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UNITED NATIONS: The 193-member United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday allowed the Palestinians to act more like a full UN member state during meetings in 2019 when they
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RAQQA, Syria: When the Daesh group lost its Syrian bastion Raqqa last year, Amani hoped to finally uncover what happened to her husband who had vanished in the
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Agua Caliente, Guatemala - Daysi Pena had a large smile after she crossed the border into Guatemala on Monday with three of her grandchildren. It was the first
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Sri Lanka's former cricket captain Sanath Jayasuriya has said he has always acted with integrity and transparency, a day after he was charged with two counts of breaching the
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A US military air strike against the al-Shabab group in Somalia has killed about 60 fighters, one of its deadliest in nearly a year, US military officials said.
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WASHINGTON: The US Treasury announced new sanctions against Iran's Bank Mellat and Mehr Eqtesad Bank on Tuesday. The Treasury also announced sanctions against Iran Tractor Manufacturing Company, Esfehan's Mobarakeh
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CAIRO: The Egyptian army said Tuesday that 450 jihadists are estimated to have been killed in its eight-month offensive against the Daesh group in the Sinai Peninsula.The military
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DUBAI: Abdullah Al-Rabeeah, the Supervisor General of King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre (KSrelief), on Tuesday said that relief land convoys were sent to Yemen to help
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Fifty years ago, two African American track-and-field stars, having just been awarded their medals at the 1968 Olympic Summer Games and very aware that the eyes of the
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The leaders of the European Union are meeting on Wednesday as a deal over Brexit looks to be as far away as ever. The effects of a no-deal
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Authorities in India's most populous state have changed the Muslim name of a historic city to one with Hindu overtones, local media reported. Allahabad, a city of more than
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LONDON: The number of recorded hate crimes in England and Wales has more than doubled in the past five years, official data shows, with a substantial rise in
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GENEVA: Some 12 million Yemenis could soon be on the brink of famine if the security and economic situation in the war-ravaged country does not improve, the UN
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TEHRAN: Iran’s Revolutionary Guards have carried out 700 drone strikes against forces of the Daesh group in Syria, its aerospace chief told conservative news agency Fars on Tuesday.“Our
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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has raised the possibility that parts of Saudi Arabia's consulate in Istanbul had been repainted since Saudi writer Jamal Khashoggi disappeared there. Speaking
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Yemen's President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi has fired his prime minister, blaming him for the economic crisis in the war-torn country, according to a statement. Hadi's office said on
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Desperate to escape the war in Yemen, thousands of families have made the dangerous trip across the Red Sea to Djibouti. That can mean more than 10 hours
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LONDON: Iran has extended the range of its land-to-sea ballistic missiles to 700km (435 miles), a senior Iranian military official said on Tuesday, as tensions over the weapons
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CAIRO: The United Nations says strong winds and heavy rain from cyclone Luban have injured 33 people and affected 2,000 families in war-ravaged Yemen.The UN released statements on
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SYDNEY: Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison, whose government faces a crucial by-election in four days, said on Tuesday Canberra was open to recognizing Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, prompting
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Danske Bank, Denmark's largest lender, has found itself at the centre of one of the world's biggest money-laundering scandals. EU Justice Commissioner Vera Jourova has described the $235bn
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Palestinian children living under Israeli occupation face many challenges when it comes to getting an education. But for Bedouin children, it's even more difficult. They travel long distances
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Israeli forces have entered a Palestinian Bedouin village under imminent threat of demolition in occupied West Bank with heavy equipment and at least three bulldozers, local media reported.
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JEDDAH: Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi received OIC Secretary-General Dr. Yousef bin Ahmad Al-Othaimeen in Cairo on Monday. Al-Othaimeen is head of a Saudi delegation in the Egyptian capital,
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CAIRO: Egypt says its security forces have killed nine “terrorists” in a raid on a cave hideout along the Nile River. The Interior Ministry says Monday’s dawn raid
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Every day, one in nine people around the world go hungry. That's more than 820 million people who do not have enough food to support a healthy, productive lifestyle
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Bulawayo, Zimbabwe - There are snaking queues at Zimbabwe's petrol stations, supermarkets and factories as shoppers and motorists line up for scarce supplies. With Zimbabwe struggling to find a
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