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Palestinians and right groups condemned a decision by an Israeli court that gave the green light for the military to demolish a Bedouin village in the occupied West
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Qatar will soon be the first Arab Gulf nation to allow some of its long-time foreign residents to become permanent residents. Issuing a new law, Emir Sheikh Tamim
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Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif accused US President Donald Trump of planning to "abuse" the presidency of the UN Security Council to criticise Tehran, Washington's political nemesis.
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BASRA: The United Nations envoy to Iraq called Wednesday for “calm” in Basra, after six died in the bloodiest day of protests over poor public services in the
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HABBANIYAH, Iraq: In the 1980s, Iraq’s Lake Habbaniyah was a tourist hotspot, popular with wealthy newlyweds and so luxurious it was even a haunt of dictator Saddam Hussein
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DUBAI: Qatar amended its residency laws on Tuesday to allow most foreign workers to leave the country without exit permits from their employers, a provision which labor rights
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The UK charged two Russian men for the Novichok nerve agent attack on a former spy and his daughter in the English city of Salsibury, accusing them of
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Paraguay will return its embassy in Israel back to Tel Aviv, reversing a contentious decision months ago to move the diplomatic site to Jerusalem. "Paraguay wants to contribute
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Tens of thousands have gathered on the streets of Sri Lanka's capital to call for the government to go. Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa - who suffered a surprise
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BEIRUT: International calls mounted Wednesday to avoid a “massacre” by regime forces in Syria’s last rebel-held province of Idlib, two days before a summit between key powers backing
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JERUSALEM: Israel’s top court on Wednesday upheld an order to raze a Palestinian Bedouin village in the occupied West Bank, clearing the way for the demolition to go
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JERUSALEM: Israel’s top court on Wednesday upheld an order to raze a Palestinian Bedouin village in the occupied West Bank, clearing the way for the demolition to go
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United Nations investigators are warning crimes against humanity are continuing unabated in Burundi. And they blame other serious violations partly on hate speech by President Pierre Nkurunziza. Burundi
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The United Nations Security Council will debate the situation in Nicaragua for the first time since a deadly political crisis erupted in the Central American nation earlier this year.
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On August 28, British Prime Minister Theresa May arrived in Cape Town, South Africa, for a one-day working visit. This visit was part of a three-nation tour of South
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A nine year-old child has been gang-raped and murdered in Indian-administered Kashmir's Baramullah district, bringing back memory of the brutal gang-rape of an eight-year old in Jammu region
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Doha, Qatar - Qatar's amendment to the residency law to allow most migrant workers to leave the country without an exit visa has been welcomed as a "huge
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Spaniards like Mohamed Azahaf remember the day, on March 11, 2004, that armed attacks came to Europe. That morning, during Madrid's rush hour, 10 bombs ripped through four
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At least 10 people have been killed in Japan by a powerful typhoon that has caused massive flooding, land slides and power outages across the country. Typhoon Jebi, the
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Public prosecutors in Saudi Arabia are seeking the death penalty against prominent Muslim scholar Salman al-Awdah, local media, activists and his family members have said. Awdah, who UN
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Yola, Nigeria - The field is wide and scorching under dry midday heat. Dozens of children kick up the sand underneath their sandals. Their shrieks echo as they roll
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JEDDAH: Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas told a group of Israeli lawmakers and activists on Sunday that US President Donald Trump’s negotiating team had asked whether he would
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DUBAI: Yemen’s warring parties meet in Geneva Thursday for a new round of peace talks with little hope of a breakthrough in an “ugly war” between the government
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Some people have taken to social media, posting videos of them burning Nike trainers and clothing, to protest former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick being the face of the
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Deadly clashes continued in Iraq's southern oil hub of Basra after hundreds gathered to mourn the death of a protester killed a day earlier. At least six people
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International donors and member states have pledged more than $2bn in financial assistance for the Lake Chad Basin to address a crisis described as "one of the greatest
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WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump wanted to have Syrian President Bashar Assad assassinated last year after a chemical attack on civilians, according to a new book. The revelation appears
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