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On November 6, American voters are slated to head to the ballot and cast their votes in midterm elections that will decide the tenor of the rest of
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At least five suspicious packages were sent to top Democrats, including former President Barack Obama and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and CNN's New York offices, authorities
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Istanbul, Turkey - Despite calls by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to extradite and try those involved in murdering Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, experts say chances of the
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DUBAI: Abu Dhabi announced this week that the grand opening of the much-anticipated cultural destination “Al Hosn,” located at the heart of the UAE capital, will take place
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DUBAI: Abu Dhabi announced this week that the grand opening of the much-anticipated cultural destination “Al Hosn,” located at the heart of the UAE capital, will take place
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DAMASCUS: Syria’s top diplomat told the outgoing UN envoy Wednesday to stay out of matters concerning the war-torn country’s constitution, state media reported, while the UN official said
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The leader of a California-based white nationalist group and three others have been charged with attacking demonstrators and conspiring to incite riots at political rallies across the state,
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Esquipulas, Guatemala - A small laundry basket full of shoes sits outside Ana Ruth Alvarado's eatery in Esquipulas, located 10km away from Guatemala's border with Honduras. A sign
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If Georgia Democrat Stacey Abrams can best her Republican opponent, Brian Kemp, in midterm elections on November 6, she will become the first female African American governor in
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At least 10 people were killed in an air strike that targeted a group of farmers in a vegetables market in Yemen's Hodeidah province, medical workers and residents
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Doctors in the southern Iraqi city of Basra are worried that diseases like cholera and diarrhoea might spread through the city's unuseable water supply. Basra's canals are blocked
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Russian President Vladimir Putin says Russia will respond in kind if the US withdraws from the Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces Treaty. Putin's warning followed US President Donald Trump's weekend announcement that
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MUMBAI: An Indonesian woman gave birth on an Etihad Airways flight from Abu Dhabi to Jakarta that had to be diverted to Mumbai Wednesday, Indian officials said. Flight
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‘Let hope unite us,’ Nadia Murad says in UAE in her first appearance as a Nobel laureate SHARJAH: Nadia Murad, the co-recipient of the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize,
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‘Let hope unite us,’ Nadia Murad says in UAE in her first appearance as a Nobel laureate SHARJAH: Nadia Murad, the co-recipient of the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize,
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US officials said on Wednesday they intercepted suspicious packages, identified as potential explosive devices, sent to the homes of former President Barack Obama and former Secretary of State
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India's government removed the head of the country's top investigating agency and his deputy in a pre-dawn raid on Wednesday - a move opposition parties and constitutional experts said amounted to "misuse of
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Barcelona is pursuing a case against a man filmed subjecting a 77-year-old black woman to racist abuse on a Ryanair flight, according to a report in the Guardian.
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DAMASCUS, Syria: Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moualem told UN envoy Staffan de Mistura that the constitution was a "sovereign matter" up to the Syrian people, state media said
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India's government removed the head of the country's top investigating agency and his deputy in a pre-dawn raid on Wednesday - a move the opposition parties and constitutional experts said amounted to "misuse
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Israeli forces have shot dead a Palestinian man in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Authority health ministry said on Wednesday. The ministry identified the man as 21-year-old Mohammed Bisharat
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An image of a shirtless young protester in Gaza gripping a Palestinian flag with one hand and swinging a slingshot over his head with the other has drawn
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On state television, the vocational education centre in China's far west looked like a modern school where happy students studied Mandarin, brushed up their job skills, and pursued
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Saudi Arabia's crown prince is expected to address an investment forum that has been overshadowed by the uproar over the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Mohammed bin
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Barring an unprecedented upset, the far-right candidate Jair Bolsonaro will be elected president of Brazil this Sunday with a comfortable margin over his runoff opponent, the Workers' Party's
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AMMAN: Religious and political figures in Jerusalem urged Jordan’s king to coordinate with the Palestinian president and the UN to obligate Israel to implement resolutions passed by the
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AMMAN: Religious and political figures in Jerusalem urged Jordan’s king to coordinate with the Palestinian president and the UN to obligate Israel to implement resolutions passed by the
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