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Adadi, Ethiopia - It was just another Sunday morning for Atlaw Wihib. The 49-year-old was getting ready to attend Mass, as did many other residents in this small village
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Tlemcen, Algeria - Demonstrators who took to the streets en masse against President Abdelaziz Bouteflika's rule reacted in jubilation to his withdrawal from elections but said he now
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DUBAI: It is more than four years since Daesh terrorists overran large swathes of Syria and Iraq to declare a “caliphate” the size of Britain.Experts say the terror
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DUBAI: It is more than four years since Daesh terrorists overran large swathes of Syria and Iraq to declare a “caliphate” the size of Britain.Experts say the terror
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China says Western forces are trying to use Christianity to influence its society and even "subvert" the government, warning Christians there to follow the Chinese model of the
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The inventor of the World Wide Web questioned what it has become on the 30th anniversary of its creation, noting democracy and privacy were now under serious threat
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Bangladesh risks creating a "new crisis" for Rohingya refugees if it goes ahead next month with plans to relocate 23,000 refugees to an uninhabited island prone to cyclones,
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How defeated is Daesh? – The terror group might be on the brink of collapse The terror group might be on the brink, but experts are divided over
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DUBAI: It is more than four years since Daesh terrorists overran large swathes of Syria and Iraq to declare a “caliphate” the size of Britain.Experts say the terror
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DUBAI: It is more than four years since Daesh terrorists overran large swathes of Syria and Iraq to declare a “caliphate” the size of Britain.Experts say the terror
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Three months into his presidency, Mexico's Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has already spent more time facing the press corps than his predecessor did in his entire six-year term.
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No effort should be made to impeach US President Donald Trump unless the reasons are overwhelming and bipartisan, given how divisive it would be for the country, US
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Algeria's President Abdelaziz Bouteflika announced he will not seek a fifth term and delayed the country's presidential polls amid mass protests against his reelection bid. In a message
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ANKARA: The US plans to demand that allies hosting American troops cover the full cost of their deployment and pay an additional amount, Bloomberg reported on Friday. The idea,
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DUBAI: It is more than four years since Daesh terrorists overran large swathes of Syria and Iraq to declare a “caliphate” the size of Britain.Experts say the terror
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DUBAI: It is more than four years since Daesh terrorists overran large swathes of Syria and Iraq to declare a “caliphate” the size of Britain.Experts say the terror
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Cucuta, Colombia - For months, Ismar Tobar had considered leaving Venezuela with her family, but they'd put it off. When the country went dark on Thursday, it "was the
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Jean-Pierre Bemba, a former vice president and rebel leader in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), is seeking millions of dollars in compensation from the International Criminal Court (ICC),
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Algeria's longest serving president, Abdelaziz Bouteflika, will not be seeking a fifth term following weeks of protests against his candidacy. Rarely seen in public since suffering a stroke
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GAZA: Tens of thousands of Palestinians in Gaza began receiving $100 payouts from Qatar on Monday, the latest tranche of funds under an informal deal between the territory’s
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JERUSALEM: Hollywood star Gal Gadot has leapt to defend a fellow actress who was chided by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for challenging his party’s treatment of Arab
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JERUSALEM: Hollywood star Gal Gadot has leapt to defend a fellow actress who was chided by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for challenging his party’s treatment of Arab
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Algeria's President Abdelaziz Bouteflika has said he will not seek a fifth term and announced the delay of the country's presidential polls amid mass protests against his reelection
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Negotiations aimed at resolving an almost-year-long crisis in Nicaragua have stalled as country's opposition walked out of talks on Sunday. The Civil Alliance is calling on the government
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Turkey's economy fell into its first recession in a decade at the end of last year, official data has shown, as the country heads towards key local elections
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Nigerians have voted in governorship and state assembly elections, the second poll in a fortnight, as monitors expressed concerns about political violence, vote-buying and an increased military presence.
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On December 31, 2018, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina secured her third consecutive term with a landslide victory in Bangladesh's national election, raising concerns that the south Asian country
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