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Prominent Qatari tribe protests against Doha regime’s ‘displacement and torture’ of its members GENEVA: A delegation from the Al-Ghufran Tribe, one of the biggest tribes in Qatar, staged
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TRIPOLI: New clashes flared between rival militias south of Libya’s capital Tripoli on Tuesday, causing widespread power outages, the national electricity firm said.The fighting underscored the fragility of
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel's government has removed the country's domestic spy chief, who has faced accusations of harbouring far-right sympathies - but transferred him to an essentially more senior role
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There is now a face and a name for the man who hopes to become the first paying passenger to fly to the moon. The US company, SpaceX,
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China slapped $60bn-worth of tariffs on American goods on Tuesday in retaliation for new tariffs announced by the United States. US President Donald Trump said a day earlier he
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RABAT: With a backpack filled with pirated books, Khalid wanders the streets of Rabat peddling cheap reads — part of a flourishing black market eliciting howls of protest
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RAMALLAH, Palestinian Territories: A Palestinian died after being arrested during a raid in the occupied West Bank overnight, the Israeli army said Tuesday, with his family accusing soldiers
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Prominent Qatari tribe protests against Doha regime’s ‘displacement and torture’ of its members GENEVA: A delegation from the Al-Ghufran Tribe, one of the biggest tribes in Qatar, staged
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Kabul, Afghanistan - On Wednesday, September 5, the sun was just beginning to set over the Dasht-e Barchi neighbourhood in western Kabul when a young man approached the Maiwand
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Turkey's foreign minister says no civilians will be removed from Syria's northwestern Idlib province under a deal signed by Ankara and Moscow to create a demilitarised zone in the
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The United States says it will shut down the Palestine Liberation Organization's (PLO) diplomatic office in Washington, DC, over the Palestinian Authority's refusal to enter into US-brokered negotiations with
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TANGIERS: Hundreds of sub-Saharan migrants escaping poverty and violence in their home countries are fleeing to forests to escape police raids in the northern Moroccan port city of
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BAGHDAD: Militia leader Hadi al-Amiri, one of the most powerful figures in Iraq, withdrew his candidacy for prime minister on Tuesday, putting the country one step closer to
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AMMAN/BEIRUT: Syrian opposition officials praised a deal between Russia and Turkey over Idlib province on Tuesday, saying it had spared the rebel-held region a bloody government offensive and
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A Russian military aircraft was brought down by a Syrian missile over the Mediterranean Sea, killing all 15 people on board, the Russian defence ministry said. Moscow blamed
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Iran's foreign minister has hailed an agreement between Turkey and Russia to avert an assault on the Syrian rebel-held Idlib province, as an example of "responsible diplomacy." An agreement to
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Rescue teams in the northern Philippines are desperately sifting through the debris of a large landslide caused by Typhoon Mangkhut, despite fears that there are no more survivors
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JEDDAH/CAIRO: Russia’s defense ministry said it had lost contact with a military surveillance aircraft with 14 servicemen on board near Syria’s Hmeimim air base, Russian and Syrian
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JEDDAH/CAIRO: Russia’s defense ministry said it had lost contact with a military surveillance aircraft with 14 servicemen on board near Syria’s Hmeimim air base, Russian and Syrian
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LONDON: The Turkish opposition have ‘questioned the honor’ of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan after the leader admitted accepting a luxury jumbo jet as a “gift” from Qatar. Erdogan has
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Kaduna, Nigeria - Denouncing God can be a dangerous thing in Nigeria, where religion is the rhythm of life. Atheism, considered blasphemy by many, is a largely underground
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Long Beach, Southern California - Al Jazeera's Investigative Unit has discovered that a self-deleting messaging app called Tiger Text has been adopted by at least one US police department,
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An investigation has uncovered new details about Maldives government corruption days before a presidential election and weeks after the European Union moved to sanction its leaders. Published on
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BEIRUT: Missiles were fired at several locations in the Syrian coastal province of Latakia on Monday but were intercepted and downed by air defenses, Syrian state media said.Explosions
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Assad ordered to call off Idlib offensive after ‘demilitarized zone’ deal in Sochi JEDDAH/SOCHI: Russia ordered the Assad regime on Monday to call off a planned offensive in
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BASRA: A health crisis in the Iraqi city of Basra has claimed an unexpected victim — a top football club from Baghdad is 10 players down and unable
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US President Donald Trump has said he will impose 10 percent US tariffs on about $200bn worth of Chinese imports, but he spared some consumer products. The new
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