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Abuja, Nigeria - There has been one single promise that has dominated the election manifestos of Nigeria's presidential candidates as they seek to lure the support of the
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UNICEF warns of 'dire' winter risks for 1m children in Middle East and North Africa AMMAN: The UN children’s fund warned Tuesday that a funding gap and the
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RAQQA: In the Syrian city of Raqqa, children wear hats, scarves and coats to guard against the winter cold as they struggle to catch up on years of
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LONDON: British academic Matthew Hedges returned to London on Tuesday a day after the UAE pardoned his life sentence for spying.Britain on Monday thanked the UAE after he
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A United Nations report has warned that global efforts to tackle greenhouse gas emissions are off track, with emissions reaching a record high of 53.5 billion tonnes in
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The postponed Copa Libertadores football final between Argentinian sides Boca Juniors and River Plate has been deemed too violent to remain in Argentina and will be played elsewhere.
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Tunis, Tunisia - For a second day in a row, Tunisians have taken to the streets of the country's capital to express their anger at a visit by
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LONDON: British academic Matthew Hedges returned to London on Tuesday a day after the UAE pardoned his life sentence for spying.Britain on Monday thanked the UAE after he
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LONDON: British academic Matthew Hedges returned to London on Tuesday a day after the UAE pardoned his life sentence for spying.Britain on Monday thanked the UAE after he
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BAB AL-HAWA, Syria: A rebel administration in Syria’s last major insurgent stronghold of Idlib handed over a four-year-old girl to her Belgian mother on Monday after a custody
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Egypt and Saudi Arabia have jointly announced that their ongoing blockade of Qatar would remain in effect until further notice, according to the Saudi-owned Al-Arabiya television channel The
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Last week, Germany's Africa Commissioner Gunter Nooke said that European countries should be allowed to lease land and to build and run cities in Africa as a means
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A German court has sentenced a man to 14 years in prison over last year's attack on the Borussia Dortmund football team's bus. The dpa news agency reported that the
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The spokesperson for the Saudi-led Arab coalition, Colonel Turki Al-Maliki said the coalition will continue to support efforts to bring all Yemeni parties to the negotiations planned to
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After protests on Sunday that reached the US border fence, almost a hundred Central Americans were deported from Mexico. Some Central American asylum seekers have decided to return
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Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has requested to meet Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the upcoming two-day G20 summit in Argentina, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said. "Yes,
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US President Donald Trump has been campaigning in Mississippi ahead of a special Senate runoff election. He has held two rallies to drum up support for Republican Senator
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CAIRO: On Tuesday, an important economic meeting headed by the Egyptian-Saudi Business Council will be held in Egypt to coincide with the visit of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed
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ISTANBUL, ANKARA: George Soros’ Open Society Foundation said on Monday it would cease operations in Turkey, days after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan accused the billionaire philanthropist of trying
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Cairo, Najaf: Iraq’s Parliament will vote in its next session scheduled on Tuesday on whether to approve the remaining eight candidates for Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi’s Cabinet,
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Tunis, Tunisia - Dozens of Tunisians gathered on the capital's main avenue on Monday evening to protest against a planned visit by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. Prince
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Authorities in Myanmar seized a boat carrying 93 Rohingya fleeing displacement camps in western Rakhine state in hopes to reach Malaysia, an official said on Tuesday. The vessel
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The latest economic analysis of the Brexit deal brought home by UK Prime Minister Theresa May has suggested the United Kingdom would be $140bn worse off over the
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CAIRO: On Tuesday, an important economic meeting headed by the Egyptian-Saudi Business Council will be held in Egypt to coincide with the visit of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed
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CAIRO: This is the sixth visit of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to Cairo, and the second since he assumed the post of crown prince in June
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JERUSALEM: The Bank of Israel, in a surprise move, raised short-term interest rates for the first time in more than seven years on Monday, and indicated that its
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Countries must impose sanctions on China over the mass detention of ethnic Uighurs in its western Xinjiang region, hundreds of scholars said, warning a failure to act would
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