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BEIRUT: Security forces opened water cannons on Lebanese anti-austerity protesters in the country’s capital on Monday, as the government continued to hold marathon meetings to discuss severe budget
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A US judge on Monday ruled in favour of a US House of Representatives committee seeking President Donald Trump's financial records from his accounting firm, dealing an early
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Gunmen have cut off the main water pipeline to Libya's besieged capital Tripoli, spelling more misery for residents already reeling from weeks of fighting, residents and officials said.
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Explosion targets tourist bus, injures at least 17 near Cairo’s Great Pyramids: Security sources CAIRO: An explosion targeting a tourist bus injured at least 17 people near a new
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CAIRO: An explosion targeting a tourist bus injured at least 17 people near a new museum being built close to the Giza Pyramids in Egypt on Sunday, two security
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Top officials from Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have said oil supplies were sufficient and stockpiles were still rising despite anticipated drops in output from
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Guludo/Ibo, Mozambique – Piles of debris lie where thatched mud huts once stood in the village of Guludo in northern Mozambique. Broken pieces of furniture and muddied books litter
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JEDDAH: Libya's National Oil Corporation (NOC) chief said on Saturday continued instability in Libya could make it lose 95% of its oil production. "Unfortunately if the situation will
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JEDDAH: Libya's National Oil Corporation (NOC) chief said on Saturday continued instability in Libya could make it lose 95% of its oil production. "Unfortunately if the situation will
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Austria's Chancellor Sebastian Kurz has called for fresh elections after his ruling coalition collapsed following an apparent video sting that forced his deputy to step down. In a
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Milan, Italy - On their way to the Piazza del Duomo, thousands of supporters of the League - the party led by Italy's far-right Interior Minister Matteo Salvini
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BEIRUT: Loud blasts echoed across Damascus late on Friday, residents said, as Syrian state media reported "enemy targets" coming from the direction of Israel, which has previously acknowledged
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KHARTOUM: Hundreds of demonstrators worked to clear away bricks and debris Friday, after military rulers demanded that roadblocks which have paralysed parts of Khartoum be dismantled before talks
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Manchester City, the UAE-owned megaclub who finished the season as champions of the Premier League and winners of the Carabao Cup, are closing in on their bid to
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A UN human rights expert has condemned reports of "excessive use of force" by Sudanese security forces against protesters demanding the country's military rulers cede power to a
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RAMALLAH: Israel hosts the Eurovision song contest this week and the thousands of visitors who come with it, but Palestinians are planning an alternative they hope draws attention
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AMMAN: For Um Nabil, a 46-year-old Syrian refugee living in Irbid in Jordan, preparing the iftar dinner on the first day of Ramadan was a challenge. With three
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Walmart Stores Inc. was a major gainer in the Dow Jones Industrial Average Thursday after it posted better-than-expected results at its United States division during the first quarter.
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Before travelling to Iran for a week-long tour of the country, Ivan Brezina, 39, from Slovakia avoided sharing his plans with people who haven't visited the country. If
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AMMAN: Radio producer Hadeel Al-Biss wanted to make her work make a difference. “We were asked to participate in a radio marathon for Nakba Day, and I figured that
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WASHINGTON: International worries that the Trump administration is sliding toward war with Iran flared into the open amid skepticism about its claims that the Islamic republic poses a growing
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China's e-commerce giant Alibaba Group reported better-than-expected fourth-quarter sales on Wednesday, suggesting still-solid consumer demand in the world's second-largest economy. But this announcement is overshadowed by a slowing
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The Kennedy Space Center's visitor-observation gantry is sold out. Wednesday evening, SpaceX is scheduled to launch a Falcon 9 rocket… again. But on this rocket's third launch, it
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DUBAI: Nakba Day is meant to remind the world of the tragedy of 1948, when more than 700,000 Palestinian Arabs were uprooted from their homes by the war
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DUBAI: Nakba Day is meant to remind the world of the tragedy of 1948, when more than 700,000 Palestinian Arabs were uprooted from their homes by the war
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Sudan's military leaders who seized power last month by overthrowing longtime ruler Omar al-Bashir have agreed with opposition groups to a three-year transition period, as the country slowly moves
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Melbourne, Australia - Australia, one of the world's oldest continuing democracies, goes to the polls on Saturday to choose the country's next parliament and prime minister. Australians have
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