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At least six Jewish settlers have been wounded in a drive-by shooting in the occupied West Bank, the army said. The settlers were standing by a "hitch hiking
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Saudi Arabia has ruled out extraditing two former Saudi officials against whom Turkey has issued arrest warrants in connection with the killing of dissident Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
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BEIRUT: Ghostly apartment blocks and half-built buildings dot Lebanon, as entrepreneurs and experts fear that the country’s key real estate sector is on the brink of collapse.The small
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CASABLANCA, Morocco: As Morocco prepares to host the signing of a landmark global migration agreement, hundreds of migrants are languishing in a Casablanca camp rife with hunger, misery,
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CASABLANCA, Morocco: As Morocco prepares to host the signing of a landmark global migration agreement, hundreds of migrants are languishing in a Casablanca camp rife with hunger, misery,
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Qatar's emir skipped a summit in Saudi Arabia on Sunday with fellow Arab Gulf leaders whose boycott of the small but energy-rich neighbour has sparked a major regional
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France’s president is expected to address the nation on Monday after the fourth weekend of nationwide protests against high taxes and falling living standards. It is estimated businesses
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Joseph Kabila, the outgoing president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), has said he plans to stay in politics and does not rule out running again
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Organisations providing services to refugees and migrants in Italy say there has been an increase in racist attacks there. The rise of right-wing politics and nationalist attitudes in
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The Mexican town of Popotla, located near the US border, was a popular tourist destination but now it houses thousands of asylum seekers trying to cross into the
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London, United Kingdom - Exiting the European Union, Theresa May suggested after the referendum two years ago, was a simple process. "Brexit means Brexit," she said in the wake
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GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip: When Mazen Al-Dalo took two of his young sons to see the Palestinian protests against Israel’s decade-old blockade of Gaza, he knew it could
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GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip: When Mazen Al-Dalo took two of his young sons to see the Palestinian protests against Israel’s decade-old blockade of Gaza, he knew it could
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GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip: When Mazen Al-Dalo took two of his young sons to see the Palestinian protests against Israel’s decade-old blockade of Gaza, he knew it could
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Ol Doinyo Lengai is the only known active volcano with a type of lava that can move faster than a person.
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Gulf leaders and officials are set to meet in Riyadh for the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) summit on Sunday as a diplomatic crisis continues to grip the Gulf region.
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A British Pink Floyd cover band has scrapped a trio of concerts in Israel after Roger Waters, co-founder of the legendary rock band, called for their cancellation. The
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Marrakech, Morocco - There were 258 million international migrants in the world last year, increasing almost 50 percent since 2000, according to the UN. If all of the
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Sale, Morocco – On the first floor of a villa just outside the Moroccan capital of Rabat, around 18 children are quietly working on their next piece of embroidery.
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Today marks five years since my close friends and relatives, Razan Zaitouneh and Wael Hamada, were abducted along with Samira al-Khalil and Nazem Hammadi by masked gunmen in
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GAZA CITY: For eight months in a row, tens of thousands of Palestinians have been taking part in weekly protests along the Gaza Strip’s border with Israel and
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A SpaceX delivery full of Christmas goodies arrived at the International Space Station on Saturday, following a slight delay caused by a communication drop-out. The American company's Dragon
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A controversial museum, focusing on Belgium's colonial past, is re-opening after being closed for a year. The event is being overshadowed by demands from former colonies, like the
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Life in the east of Iraq’s second largest city is beginning to return to normal, a year after the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, also known
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DUBAI: Arab countries need to improve their education systems, a leading UN official has said, with only the UAE performing impressively in the sector. Hany Torky, the UNDP’s chief
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Several women have come forward in Brazil to accuse an internationally known self-proclaimed spiritual healer of sexually abusing them under pretext of trying to "cure" them of depression
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US President Donald Trump again denied that his presidential campaign colluded with Russian operatives, but made no comment on claims that he directly organised hush payments to ward
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