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US Open champion Naomi Osaka has said that her landmark victory in New York last month still felt "bittersweet" after a controversial and dramatic final against her childhood
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Iraq’s parliament has to elect its new president within the next few hours, a role that is served by a Kurd. The process has been plagued with delays
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KHAN AL-AHMAR, West Bank: Palestinians residents of a West Bank hamlet braced on Monday for an Israeli demolition of their homes as activists arrived to help them resist
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BAGHDAD: With parliament summoned to elect a new Iraqi president, the Kurds’ two historic parties are for the first time contesting the post which is reserved for a
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ANKARA: President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday said Turkey hoped to rebuild relations with its NATO ally the United States following a bitter standoff over the detention of
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President Donald Trump has described the signing of a new free trade deal with Mexico and Canada as signaling "a new dawn" for Americans and the return of the country as a "manufacturing powerhouse".
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In the summer of 2016, two political earthquakes hit the European Union and Turkey within a month of each other. On June 23, the United Kingdom voted to
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Qatar's sports broadcaster beIN has launched a $1bn compensation claim against Saudi Arabia, accusing it of "breaching international law" in relation to the streaming of sporting events beIN
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TEHRAN, Iran: Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard said Monday that it launched ballistic missiles into eastern Syria targeting militants it blamed for a recent attack on a military parade,
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Rescuers in the Indonesia island of Sulawesi are racing against the clock to save those still trapped in the rubble, as volunteers buried bodies in a mass grave following an earthquake and
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Brazil will hold presidential elections on October 7, and many candidates tied to some of Brazil's worst corruption scandals are expected to be re-elected. The country is a
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The legendary French singer Charles Aznavour has died aged 94, his spokeswoman told AFP news agency on Monday. The songwriter, who had just returned from a concert tour
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RAMALLAH, West Bank: Palestinians are on a general strike across the West Bank in solidarity with Arab citizens of Israel over a contentious law that defines Israel as
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BAGHDAD: Over the last few weeks, four go-getting Iraqi women have separately met premature deaths — two falling victim to men firing automatic weapons into their vehicles.The deaths
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BAGHDAD: Over the last few weeks, four go-getting Iraqi women have separately met premature deaths — two falling victim to men firing automatic weapons into their vehicles.The deaths
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Yarchen Gar, officially known as Yaqing Orgyan, is a Buddhist monastery that is made up almost entirely of nuns. Living in rudimentary conditions, they are devoted to following the
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Violence between Francophone state forces and English-speaking separatists has forced of thousands of Cameroonian refugees into Nigeria, splintering families and leaving many people sleeping rough, without access to
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At least two people have been killed and scores injured by a powerful typhoon that brought down trees onto railway tracks and kicked up debris across Tokyo as
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Kurds vote for regional Parliament as Barzani draws battle lines in fight for Iraq presidency BAGHDAD: Results from Iraq’s Kurdish election on Sunday are expected to bolster the
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Kurds vote for regional Parliament as Barzani draws battle lines in fight for Iraq presidency BAGHDAD: Results from Iraq’s Kurdish election on Sunday are expected to bolster the
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BEIRUT: Syrian rebels denied on Sunday they had pulled any heavy arms from a major opposition bastion in the north, as the deadline to implement a demilitarization deal
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Negotiators from Canada and the United States went down to the wire but were able to reach an agreement on a new free trade pact that will include
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Maltese authorities have finally allowed 58 migrants off the Aquarius to Valletta after they waited for days in rough seas on the rescue ship that can no longer
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Campaigning has started in Afghanistan for next month's parliamentary elections amid concerns that the much-delayed vote could be postponed again due to the uncertainty over new technology. The
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ABU DHABI: The UAE on Sunday approved a zero-deficit 60.3 billion dirham ($16.4 billion) budget for 2019, up 17 percent from this year’s budget and the largest in
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JERUSALEM: Israel on Sunday released a French-Palestinian lawyer held without charge for the past 13 months over unspecified allegations, his lawyer said.Salah Hamouri, 33, was freed at Jerusalem
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DUBAI: Dubai International Airport released a statement on Sunday confirming that flights were operating as normal after a news report claiming the Houthi militia had launched a drone
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