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South Sudan rebel leader Riek Machar along with other main opposition groups have refused to sign the latest draft of a peace deal with the government that would end
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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 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 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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The United Nations has accused the Saudi-UAE military alliance of committing possible war crimes in Yemen, adding there was "little evidence of any attempt ... to minimise civilian casualties."
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The oil taps are open again. On Saturday, South Sudan resumed pumping 20,000 barrels per day (bpd) of crude oil from the Toma South oilfield, where production had been
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An opposition coalition of left-leaning and secular parties in Egypt has called for the immediate release of a former diplomat who was arrested after calling for a referendum
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AMMAN: Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi said Monday his country has exceeded its capacity to host refugees from Syria and is backing their voluntary return home.Amman estimates that
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Dumped Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has said he will quit parliament this week in another headache for Australia's rattled government which will temporarily lose its one-seat majority. He
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Hundreds of thousands of people are in west London for Europe's biggest street party, the Notting Hill Carnival. The event celebrates Afro-Caribbean culture and aims to promote racial
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Bosnian journalists demanded justice after a reporter was severely beaten by unknown attackers after covering politically sensitive protests. On Monday, the United States and European Union also condemned
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DUBAI: With Gulf states expressing growing concern over the nuclear deal with Iran, experts say more needs to be done to curb the country’s funding of terror.Many regional
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What needs to be done to curb Iran Updated 30 sec ago August 28, 2018 01:18 DUBAI: With Gulf states expressing growing concern over the nuclear deal with
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AMMAN: Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi said Monday his country has exceeded its capacity to host refugees from Syria and is backing their voluntary return home.Amman estimates that
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Pakistan's senate unanimously passed a resolution condemning an anti-Islam cartoon contest planned by a far-right Dutch politician - one of the first actions taken by the assembly since
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A US federal judge has extended a ban on the online distribution of 3-D printed gun blueprints, a win for a group of mainly Democratic-led states that said
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Police in Ethiopia arrested the former president of the volatile eastern Somali region on charges of human rights abuses after a series of deadly clashes earlier this month.
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THE HAGUE: Iran demanded Monday that the UN’s top court order the United States to suspend nuclear-linked sanctions against Tehran, but Washington vowed to “vigorously” fend off the
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JEDDAH: The Arab coalition on Monday accused the Houthi militia of putting “pressures” on UN humanitarian organizations operating in Yemen.Spokesman Col Turki Al-Maliki called on them not to
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TEHRAN: Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani is clinging to power but finds himself under attack from all sides — conservatives, "reformists" and the street — as he prepares for
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Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh - The camps are overwhelming. Makeshift shelters made out of tarpaulin and bamboo sticks stretch as far as the eye can see, closely bunched together
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Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika is in Geneva for a routine medical checkup, the presidency said in a statement. Aged 81, the wheelchair-bound president suffered a stroke in 2013
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The Grand Renaissance Dam being built by Ethiopia along the Nile is slated to be the largest hydroelectric power plant in Africa upon its completion. But the multi-billion
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THE HAGUE: Iran demanded Monday that the UN’s top court order the United States to suspend nuclear-linked sanctions against Tehran, but Washington vowed to “vigorously” fend off the
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THE HAGUE: Iran demanded Monday that the UN’s top court order the United States to suspend nuclear-linked sanctions against Tehran, but Washington vowed to “vigorously” fend off the
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THE HAGUE: Iran demanded Monday that the UN’s top court order the United States to suspend nuclear-linked sanctions against Tehran, but Washington vowed to “vigorously” fend off the
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The United States vowed to fight Iran before the International Court of Justice (ICJ), calling Tehran's move to question the legality of recently reimposed sanctions an attempt to interfere
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