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JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was battling to keep his government afloat on Friday after Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman quit over a ceasefire deal for Gaza.Left with
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ANKARA: Police in Istanbul detained 12 academics, businesspeople and journalists as part of an investigation into an association that was headed by a jailed prominent businessman and activist,
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Sri Lanka's parliament has descended into chaos for a second day as legislators supporting disputed Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa threw books, furniture and chilli paste at rivals in
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British Prime Minister Theresa May has defended the draft Brexit deal reached with the European Union that triggered the resignations of senior ministers and mutiny within her Conservative
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Theresa May surely by now symbolises the phrase "bad day at the office". This week, having spent months negotiating the deal by which Britain will leave the European
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The organisation promoting sustainable use of palm oil has agreed to tighten rules on the production of the crop, requiring companies to commit to no deforestation and not
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The first winter storm of the season to hit the contiguous United States has the most parts of northeast covered under several centimetres of snow. The snowfall and
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Funeral prayers have been held in absentia for slain Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi at the Grand Mosque in Mecca and Prophet Muhammad's mosque in the Saudi city of
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CAIRO: Billboards across Cairo advertise luxury homes with “breathtaking” views in compounds with names like “La Verde” or “Vinci” in Egypt’s new capital that is under construction in
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WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who is considered a wanted man in the United States for the publication of several classified documents, has been charged in secret by US
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A bipartisan group of US senators introduced legislation on Thursday seeking to punish Saudi Arabia over the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi and for the kingdom's role in
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Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - As a lawyer, Liew Vui Keong helped one of his clients appeal successfully against a death sentence. Now, as Malaysia's minister in charge of
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MARSA MATROUH, EGYPT: Military units from Egypt and five other Arab nations have conducted war drills with live ammunition in the Egyptian desert west of Cairo.Thursday’s drills were
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Cambodia's Khmer Rouge regime committed "genocide" during its reign of terror from 1975-1979, a UN-backed war crimes court said on Friday in a historic ruling. The tribunal judging
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At least 63 are now dead in the US' deadliest wildfire in a century as officials announced they have a missing persons list with 631 names on it in an
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Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg should quit the social media giant because of its anti-democratic nature that is a danger to the world, a prominent critic of online activity
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JERUSALEM: A knife-wielding Palestinian attacker sneaked into a Jerusalem police station and lightly wounded four police officers before he was shot and captured, Israeli police said on Thursday.
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JERUSALEM: A knife-wielding Palestinian attacker sneaked into a Jerusalem police station and lightly wounded four police officers before he was shot and captured, Israeli police said on Thursday.
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JERUSALEM: A knife-wielding Palestinian attacker sneaked into a Jerusalem police station and lightly wounded four police officers before he was shot and captured, Israeli police said on Thursday.
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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un observed the successful test of a "newly developed high-tech tactical" weapon though it was unclear what sort of armament it was. The
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Florida election officials on Thursday ordered a hand recount of ballots in a closely fought US Senate race between Democratic incumbent Bill Nelson and his Republican challenger, Governor
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Federal prosecutors have charged a white man with federal hate crimes in the killings of two African-Americans at a grocery store last month in Kentucky. A federal grand
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WASHINGTON: The administration of US President Donald Trump hopes that the US-backed fight against Daesh in its last foothold in northeastern Syria will end within months but American
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JERUSALEM: A knife-wielding Palestinian attacker sneaked into a Jerusalem police station and lightly wounded four police officers before he was shot and captured, Israeli police said on Thursday.
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RABAT: Morocco inaugurated on Thursday Africa’s fastest train which will halve traveling time between the commercial and industrial hubs of Casablanca and Tangier.After seven years of work on
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Argentina's Senate approved an austerity budget for 2019 on Thursday that cuts social spending and raises debt payments to meet the stiff requirements of a $56bn International Monetary
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At the end of the summit, a weak statement was issued, calling for accountability, but still offering support to Myanmar.
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