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DUBAI: Iran’s navy has mounted a locally built advanced defensive weapons system on one of its warships for the first time, the Iranian navy chief was quoted as
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The outspoken cricketer-turned-politician, Imran Khan, has been sworn into office as Pakistan's next prime minister following his election by the country's parliament. Members of the National Assembly on
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Former United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan has died at a hospital in the Swiss capital, Bern, after a brief illness. The 80-year-old served as the seventh UN chief
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Thousands of people have been paying tribute to former Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, who has been cremated in New Delhi. He was the first prime minister
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CAIRO: A Yemeni minister has accused Houthi militants of storming a warehouse used by the World Food Program to store humanitarian aid in Hodeidah. Abdel-Raqeeb Fateh, the minister
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GENEVA: The Swiss city of Lausanne has blocked a Muslim couple’s bid to become Swiss nationals over their refusal to shake hands with members of the opposite sex.The
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RIYADH: Saudi Arabia has contributed $100 million to help reconstruct areas of north-eastern Syria formerly held by Daesh. The Kingdom said the contribution would go toward a campaign by
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Thousands of stranded people are waiting for rescue as relentless monsoon floods continue to batter the south Indian state of Kerala, where more than 200 people have died
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Former United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan has died, the Kofi Annan Foundation announced on its Twitter page. Annan, who served as the seventh UN chief for almost
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On The Listening Post this week: protests in Dhaka are about more than road safety, but the government will not let that message air. Plus, how the late
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ISTANBUL: Turkey’s battered lira weakened 5 percent on Friday after a Turkish court rejected a US Christian pastor’s appeal for release, a day after the US warned of
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TUNIS: A migrant died early Friday as Tunisian security forces clashed with a group of Tunisians and Africans embarking on a clandestine sea crossing to Italy, a security
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GAZA: Israeli troops on Friday shot dead two Palestinians taking part in protests along the Gaza border.At least 270 other Palestinians were wounded, 70 of them by gunfire,
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The United Nations Human Rights Committee has called for imprisoned former president Luiz Inacio "Lula" da Silva to be allowed to run as a candidate in Brazil's presidential election in
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Islamabad, Pakistan - Pakistan's parliament has elected Imran Khan as prime minister after his party swept the general election last month, vowing to bring an era of accountability and
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In an opinion piece published in the New York Times on August 11, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Turkey's partnership with the United States is in jeopardy,
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WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump’s National Security Adviser John Bolton will discuss arms control treaties and Iran’s role in Syria in talks with Russian counterpart Nikolai Patrushev in
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LALISH: A young Yazidi woman who fled to Germany but returned home to northern Iraq says she cannot escape her Daesh captor who held her as a sex
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ISTANBUL: Turkey’s battered lira weakened 5 percent on Friday after a Turkish court rejected a US Christian pastor’s appeal for release, a day after the US warned of
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New York City, USA - New York City taxi driver Nicanor Ochisor went extremely quiet last March. According to his son, Gabriel, Ochisor delayed buying tools to fix
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The worst floods in a century have devastated the Indian state of Kerala, killing scores of people and forcing tens of thousands into relief camps. State officials have put the
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Rescue workers have used helicopters and boats to evacuate hundreds of people stranded on their roofs following unprecedented flooding in India's Kerala state where more than 160 people
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As the world focuses on the crisis facing Turkey's lira, the Turkish part of Cyprus faces an arguably worse situation that is not of its own making. The
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On August 16, incumbent Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, was declared the winner of Mali's presidential election, securing a second five-year term in office. Keita - who is widely known
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Israeli forces have shut down the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound following an alleged stabbing attempt by a Palestinian on a group of Israeli policemen in Jerusalem's Old City. The
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CAIRO: The government’s decision to lift a six-year ban on fans at domestic matches in Egypt from September is a welcome boost for the country’s football-mad supporters, but many remain skeptical
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CAIRO: The government’s decision to lift a six-year ban on fans at domestic matches in Egypt from September is a welcome boost for the country’s football-mad supporters, but many remain skeptical
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