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Egyptian security forces killed five armed men during a raid on Monday in a southern province, the interior ministry said in a statement. The men were shot dead
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US President Donald Trump has announced a new trade "understanding" with Mexico that could overhaul the existing North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), putting pressure on Canada to
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PARIS: French President Emmanuel Macron said on Monday that a “return to normal” in Syria that left its leader Bashar Assad in power would be a “grotesque error,”
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PARIS: French President Emmanuel Macron said on Monday that a “return to normal” in Syria that left its leader Bashar Assad in power would be a “grotesque error,”
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PARIS: French President Emmanuel Macron said on Monday that a “return to normal” in Syria that left its leader Bashar Assad in power would be a “grotesque error,”
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This is a first-person account by Maisam Iltaf, an Afghan who lost his cousin in an ISIL attack on a school in Kabul on August 15. The teenage children at
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At least four people have been killed and seven others wounded in clashes that broke out between rival armed groups in Libya's capital, Tripoli, as they attempt to
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Egyptian footballer Mohamed Salah has lashed out at his country's football association, reigniting a months-old dispute with officials over the unauthorised use of his image. In a tweet
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Syrian rescue worker Samir Salim found his mother’s body under their collapsed house, but there was no time for a funeral.“We buried her and went back to work.
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Syrian rescue worker Samir Salim found his mother’s body under their collapsed house, but there was no time for a funeral.“We buried her and went back to work.
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Syrian rescue worker Samir Salim found his mother’s body under their collapsed house, but there was no time for a funeral.“We buried her and went back to work.
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As some parts of Europe continue to bask in warm summer sunshine a change to cooler weather is under way. Wet and windy weather is making it feel
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Robert Kyagulanyi, a musician-turned-MP whose arrest prompted protests in Uganda, has been granted bail by a court in the northern city of Gulu. The opposition legislator and 11
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Iran's top defence official has met Syria's President Bashar al-Assad and the country's defence minister in Damascus, pledging to contribute to the war-torn country's reconstruction. Tehran has provided
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Myanmar's senior military officials must be prosecuted for genocide and war crimes against the Rohingya Muslims and other ethnic minorities, a UN fact-finding mission has urged. The mission, which
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A few weeks back, we learned Google was developing something called "Project Dragonfly", a new search engine for the Chinese market that would function in compliance with Beijing's
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The death of United States Senator John McCain has prompted an outpouring of tributes to the Vietnam War hero who has been a dominant figure in US politics
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Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, a British-Iranian woman who has been held in Tehran for more than two years on sedition charges, has returned to prison after a temporary three-day release.
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Harare, Zimbabwe - A loud and familiar chant rang out across the tightly-packed arena as Emmerson Mnangagwa took to the stage to be sworn in as Zimbabwe's president. "ED Pfee!
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Tropical Storm Lane will go down in Hawaii's history as one that made it into several top five categories in terms of strength and amount of rainfall. Lane
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SHADADI, Syria: A senior US diplomat visited Kurdish-held territory in Syria on Saturday as the minority negotiates with Damascus over the future of its semi-autonomous region.Ambassador William Roebuck
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JEDDAH/TEHRAN: Iranian members of Parliament launched a scathing attack on their own government on Sunday as they fired a second Cabinet minister in less than a month. Masoud Karbasian,
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CAIRO: Egyptian security forces on Saturday killed four suspected militants who had tried to attack a police checkpoint in northern Sinai, state news agency MENA reported, as troops
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The Roman Catholic Church is the largest and one of the oldest religious institutions in the world. But it's facing some of its biggest scandals and criticism in
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Not every sport at the Asian Games has world-class performers but badminton has most of the globe's top players on show. China, Indonesia and South Korea dominate the
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Palestinians in the Gaza stripped have been locked in what has been described as the world's largest open-air prison for the past 11 years by Israel's strict blockade.
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SHADADI, Syria: A senior US diplomat visited Kurdish-held territory in Syria on Saturday as the minority negotiates with Damascus over the future of its semi-autonomous region.Ambassador William Roebuck
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