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At least eight civilians have been killed in twin attacks in eastern Burkina Faso, where armed groups have been gaining ground in recent months, according to local authorities.
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Khan al-Ahmar, occupied West Bank - Tucked away behind a motorway, Khan al-Ahmar is almost invisible. The village, which has been home to Palestinian Bedouins for more than 60 years, doesn't appear
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An Egyptian court has ordered the arrest of two sons of former President Hosni Mubarak over stock market manipulation, according to state media. Alaa and Gamal Mubarak are
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It has been 10 years since the global financial crisis. Many analysts are wondering if another one is brewing and, if so, where will it come from? The
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Ten years after the financial crash of 2008, Germany faces accusations of helping to wreck the Greek economy by demanding punitive austerity measures. But inside the German government
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Luis Almagro, leader of the Organization of American States (OAS), is not ruling out military intervention to overthrow Venezuela's president. At a press conference, Almagro said only restoring
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NEW YORK: The UN Security Council has urged all Libyans to improve the atmosphere for national elections in a resolution that avoids mentioning the Dec. 10 target date
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Turkey's presidential spokesperson has said a major offensive targeting Syria's northwestern province of Idlib could cause a new refugee crisis from Turkey to Europe. "Everyone's common point is
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East Jerusalem - A Palestinian in occupied East Jerusalem is breaking boundaries by suing the Israeli government in hopes of becoming the first Palestinian to run for mayor in Israel's
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In August, the Spanish government issued a decree paving the way to exhume the remains of fascist dictator Francisco Franco from their current place of honour in the
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MEDENINE: Surrounded by other people’s belongings piled high on beds, Georgie Ndab wants to leave Tunisia’s only migrant center and take her baby to Europe. “I spent eight
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On The Listening Post this week: A decade on from the financial crisis, how well do business journalists understand their beat? Plus, Twitter bots manipulate online debates on
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China has been accused of allegedly detaining up to one million Uighur Muslims in its Xinjiang region under what UN experts have called the "pretext of countering terrorism and religious extremism". Over
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US President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo have accused Obama-era official John Kerry of "actively undermining" US policy on Iran after he admitted meeting Iran's
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NEW YORK: The UN Security Council has urged all Libyans to improve the atmosphere for national elections in a resolution that avoids mentioning the Dec. 10 target date
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BERLIN: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Friday that the Syrian regime is not preparing a major offensive against the opposition-held Idlib, adding that Moscow will do
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MEDENINE: Surrounded by other people’s belongings piled high on beds, Georgie Ndab wants to leave Tunisia’s only migrant center and take her baby to Europe. “I spent eight
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A woman and her child died after a tree fell on their house in Wilmington, North Carolina, the first reported fatalities from Hurricane Florence, which made landfall earlier
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The leaders of Ethiopia and Eritrea will attend a summit in Saudi Arabia on Sunday to sign a peace agreement "cementing" the relations between the two former Horn of
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President Donald Trump has told aides to proceed with yet more tariffs on Chinese imports, according to reports in the United States. Citing unnamed officials, Bloomberg News reported on
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SANAA: The UN’s Yemen envoy Martin Griffiths has met the country’s Houthi rebels in a push for new peace talks, as fighting continued Friday around the strategic port
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AS-SUSAH: Fighters from the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) sing for courage as they ready for battle, this time for an assault on Daesh’s last stronghold in the
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MEDENINE: Surrounded by other people’s belongings piled high on beds, Georgie Ndab wants to leave Tunisia’s only migrant center and take her baby to Europe. “I spent eight
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A woman and her child died after a tree fell on their house in Wilmington, North Carolina, the first reported fatalities from Hurricane Florence, which made landfall earlier
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Monster Typhoon Mangkhut has slammed into the northeastern tip of the Philippines, bringing torrential rains and battering winds that are expected to affect millions of people. Mangkhut, also
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Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has begun a visit to China by paying his respects to Mao Zedong, before signing a raft of deals aimed at bolstering his country's crisis-hit economy. Calling the founder of
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SANAA: The UN’s Yemen envoy Martin Griffiths has met the country’s Houthi rebels in a push for new peace talks, as fighting continued Friday around the strategic port
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