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The US Assistant Secretary Marshall Billingslea said on Thursday that the United States will impose tough sanctions on Iran starting Nov. 4, including sanctions on Iranian carrier Mahan
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Much of the world's attention this week has been focused on two powerful storms: hurricane Florence in the United States and super typhoon Mangkhut in the Philippines. The
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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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Yemen's Houthi rebels say at least 15 people have been killed in air raids by a Saudi-UAE coalition targeting a strategic highway linking the port city of Hodeida
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KHAN AL-AHMAR, Palestinian Territories: Scuffles broke out between Israeli forces and dozens of pro-Palestinian activists Friday at a village slated for demolition in the occupied West Bank.An Israeli
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BEIRUT: In cities and towns across Syria’s last opposition-held province, Idlib, residents poured into the streets on Friday to demonstrate against President Bashar Assad’s government in defiance of
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CAIRO: Egyptian authorities deported a Lebanese woman who was jailed for insulting Egyptians in a video she posted online, days after she was sentenced to a suspended one-year
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A journalist who went missing in the Democratic Republic of Congo's restive east has been found in a "very weak" state, accoding to his radio station. Hassan Murhabazi
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A monster typhoon expected to affect at least five million people is set to hit the northeastern tip of the Philippines in a few hours. Typhoon Mangkhut retained its
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The Israeli military has shut down all roads leading to a Bedouin village in the occupied West Bank that is threatened with demolition. The move on Friday came
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BEIRUT: More than 360,000 people have been killed across war-ravaged Syria in seven years, a monitoring group said Thursday, in a new toll for the brutal conflict.It came
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London, England - The international community must revise its stance towards Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman to end the current Gulf crisis, experts of international law and Middle East politics told
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At least 37 people have been killed in night-time attacks across four provinces of Afghanistan, officials said. Twenty-nine police officers and members of the Afghan national army were
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In this week's UpFront, we talk to Dore Gold, the former Israeli ambassdor to the United Nations (UN) and a close adviser to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, about
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ISTANBUL: Turkey is working to achieve a cease-fire in Syria’s rebel-held northwest and is ready for cooperation to fight terrorist groups in the Idlib area, Turkish Foreign Minister
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ISTANBUL: Turkey is working to achieve a cease-fire in Syria’s rebel-held northwest and is ready for cooperation to fight terrorist groups in the Idlib area, Turkish Foreign Minister
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The Yemeni army found operation and communication underground chambers on Thursday belonging to the Iranian-backed Houthi militia in the Kataf district of Saada province in northern Yemen, Saudi State
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Philippines authorities evacuated more areas on Friday and warned an estimated 5.2 million people in the path of super typhoon Mangkhut to stay indoors, as the country braced for heavy
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German car manufacturer Volkswagen will cease global production of its iconic Beetle after nearly seven decades of US sales, the company's American unit announced. In a statement issued
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The outer reaches of Hurricane Florence began lashing coastal North Carolina with heavy winds and flooded roads on Thursday ahead of an expected landfall that will bring walls
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BEIRUT: More than 360,000 people have been killed across war-ravaged Syria in seven years, a monitoring group said Thursday, in a new toll for the brutal conflict.It came
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The number of immigrant "family units" apprehended while attempting to enter the US through its southern border soared to 12,774 in August, up from roughly 9,247 in July,
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President Vladimir Putin promised to strengthen Russia's army and supply it with new generation weapons, as he travelled to watch the country's biggest war games since the fall
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A lawyer for former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak was charged with receiving US$2.3m in ill-gotten wealth, as police announced the investigation of more than 50 individuals suspected
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GENEVA: UN officials have notified Russia, Turkey and the US of the GPS coordinates of 235 schools, hospitals and other civilian sites in the Syrian province of Idlib,
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Rival Iraqi factions make coalition deal and end Al-Abadi’s prime minister hopes BAGHDAD: Pro-Iran parties in Iraq reached a deal on Thursday to join a parliamentary coalition overseen
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BEIJING: Any chemical weapons attack on Syria’s last opposition stronghold would lead to “consequences” for the regime in Damascus, French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian warned in Beijing
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