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British ambassador to Yemen posts video in Arabic giving updates on Stockholm talks DUBAI: The British ambassador to Yemen posted a video speaking in Arabic and giving updates
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On Thursday, Canadian authorities arrested Meng Wanzhou, the chief financial officer (CFO) of Chinese tech company Huawei. The details of the arrest are still unclear but Wanzhou faces
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The European Union and France have announced 1.3bn euros ($1.5bn) of development funding aimed at combatting armed groups in African Sahel countries, which are struggling with armed groups
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An Australian court has overturned the conviction of a former archbishop who was the world's most senior Catholic cleric held guilty of concealing child sex abuse. The court
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RIMBO: A top Houthi militia official threatened on Thursday to bar UN planes from using the Yemeni capital's airport, less than two hours before UN-brokered peace talks were due
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RIMBO: Yemen’s warring parties have agreed to a prisoner swap that will allow thousands of families to be reunited, United Nations special envoy Martin Griffiths said in Sweden
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RIMBO: A top Houthi militia official threatened on Thursday to bar UN planes from using the Yemeni capital's airport, less than two hours before UN-brokered peace talks were due
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Stockholm, Sweden - The UN's Special Envoy has appealed to Yemen's warring sides to "act now" for the future of the war-torn country, as representatives from the government and Houthi
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Greek authorities have released from pre-trial detention four charity workers, who had been arrested in August for allegedly helping refugees and migrant smuggling, their lawyer has said. Among the group
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Heads of state from the 5 Sahel countries in West Africa are meeting international donors in Mauritania. It's an attempt to raise billions of dollars for a region
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At least three people have been killed following a car bombing attack near a police post in Iran's southern port city of Chabahar, state television Press TV reported,
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Thousands of foreigners come to Nepal each year, offering to help children living in poverty. Some provide money, others work for aid organisations or even set up charities.
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Five US Marines went missing after a refuelling plane and a fighter jet collided midair and crashed into the sea off Japan's southwestern coast on Thursday, Japanese and American officials
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ANKARA, Turkey: Attacks by Hayat Tahrir Al-Sham (HTS) militants in Syria’s northwestern Idlib province were an attempt by the Daesh-backed alliance to strengthen its grip on the region
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RIMBO, Sweden: Peace talks between Yemeni government representatives and a rebel delegation will begin on Thursday in Sweden, the UN announced.“The (UN special envoy) would like to announce
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ANKARA, Turkey: Attacks by Hayat Tahrir Al-Sham (HTS) militants in Syria’s northwestern Idlib province were an attempt by the Daesh-backed alliance to strengthen its grip on the region
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Six top US senators from across party lines have introduced a scathing resolution to hold the Saudi crown prince accountable for the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi more
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Meng Wanzhou, chief financial officer of Chinese telecoms giant Huawei, has been arrested in Canada and faces extradition to the US. In a statement on Wednesday, Canada's justice ministry,
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A bill to force technology firms including Google, Facebook and Apple to give police access to encrypted data was passed by Australia's lower house of parliament on Thursday,
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ANKARA, Turkey: Attacks by Hayat Tahrir Al-Sham (HTS) militants in Syria’s northwestern Idlib province were an attempt by the Daesh-backed alliance to strengthen its grip on the region
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GENEVA: The first UN-backed discussions on the disputed Western Sahara region since 2012 opened in Geneva on Wednesday, but expectations remained low, with the meeting seen as just
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ANKARA, Turkey: Attacks by Hayat Tahrir Al-Sham (HTS) militants in Syria’s northwestern Idlib province were an attempt by the Daesh-backed alliance to strengthen its grip on the region
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The killing of a police officer by so-called cow vigilantes, belonging to far-right Hindu groups, has triggered outrage in India. Local media reported on Wednesday that Yogesh Raj, the main
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Meng Wanzhou, chief financial officer of Chinese telecoms giant Huawei, has been arrested in Canada and faces extradition to the US. In a statement on Wednesday, Canada's justice ministry,
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London - A vote holding the United Kingdom government in "contempt of parliament" is historic - but other than causing acute embarrassment to Prime Minister Theresa May that
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Leading global oil traders Vitol, Trafigura and Glencore paid more than $30m in bribes to employees at state-owned Brazilian company Petrobras in a scheme that may still be
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French President Emmanuel Macron scrapped a fuel tax rise amid fears of new violence after weeks of nationwide protests and the worst rioting in Paris in decades. Three
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