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An American and an Arab journalist walk into a Saudi consulate, Thomas Friedman in New York and Jamal Khashoggi in Istanbul. One comes out smiling ear to ear
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If Leslie had hit Portugal as a hurricane, it would have been the first time in recorded history that Europe had seen the landfall of a hurricane. As
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QUNEITRA, Syria: A vital border crossing between Jordan and Syria reopened on Monday for the first time in three years, promising to restore trade and movement between the
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QUNEITRA, Syria: A vital border crossing between Jordan and Syria reopened on Monday for the first time in three years, promising to restore trade and movement between the
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RAQA, Syria: Shattered ultrasound machines and prosthetic limbs litter the hallways of Raqqa’s main hospital, still gutted a year after Daesh made its infamous last stand in its
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The West African Atlantic coast used to be rich in fish, yet Senegal's government says the country is suffering a shortage, with the price of fish doubling over
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The Palestinian Authority has denounced an Israeli decision to expand an illegal settlement in the heart of Hebron city, describing the move as a declaration of war against the Palestinian people.
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Ukraine's foreign minister told Al Jazeera that he has condemned a nationalist website for publishing the personal details of more than 500 Ukrainians it claims obtained Hungarian passports.
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RAQA, Syria: Shattered ultrasound machines and prosthetic limbs litter the hallways of Raqqa’s main hospital, still gutted a year after Daesh made its infamous last stand in its
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Taiwan has invited the Pope to visit the self-ruled island, just weeks after China and the Vatican reached a landmark agreement on the appointment of bishops on the
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Rough sleeping in Hungary will be banned from Monday when the government's law on homelessness comes into force, with the police given the power to remove homeless people
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Malaysia freed 11 ethnic Uighur Muslims who fled to the Southeast Asian nation after a Thai jailbreak because they did nothing wrong, Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said on
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AMMAN: An Israeli plan to construct 31 settler homes in Hebron has triggered angry reactions from Palestinian officials and rights activists calling on the Palestinian Authority to challenge
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AMMAN: An Israeli plan to construct 31 settler homes in Hebron has triggered angry reactions from Palestinian officials and rights activists calling on the Palestinian Authority to challenge
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AMMAN: An Israeli plan to construct 31 settler homes in Hebron has triggered angry reactions from Palestinian officials and rights activists calling on the Palestinian Authority to challenge
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A deadline passed on Monday without fighters leaving a planned buffer zone around Syria's last major rebel bastion of Idlib as set out under a Russian-Turkish deal. The
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Bangladesh's main opposition party has forged an alliance with centrist parties, with an 82-year-old former foreign minister emerging as the main leader ahead of upcoming elections. The Bangladesh
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A court in Egypt has sentenced three people to death for their involvement in the killing of policemen and belonging to an armed group. The defendants were found
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BEIRUT: A month after Russia, Turkey and Iran came together in a last-ditch effort to avert a potentially catastrophic Syrian regime offensive in Idlib, they appear to have succeeded
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BEIRUT: A Russian-Turkish deal to set up a buffer zone around Syria’s last major rebel bastion hung by a thread Sunday, as militants showed no sign of withdrawing
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BEIRUT: A month after Russia, Turkey and Iran came together in a last-ditch effort to avert a potentially catastrophic Syrian regime offensive in Idlib, they appear to have succeeded
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The disappearance of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi is hitting the Saudi economy. Stocks plunged almost 7 percent in early trading on Sunday, wiping out all the gains it
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday threatened to inflict "very strong blows" on Hamas after fresh violence along the fence that separates the besieged Gaza Strip from Israel.
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San Salvador - Maria Barrera remembers the moment the news of Archbishop Oscar Romero's murder reached the town of El Rosario. "My body went cold," Barrera recalled. "I
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YARMOUK, Syria: The Yarmouk district in Damascus has switched hands many times in Syria’s war: from rebels, to Daesh militants, and back to government forces. But Abu Nimr
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No militants seen exiting Syria buffer on eve of deadline, mortars fired from zone BEIRUT: Hard-line fighters have yet to begin withdrawing from a planned buffer zone in
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A memorial ceremony has been held in Somalia on the first anniversary of the largest ever bomb blast in the country. The man accused of orchestrating the explosion
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