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Yemeni government gives Houthis 24 hours to get to Geneva after militia refuses to attend talks SANAA: Yemen's government has given the Houthis 24 hours to get to
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Argentina is set to make a series of spending cuts in an effort to stabilise the country's spiralling currency crisis after the peso lost more than half its
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India and American officials signed an agreement on secure military communications following talks between top officials, which analysts say will open the door for the sale of sensitive
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A gunman opened fire in a downtown bank in the US city of Cincinnati, killing three people and wounding five others. Police received an emergency call at 9:10am
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Police in the US city of Cincinnati say that four people, including the shooter, are dead and another five are injured after officers responded to an active shooter situation
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Argentina's sinking economy is starting to have a negative impact on one of Latin America's most stable countries. Neighbouring Chile has seen its peso slump - in what's
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Iraqi authorities have cancelled a planned curfew in the southern city of Basra minutes before it was to start, following the blocking of the Umm Qasr port by
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BASRA, Iraq: A curfew has been imposed in Basra on Thursday, to come into affect at 3pm local time, after continued clashes between local residents and security forces,
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BEIRUT: When the presidents of Russia, Turkey and Iran meet Friday in Tehran, all eyes will be on their diplomacy reaching a last-minute deal to avert a bloodbath
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Paraguay moves its embassy back out of Jerusalem; Israel closes mission in retaliation ASUNCION: Paraguay announced Wednesday it would immediately move its embassy in Israel out of Jerusalem
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Nicaragua has been in turmoil for the last five months, with nearly 300 people killed and more than 2,000 wounded by government forces as they violently repressed protests.
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British Security Minister Ben Wallace has said that Russian President Vladimir Putin had "ultimate" responsibility for a nerve agent attack on a former Russian double agent in England
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The definition of anti-Semitism has long been a dividing topic. It is commonly used to describe hostility towards or discrimination against Jews as a religious or racial group.
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WASHINGTON: The US warned Syria Tuesday it will respond “swiftly and appropriately” if it uses chemical weapons against its people. The warning came amid signs that Syrian President
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WASHINGTON: The US warned Syria Tuesday it will respond “swiftly and appropriately” if it uses chemical weapons against its people. The warning came amid signs that Syrian President
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ISTANBUL: Turkey hopes a summit with Iranian and Russian leaders in Tehran on Friday will avert a Syrian regime offensive on the opposition-held Idlib enclave and prevent a
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A powerful magnitude 6.6 quake rocked the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido on Thursday, killing eight people, collapsing homes, and triggering landslides that left dozens missing. Multiple, large-scale
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New Delhi, India - India has decriminalised gay sex following a top court ruling on Thursday. The court heard petitions challenging the constitutional validity of Section 377 -
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India's Supreme Court is expected to rule on an archaic law that criminalises gay sex. The country's LGBTQ community is hopeful that the controversial ban, which India's top court
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Paraguay moves its embassy back out of Jerusalem; Israel closes mission in retaliation ASUNCION: Paraguay announced Wednesday it would immediately move its embassy in Israel out of Jerusalem
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JEDDAH: Yemen’s government will demand the release of the body of former President Ali Abdullah Saleh, killed by Houthi militias last year, at upcoming peace talks in Geneva,
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A day after six people were killed in southern Iraq's Basra city, violent protests over poor government services continued with security forces opening fire after new clashes. Protesters in
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Islamabad, Pakistan - US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has held talks with Pakistan's prime minister and foreign minister, as the two erstwhile strategic allies seek to mend
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US President Donald Trump has denied he wanted to kill Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, a key claim in a new book by renowned Washington Post journalist Bob Woodward. "That
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Protesters and security forces clash in Basra after 8 killed in night of violence BAGHDAD: Dozens of angry demonstrators on Wednesday attacked security forces deployed near the local government
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Protesters and security forces clash in Basra after 8 killed in night of violence BAGHDAD: Dozens of angry demonstrators on Wednesday attacked security forces deployed near the local government
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AMMAN: The Jordanian government has taken steps to ease the plight of Palestinians living in the country and to bolster the civil defense guards at Al-Aqsa Mosque.Wasfi Kilani,
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