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JERUSALEM: Israel's air force commander will lead a delegation to Moscow to share the military's findings on the Syrian downing of a Russian warplane following Israeli air strikes,
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North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has requested a second summit with US President Donald Trump and also wants US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to visit Pyongyang soon,
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Ugandan pop star opposition politician Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu was escorted by police to his home after arriving back in the country on Thursday but he was not under
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A Palestinian teenager has been shot dead by an Israeli soldier in the southern Gaza Strip during a demonstration, Gaza's Ministry of Health and family members said. Mo'men
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The Secretary-General of the Arab League, Ahmed Aboul Gheit warned of the deteriorating situation of Palestinians in occupied territories, pointing out that the current situation is cause for
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The Secretary-General of the Arab League, Ahmed Aboul Gheit warned of the deteriorating situation of Palestinians in occupied territories, pointing out that the current situation is cause for
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The Secretary-General of the Arab League, Ahmed Aboul Gheit warned of the deteriorating situation of Palestinians in occupied territories, pointing out that the current situation is cause for
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Russia's Far East region has cancelled the result of a runoff governorship vote in an unprecedented move after claims of vote-rigging in favour of a candidate backed by
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US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says he wants to restart nuclear talks with North Korea at the "earliest opportunity" in the wake of new agreements reached between the
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Malaysia's former Prime Minister Najib Razak has been hit with 25 new corruption charges linked to the 1MDB scandal. The new charges include four counts of abuse of
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BAGHDAD: Veteran Kurdish leader Barham Salih has been nominated to be the president of Iraq. Iraq’s Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), one of the ruling Kurdish parties, selected
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BAGHDAD: Veteran Kurdish leader Barham Salih has been nominated to be the president of Iraq. Iraq’s Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), one of the ruling Kurdish parties, selected
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DUBAI: An Iranian government-aligned group of hackers launched a major campaign targeting Mideast energy firms and others ahead of US sanctions on Iran, a cybersecurity firm said Tuesday,
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Iran remains the world's leading state sponsor of terrorism with funding networks and operational cells working around the world, a US government report said. The State Department's annual
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Russia's top election official recommended the result of a gubernatorial election in the country's far eastern Primorsky region to be annulled, alleging it was rigged. Ella Pamfilova, head
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A grim wait for dozens of people still missing continues, after super Typhoon Mangkhut tore through the Philippines, burying dozens of people under a massive landslide. At least
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Male, Maldives - The usual din of fishmongers' cries in the Maldivian capital's waterfront was drowned out by loud boos on Tuesday, when a lorry carrying flag-waving activists campaigning
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Fort Trump: This was the name Poland suggested for a new US military base on its soil, and it's willing to fork out more than $2bn for the project.
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Civilians in Syria's last rebel-held bastion have cautiously welcomed a "fragile" agreement signed by Ankara and Moscow to create a demilitarised zone that put on hold a threatened offensive
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BEIRUT, MOSCOW: Thousands of residents of Syria’s last major opposition bastion Idlib headed home within 48 hours of the announcement of a deal to avoid a government offensive
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WASHINGTON: The US has once again named Iran as the world's leading state sponsor of terrorism, accusing it of intensifying numerous conflicts and trying to undermine governments throughout the
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Photographs of a boy crying next to the body of his father who died while cleaning a sewer last week in India prompted social media users to raise
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Correction 19/09/2018: A previous version of this article misstated the name of North Carolina's governor. It has been corrected to state Roy Cooper is the state's current governor.
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Itogon, Philippines - Mary Jane Baccodong had to steel herself to deliver her sermon at a church service on Sunday morning, and held back the urge to break
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ANKARA/AMMAN: Turkey will send more troops into Syria’s Idlib province after striking a deal with Russia that has averted a government offensive and delighted rebels who said it
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ANKARA/AMMAN: Turkey will send more troops into Syria’s Idlib province after striking a deal with Russia that has averted a government offensive and delighted rebels who said it
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ADEN: Yemen’s central bank, based in territory controlled by its exiled government, nearly doubled its interest rate on Wednesday in an effort to stabilise the riyal after violent
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