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Talks aimed at ending the war in Yemen have hit a hurdle before they've even begun.
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MANILA: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has offered to send troops to Jordan to help combat militants, after agreeing to deepen military cooperation with the Middle Eastern nation to
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SARMAN, Syria: In northwestern Syria, 68-year-old Abu Khaled was among dozens to have set up camp in a field, hoping that Turkish soldiers nearby would shield him from
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SARMAN, Syria: In northwestern Syria, 68-year-old Abu Khaled was among dozens to have set up camp in a field, hoping that Turkish soldiers nearby would shield him from
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Protesters in Iraq's oil-rich province of Basra have targeted several government buildings, including state-TV office, setting the headquarters of the local government and offices of several political parties
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Rescue workers have continued to search for survivors after a powerful earthquake triggered landslides on Japan's northern island of Hokkaido. At least 16 people were killed and dozens
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The leading candidate in Brazil's presidential election is in a serious but stable condition after being stabbed at a campaign rally, doctors said. Jair Bolsonaro, 63, was stabbed
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PARIS: Daesh will have been driven from all the territory it once controlled as a self-declared “caliphate” before the end of the year, French military chief Francois Lecointre
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US has seen evidence of Syria regime preparing chemical weapons in Idlib — envoy WASHINGTON: There is “lots of evidence” chemical weapons are being prepared by Syrian government
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US has seen evidence of Syria regime preparing chemical weapons in Idlib — envoy WASHINGTON: There is “lots of evidence” chemical weapons are being prepared by Syrian government
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Margaret Atwood and Ali Smith are just two among a group of leading writers piling pressure on the Bahraini king to intervene in the case of a detained
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The Trump administration is seeking to allow US authorities to keep immigrant children in detention longer than the current 20-day limit, a move critics denounced as "sickening" and
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It's the beginning of the end for a Palestinian school facing imminent demolition along with its village of Khan al-Ahmar in the occupied West Bank. Israel's Supreme Court
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JEDDAH: Houthi militia have been accused of setting out to thwart United Nations-sponsored peace talks on Yemen following the failure of a rebel delegation to appear at the Geneva
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BAGHDAD: Iraqi Shiite leader Moqtada Sadr has called for “radical” solutions to a health crisis which has sparked mass rallies and left seven protesters dead this week. Thousands
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Is Cairo the world’s most polluted city? ‘No’ says the government, ‘probably’ say its suffering residents CAIRO: The Egyptian capital has long ranked as one of the most
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Brazilian far-right presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro has been stabbed while he was campaigning in the city of Juiz de Fora, about 200km north of Rio de Janeiro. Brazilian
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There is renewed hope of a nuclear-free Korean Peninsula and a restart of discussions that have stalled over the last few weeks since June's landmark summit between US
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The number of asylum-seekers attempting to cross the Hungarian border has plummeted following a series of anti-migrant measures passed by Prime Minister Viktor Orban and his nationalist government.
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Is Cairo the world’s most polluted city? ‘No’ says the government, ‘probably’ say its suffering residents CAIRO: The Egyptian capital has long ranked as one of the most
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TRIPOLI: The only working airport in Tripoli reopened Thursday, after being forced to close by deadly clashes in the Libyan capital last week, the transport ministry said.The announcement comes
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Is Cairo the world’s most polluted city? ‘No’ says the government, ‘probably’ say its suffering residents CAIRO: The Egyptian capital has long ranked as one of the most
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Washington, DC - It is becoming a near-daily occurence. Leaks from inside US President Donald Trump's White House have both riled and undermined its current occupant and his
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The United States charged a North Korean computer programmer with some of the most dramatic global hacking cases of recent years, alleging they were carried out on behalf
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China is ready to retaliate if US President Donald Trump goes ahead with a tariff hike on $200bn worth of Chinese goods and is confident it can maintain
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ANKARA: There has been heavy diplomatic traffic between Ankara and its Western allies since Russian warplanes began bombing Syria’s Idlib province, which borders Turkey and is home to
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ANKARA: There has been heavy diplomatic traffic between Ankara and its Western allies since Russian warplanes began bombing Syria’s Idlib province, which borders Turkey and is home to
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