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CAIRO: In an era of social media even the most personal of messages are conveyed in digital form, or posted on Instagram or Facebook. But in a recent
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TIRANA, Albania: Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu says he expects Albania to close all businesses owned by Fethullah Gulen, the US-based Turkish cleric Ankara blames for an attempted
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The Organization of American States (OAS) has denounced a "criminal cocktail" of human rights abuses allegedly perpetrated by Nicaraguan authorities during months of anti-government protests, and called for
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Esquipulas, Guatemala - Dilmer Vigil was not carrying a suitcase. When he saw a Honduran caravan of migrants and refugees was leaving his home city of San Pedro
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The Macedonian parliament has passed constitutional changes to allow the Balkan country to change its name to the Republic of North Macedonia, as agreed with Greece. A total
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JERUSALEM: Three major Holy Land churches on Friday called on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to block draft legislation they said was aimed at expropriating their property.In a
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DUBAI: Yemen’s national army has announced several combing operations in sites where Houthi militias have been defeated, one of which was in the Hali directorate east of Hodeidah.A
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A 21-year-old man suspected of the rape and murder of Bulgarian television journalist Viktoria Marinova has admitted that he attacked her. Handcuffed and surrounded by police officers, Severin Krasimirov
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Journalists and others are calling for US President Donald Trump to apologise after he praised a Republican congressman for body-slamming a reporter last year. "To celebrate an attack
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Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed is drawing admiration from all corners for his transformative leadership. Since coming to power six months ago, he has released political prisoners, widened
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PARIS: The international group that monitors money laundering worldwide said on Friday Iran had until February to complete reforms that would bring it into line with global norms
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PARIS: The international group that monitors money laundering worldwide said on Friday Iran had until February to complete reforms that would bring it into line with global norms
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ANKARA, Turkey: A summit between the leaders of Turkey, France, Germany and Russia will be held in Istanbul this month to discuss the conflict in Syria and efforts
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Afghanistan is set to vote in long-delayed parliamentary elections for the third time since the fall of the Taliban in 2001. The polls, which were originally scheduled for
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Dozens of people are feared killed after a train ran into a crowd in northern India, according to local media reports and a local politician. The incident on
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Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi's disappearance and possible murder has gripped world attention, but Arab leaders have chosen to remain silent. For more than two weeks, there has been
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President Donald Trump is threatening to deploy the military to stop a large group of people travelling towards the southern US border. Around 4,000 migrants began their journey
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The wife of former Interpol president Meng Hongwei has lambasted China as "cruel" and said she is unsure if her husband is still alive after he was detained by Chinese
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WASHINGTON: The United States downgraded its main diplomatic mission to the Palestinians on Thursday, placing it under the authority of the US embassy to Israel.US Secretary of State
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Kabul, Afghanistan - Pashtana Arabzai feels she has done her homework and says it is only a matter of days before she realises her ambition. For the past
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JEDDAH: The permanent representative of Saudi Arabia to the UN in New York, Ambassador Abdallah Al-Mouallimi, said that Saudi Arabia supports all international and regional efforts to end the
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DUBAI: The Dubai government has launched a free e-learning education platform to cater for more than 50 million Arabic speaking students across the region and beyond. “Madrasa” was
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ANKARA: A motion to deploy Turkish troops in Lebanon for a further year as part of the UN’s interim force in Lebanon, UNIFIL, was ratified by the Turkish
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WASHINGTON: The United States downgraded its main diplomatic mission to the Palestinians on Thursday, placing it under the authority of the US embassy to Israel.US Secretary of State
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In this week's UpFront, we debate Brexit and the prospects of a second referendum with Daniel Hannan, Conservative Member of the European Parliament and Lord Adonis, former Labour
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Parliamentary election in Afghanistan's Kandahar province due to be held on Saturday, will be delayed by a week following the assassination of the powerful provincial police commander, according
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The case of missing Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi has shocked and captivated the world, as information trickles out about his disappearence and possible murder inside the Saudi consulate
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