesday as the first 24 hours of a UN-brokered cease-fire passed without incident.
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JEDDAH: Truce monitoring observers will be deployed in the Red Sea port city of Hodeidah on Wednesday as the first 24 hours of a UN-brokered cease-fire passed without incident.
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Qatar celebrated its National Day on Tuesday amid an ongoing blockade by neighbouring countries that appears to have created a sense of unity among nationals and residents in
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Nigeria’s former chief of defence, who was facing trial for alleged fraud, criminal breach of trust and money laundering, has been killed by unknown gunmen. Air Marshall Alex
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SoftBank Corp shares plunged more than 14 percent in their debut on Wednesday, as investor appetite for Japan's biggest ever IPO was hurt by a recent major service
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JEDDAH: Truce monitoring observers will be deployed in the Red Sea port city of Hodeidah on Wednesday as the first 24 hours of a UN-brokered cease-fire passed without incident.
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JEDDAH: Truce monitoring observers will be deployed in the Red Sea port city of Hodeidah on Wednesday as the first 24 hours of a UN-brokered cease-fire passed without incident.
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JEDDAH: Truce monitoring observers will be deployed in the Red Sea port city of Hodeidah on Wednesday as the first 24 hours of a UN-brokered cease-fire passed without incident.
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SoftBank Corp shares plunged more than 12 percent in their debut on Wednesday, as investor appetite for Japan's biggest ever IPO was hurt by a recent major service
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Medan, Indonesia - Indonesian human rights lawyer Ranto Sibarani is trying to remain optimistic. His client, Meiliana, a double minority in Indonesia as a Chinese-Indonesian and a Buddhist,
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Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel has submitted his resignation amid pressure on his government after the largest coalition party quit due to differences over migration. With only five months
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Cuba's National Assembly has said language opening the way to the legalisation of same-sex marriage will be removed from the draft of the country's new constitution to "respect
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SoftBank Corp shares plunged more than 10 percent in their debut on Wednesday, as investor appetite for Japan's biggest ever IPO was hurt by a recent major service
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Karachi, Pakistan - In the heart of Karachi's southern neighbourhood of Lyari, a cafe has given birth to, and shelters, dreams of many women of the area. At
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WASHINGTON: The US said Monday it was no longer seeking to topple Syrian President Bashar Assad but renewed warnings it would not fund reconstruction unless the regime is “fundamentally
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AMMAN: As the Middle East ushers in 2019, the decade’s ruinous conflicts in Syria, Yemen, Libya and Iraq seem to be winding down after exacting a painful price
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After public outcry, the United States has granted a visa waiver to a Yemeni woman whose dying son is on life support in the US, the family's lawyer
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On May 22, 2017, a 22-year-old Manchester-born man of Libyan descent detonated a home-made bomb at a pop concert. Twenty-three people, including the attacker, were killed. The attack
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The Trump administration moved on Tuesday to officially ban bump stocks, which allow semi-automatic weapons to fire rapidly like automatic firearms, and has made them illegal to possess
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A US judge fiercely criticised President Donald Trump's former national security adviser Michael Flynn on Tuesday for lying to FBI agents and delayed sentencing to ensure Flynn cooperates
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It is hoped to be the starting point to ending nearly four years of civil war in Yemen. A ceasefire has begun in Hodeidah, the port city that
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Saudi Arabia's King Salman on Tuesday ordered the continuation of public sector cost-of-living allowances and then announced a $295bn budget for 2019, the kingdom's biggest ever. The budget announcement
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GENEVA: Russia, Iran and Turkey are nearing agreement on the composition of a Syria committee that could pave the way for the drafting of a new constitution and
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