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DUBAI: Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said on Saturday they had killed ten militants overnight in a security operation conducted in the northwest of the country near the border with
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ISTANBUL: President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Turkey’s partnership with the United States may be in jeopardy as ties strain, warning Ankara could start looking for new allies, in
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People living in the semi-autonomous Kurdish region of northern Iraq are struggling with a weak economy. Before the battle to push out ISIL in 2014, the economy was
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Last year, Tehran sold $126m worth of Persian rugs to the American market, but the new US sanctions on Iran include the hand-woven carpets. But the beautiful rugs
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Tens of thousands of protesters gathered on Saturday in Okinawa vowing to stop the planned relocation of a US military base on the southern Japanese island. Opponents of
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US space agency NASA postponed the launch of the Parker Solar Probe on Saturday - the start of a years-long mission to study the sun up close for the
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President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Turkey's partnership with the United States is in jeopardy, warning Ankara could start looking for new allies. Relations between the NATO allies have
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Syrian air defences confronted a "hostile target" breaching the country's airspace west of the capital Damascus, state media reported. The area is close to the country's border with Lebanon.
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BEIRUT: A battle between Syrian regime forces and opposition fighters for the northwestern Idlib province could affect the lives of more than 1 million children, many of whom
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BEIRUT: A battle between Syrian regime forces and opposition fighters for the northwestern Idlib province could affect the lives of more than 1 million children, many of whom
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BEIRUT: A battle between Syrian regime forces and opposition fighters for the northwestern Idlib province could affect the lives of more than 1 million children, many of whom
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A "suicidal" airline mechanic stole an Alaska Airlines plane without any passengers on it, took off from Washington state, and crashed near an island. The mechanic commandeered the
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Zimbabwe's opposition coalition has filed a legal challenge to results of the country's recent election, in a move that delays the inauguration of Emmerson Mnangagwa as president of Zimbabwe. The MDC alliance
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For more than four months, Palestinians in the Gaza Strip have been protesting along the fence with Israel, demanding their right to return to the homes and land
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UN envoy: Saudi Arabia has ‘legitimate interest’ in Yemen peace talks success LONDON: The UN envoy to Yemen has said Saudi Arabia has a legitimate interest in a
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UN envoy: Saudi Arabia has ‘legitimate interest’ in Yemen peace talks success LONDON: The UN envoy to Yemen has said Saudi Arabia has a legitimate interest in a
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UN envoy: Saudi Arabia has ‘legitimate interest’ in Yemen peace talks success LONDON: The UN envoy to Yemen has said Saudi Arabia has a legitimate interest in a
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Yasmin Montes knew what the loud pounding on the door of her home in Potrerillos, Honduras meant. Caught up in a relationship with a gang member, the young
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A California jury has ordered chemical giant Monsanto to pay nearly $290m for failing to warn a dying groundskeeper that its weed killer Roundup might cause cancer. Jurors
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More than one million Uighur Muslims are estimated to be in detention in "counter-extremism centres" in China's far-west, the vice chairperson of a United Nations anti-discrimination committee has said,
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ANKARA: Amid news of Syrian President Bashar Assad’s regime’s current preparations for a military operation in the opposition-held northwestern province of Idlib, experts anticipate a massive influx of
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BAGHDAD: Muqtada Al-Sadr threatened to give up his pursuit of a governing coalition on Thursday, raising further doubts about the country’s political stability. The influential cleric was the
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Romanian police have used tear gas and water cannon to disperse protesters in the capital, Bucharest, as tens of thousands took to the streets to call on country's government
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Venezuela has requested Interpol to arrest an opposition politician who is currently in neighbouring Colombia and accused of involvement in an apparent attack against President Nicolas Maduro. "We
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Cameroon's government has said it will investigate a video, which according to a human rights group shows the "brutal killings" of at least a dozen unarmed people by
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ANKARA: Amid news of Syrian President Bashar Assad’s regime’s current preparations for a military operation in the opposition-held northwestern province of Idlib, experts anticipate a massive influx of
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ISTANBUL/ANKARA: President Tayyip Erdogan told Turks on Friday to exchange gold and dollars into lira as the country’s currency plunged as much as 19 percent on worries about
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