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Nearly a decade ago, residents of Arivaca, Arizona, knew little gun-toting vigilantes patrolling the nearby borderlands hugging the US-Mexico frontier. Gallivanting up and down the border with military-grade
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TEHRAN, Iran: Britain’s top diplomat was visiting Iran on Monday, less than two weeks after the United States re-imposed oil sanctions on the country.Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt first
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Abuja, Nigeria - Nigeria's main opposition leader Atiku Abubakar has vowed to get the country "working again" by reviving its economy as he launched his 2019 presidential elections campaign.
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Yemen's internationally-recognised government has announced it will take part in proposed peace talks in Sweden, hours after a senior Houthi leader said the rebels will halt drone and
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The families of three US soldiers killed by a guard at a military base in Jordan two years ago say their recently-filed lawsuit against the kingdom "is the
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DAMASCUS, Syria: Syrian government forces and their allies have captured a southern district from the Daesh group. The development comes after weeks of fighting that left scores dead
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ASTANA: Russia, Iran and Turkey will hold the next round of talks on Syria's conflict on November 28-29 in the Kazakh capital Astana, Kazakhstan's foreign minister said on
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ASTANA: Russia, Iran and Turkey will hold the next round of talks on Syria's conflict on November 28-29 in the Kazakh capital Astana, Kazakhstan's foreign minister said on
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On November 14, the United Nations Security Council unanimously agreed to lift the sanctions it had imposed on Eritrea with Resolution 1907. The measure, which included an international arms embargo, travel
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“A rainbow after the rain,” that is how Chinese President Xi Jinping is describing his upcoming trip to the Philippines. He will be the first Chinese leader to
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Carlos Ghosn, the chairman of Nissan and one of the world's most powerful motor industry bosses, is reportedly under arrest in Japan over allegations of financial misconduct. Japanese media
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ASTANA: Russia, Iran and Turkey will hold the next round of talks on Syria's conflict on November 28-29 in the Kazakh capital Astana, Kazakhstan's foreign minister said on
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Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdulaziz has addressed the kingdom's Shura Council but refrained from mentioning the case of murdered Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. In a televised address
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A UN-recognised event, World Toilet Day on November 19, aims to raise awareness about poor sanitation and defecation in the open. An estimated 2.3 billion people worldwide are
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Taliban officials have held three days of talks with the United States' special representative for Afghanistan in Qatar, Zalmay Khalilzad, aimed at renewing the peace process in the
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DUBAI/LONDON: British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt arrived in Tehran on Monday for the first time since taking office to hold talks with Iranian authorities on issues including the
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DUBAI/LONDON: British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt arrived in Tehran on Monday for the first time since taking office to hold talks with Iranian authorities on issues including the
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ISTANBUL: Turkey’s coast guard says it rescued 40 migrants stuck on an island after they attempted the crossing to Greece.In a statement Monday, the coast guard said it
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Three leading Hong Kong pro-democracy campaigners pleaded not guilty on Monday to public nuisance charges over their involvement in massive rallies in 2014 calling for political reform in
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Israeli Education Minister Naftali Bennett has said he will keep his party in government, making an early election less likely. In a dramatic press conference on Monday, Bennett,
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Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdulaziz is expected to make his annual address to the kingdom's Shura Council, following a nationwide tour with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. In
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SANAA: Iran-backed Houthi militias have said they are ready to mobilize more fighters to the frontline despite a lull in battleground Hodeidah, as the UN envoy prepares to
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SANAA: Iran-backed Houthi militias have said they are ready to mobilize more fighters to the frontline despite a lull in battleground Hodeidah, as the UN envoy prepares to
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Saudi Arabia's King Salman is expected to make his annual address to the kingdom's Shura council, following a nation-wide tour with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. In his
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A city in China's far-western Xinjiang region has ordered people who are "poisoned by extremism, terrorism and separatism", in contact with overseas terror groups or behaving in a
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All member countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), which includes Qatar, are expected to attend its next summit in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, according to Kuwait's Deputy Foreign
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SANAA: Iran-backed Houthi militias have said they are ready to mobilize more fighters to the frontline despite a lull in battleground Hodeidah, as the UN envoy prepares to
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