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At least eight people were killed and 12 wounded in a suicide car bomb attack on a security checkpoint in the Qaim district of Iraq's Anbar province, a
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STAVAGNER, NORWAY: Current US sanctions on Iran are unlikely to stop Iranian oil exports completely, a long-time adviser at Saudi Arabia’s Energy Ministry said on Tuesday, adding Iran
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STAVAGNER, NORWAY: Current US sanctions on Iran are unlikely to stop Iranian oil exports completely, a long-time adviser at Saudi Arabia’s Energy Ministry said on Tuesday, adding Iran
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BEIRUT: A high-level US security delegation met Syria's powerful intelligence boss in Damascus two months ago, a pro-regime Lebanese daily newspaper reported Tuesday.The visit, which AFP could not
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Emmanuel Macron suffered a major blow to his authority and green credentials on Tuesday as his popular environment minister resigned live on radio - without informing the French
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel is set to begin a tour of three West African countries, Senegal, Ghana and Nigeria, with efforts to boost economic ties and limit irregular migration
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Nearly 3,000 people died in Puerto Rico in the six months after Hurricane Maria as a result of the storm, with the elderly and impoverished most affected, according
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TRIPOLI: A US air strike killed a suspected Daesh militant in Libya on Tuesday, the US Africa Command said.The strike into the northwestern town of Bani Walid was
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BEIRUT: A high-level US security delegation met Syria's powerful intelligence boss in Damascus two months ago, a pro-regime Lebanese daily newspaper reported Tuesday.The visit, which AFP could not
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CAIRO: Egypt’s highest Sunni Muslim authority has said there can be no justification for sexual harassment, in a country where many people often blame women themselves for the
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A Texas jury has found a white former police officer who shot and killed an unarmed black teenager last year guilty of murder. Roy Oliver shot into a
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Naples, Italy - Dozens of migrants and refugees protested on Tuesday against a decision that will see them lose their right to live in migrant reception centres, leaving
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Russia has deployed a dozen warships to the Mediterranean Sea in what a Russian newspaper on Tuesday called Moscow's largest naval buildup since it entered the Syrian conflict
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ISTANBUL: Russia and Turkey are in intense negotiations to ensure the rebel-held province of Idlib does not become a breaking point in their alliance on Syria, but the
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BAGHDAD: Hospitals in Basra have been flooded with thousands of patients suffering from drinking polluted and saline water as the province reels from the latest breakdown in basic
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BAGHDAD: Hospitals in Basra have been flooded with thousands of patients suffering from drinking polluted and saline water as the province reels from the latest breakdown in basic
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With friends like Donald Trump, who needs enemies? That was the reaction from European Council Chief Donald Tusk when the US president withdrew from the Iran nuclear deal
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Indian police arrested prominent writers and left-wing activists for suspected links to banned Maoist rebels, sparking outrage across the country. The arrests on Tuesday drew condemnation from human
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The Dutch police on Tuesday arrested a man suspected of planning an attack against far-right politician Geert Wilders after he said he intended to hold a Prophet Mohammad
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An indefinite curfew is in force in southwest Nepal, to prevent more protests after the rape and killing of a teenage girl. A police commander has been suspended
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Israeli forces on Tuesday demolished the family home of a Palestinian teenager who stabbed a Jewish settler to death in the occupied West Bank last month. Muhammad Tarek
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The United States told the UN's top court it has no jurisdiction to rule on Iran's demand for the suspension of nuclear-related sanctions recently reimposed on the country.
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GENEVA: Kofi Annan, one of the world’s most celebrated diplomats and a charismatic symbol of the United Nations who rose through its ranks to become the first black
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BAGHDAD: Four years after announcing its cross-border “caliphate” in Iraq and Syria, a stinging string of defeats has pushed the Daesh extremist group to reorganize and change strategy
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Iran’s parliament blames Rouhani for economic troubles, refers him to judiciary LONDON: Pressures mounted on Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Tuesday as lawmakers summoned him to answer questions
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Iran's parliament has declared its dissatisfaction with President Hassan Rouhani, voting to reject his answers after grilling him over the deteriorating economy. Rouhani's appearance in parliament on Tuesday
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Despite passport restrictions to enter Peru, Venezuelans continue to pour into the country, escaping economic hardship at home. Many say exile could feel like a punishment away from
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