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MOSUL, Iraq: Since jihadists were ousted from Mosul last year, taxi driver Abu Aref has ferried more than just people into Iraq’s second city: he regularly smuggles envelopes
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JEDDAH: When the clocks strike midnight on the US east coast on Sunday, Iran will become the world’s economic pariah state. US President Donald Trump will reintroduce tough
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The murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul has resulted in the most serious international crisis Saudi Arabia has faced since the 9/11 attacks. This political
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Colombo, Sri Lanka - Sri Lanka's newly appointed Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa has suffered a setback in his power struggle with a deposed rival after a coalition representing
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Coptic Christians in Egypt have buried the victims of an attack on buses carrying visitors to a monastery in a northeastern province. Seven people were killed on Friday
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BEIRUT: At least 14 civilians were killed Saturday in US-led coalition air strikes on Daesh’s last holdout in eastern Syria, a monitor said.“Fourteen civilians, including five children under
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GAZA: Crowds of Palestinians protested along the Gaza-Israel border on Friday but in fewer numbers and with less fury than has been seen for months as Egyptian mediators
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BEIRUT: An aid convoy on Saturday reached a camp for displaced Syrians near the Jordanian border, the United Nations and the Syrian Arab Red Crescent said, in the first
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Donald Trump's rise to power outraged Alabama resident Suzanna Coleman. When the Republican businessman and former reality television star won the November 2016 presidential elections, Coleman decided to
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The lawyer for a Christian woman acquitted of blasphemy charges in Pakistan has fled the South Asian country, citing threats to his life following days of protests over the
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Three Novembers ago, then-candidate Donald Trump came under fire for mocking a reporter living with arthrogryposis, a condition that limits joint function. It was a harbinger of what was to come
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SEOUL: A high-ranking Emirati official on Friday met with a top secretary of South Korean President Moon Jae-in to discuss ways to enhance bilateral relations. Khaldoon Khalifa Al-Mubarak, chairman of
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SEOUL: A high-ranking Emirati official on Friday met with a top secretary of South Korean President Moon Jae-in to discuss ways to enhance bilateral relations. Khaldoon Khalifa Al-Mubarak, chairman of
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US President Donald Trump teased his 55 million Twitter followers about his latest action against Iran in the style of a Hollywood movie poster - a picture of
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A proposal to create one of the world's largest marine reserves in a vast area of pristine Antarctic waters has been rejected, prompting concern among conservation groups about the ecosystem's
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An elaborate funeral is under way for Thai billionaire and Leicester City owner, Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, who, along with four others, was killed last Saturday in a helicopter crash. The
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SEOUL: A high-ranking Emirati official on Friday met with a top secretary of South Korean President Moon Jae-in to discuss ways to enhance bilateral relations. Khaldoon Khalifa Al-Mubarak, chairman of
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BEIRUT: An aid convoy on Saturday reached a camp for displaced Syrians near the Jordanian border, the United Nations and the Syrian Arab Red Crescent said, in the first
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SEOUL: A high-ranking Emirati official on Friday met with a top secretary of South Korean President Moon Jae-in to discuss ways to enhance bilateral relations. Khaldoon Khalifa Al-Mubarak, chairman of
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Over eight million people living in Mexico City are looking forward to having their water supply restored after three days' enforced drought. Faced with crumbling infrastructure, Mexico City’s
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More than a million Venezuelans have been living in Colombia, taking a heavy toll on its public services in border regions. As per a World Bank report, which
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A Turkish ship has launched drilling in search of oil and gas in the Mediterranean Sea for the first time. The five-month-long exploration off the coast of Cyprus
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Turkey is ramping up the pressure on Saudi Arabia to explain what exactly happened to journalist Jamal Khashoggi. The kingdom's Crown Prince, Mohammed bin Salman, has met evangelical
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Russia's foreign ministry says Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has agreed to send a group of senior politicians to peace talks in Moscow, at which a delegation representing the
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Divers have reported seeing the fuselage and engines of the crashed Lion Air jet on the seafloor and a ping locator has detected a signal that may be
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TEHRAN: Working from their small offices in Stockholm, analysts at a new watchdog that monitors global oil shipments have been run ragged by Iran’s efforts to skirt US
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TEHRAN: Working from their small offices in Stockholm, analysts at a new watchdog that monitors global oil shipments have been run ragged by Iran’s efforts to skirt US
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