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GAZA CITY: Ramadan has arrived under very harsh conditions in the Gaza Strip, the result of the 13-year siege and waves of Israeli military escalation, as well as
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DUBAI: Mental-health campaigners in the Middle East say it is high time for teachers, parents and policymakers to encourage young people to open up about their feelings and
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At least one protester and one army major have been killed in Sudan's capital, Khartoum, hours after protest leaders and the ruling generals reached a deal on transitional
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US President Donald Trump said on Monday that he will meet Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin at the G20 gathering in Japan next month.
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DAMASCUS: Fighters fired rockets into a regime-held town in northwestern Syria on Sunday, killing six people, including five children who were playing near a monastery and wounding several
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JERUSALEM: The US moved its Israel Embassy to Jerusalem nearly a year ago in the culmination of a diplomatic rupture that coincided with a bloodbath on the Gaza
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Filipinos are voting in midterm elections that are expected to strengthen President Rodrigo Duterte's grip on power, opening the way for him to deliver on promises to rewrite
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The United Nations has said the first full day of the Houthi withdrawal from three of Yemen's Red Sea ports went "in accordance with established plans", while an
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CAIRO: “Why are women and girls coming to church if they’re wearing revealing and inappropriate clothes?” That was the message of the sermon delivered by Father Daoud Lamei
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KHARTOUM: One month after ousting veteran President Omar Al-Bashir, Sudan’s military rulers show no sign of handing power to a civilian administration and talks with protest leaders remain
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A new political party led by British eurosceptic Nigel Farage appears to be on course to scoop more support in elections for the European Parliament than the United
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Every day, thousands of people risk their lives by crossing borders to escape wars and natural disasters. But many more have no choice but to stay in their
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JERUSALEM: Salaheedin, the main business street in East Jerusalem, was busy but not extremely full around noon on Tuesday, the second day of the holy month of Ramadan.
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JERUSALEM: Salaheedin, the main business street in East Jerusalem, was busy but not extremely full around noon on Tuesday, the second day of the holy month of Ramadan.
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Yemen's Houthi group has unilaterally agreed to withdraw forces from three key ports, the United Nations said on Friday, a move needed to pave the way for political negotiations
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A top House Democrat on Friday issued subpoenas for six years of US President Donald Trump's tax returns, giving Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and IRS Commissioner Charles Rettig
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UNITED NATIONS: A key architect of the long-awaited US plan for Israeli-Palestinian peace lashed out at the UN’s “anti-Israel bias” Thursday while urging support for the Trump administration’s
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UNITED NATIONS: A key architect of the long-awaited US plan for Israeli-Palestinian peace lashed out at the UN’s “anti-Israel bias” Thursday while urging support for the Trump administration’s
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The US State Department has cleared a potential $3bn sale of 24 Apache attack helicopters and related equipment to Qatar, according to the Defense Security Cooperation Agency. The proposed
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A Montenegro court has sentenced 14 people including two Russian military intelligence officers, two Montenegrin opposition leaders, nine Serbian citizens and another Montenegrin to up to 15 years
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AMMAN: Arab inhabitants of Syria’s Deir Ezzor began a third week of protests against Kurdish rule, the largest wave of unrest to sweep the oil-rich region since US-backed forces
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AMMAN: Arab inhabitants of Syria’s Deir Ezzor began a third week of protests against Kurdish rule, the largest wave of unrest to sweep the oil-rich region since US-backed forces
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Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - On the night of May 9 last year, Malaysians celebrated the Southeast Asian nation's first democratic change in government in six decades and the departure
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Singapore - After an intense debate, Singapore's parliament has passed a sweeping "anti-fake news" bill despite concerns raised by journalists, academics and global technology companies over free speech
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BAGHDAD: Six Iraqi government ministers, including Oil Minister Thamir Ghadhban and Electricity Minister Luay Al-Khatteeb, are expected to lose their jobs in a major reshuffle of the Cabinet
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BAGHDAD: Six Iraqi government ministers, including Oil Minister Thamir Ghadhban and Electricity Minister Luay Al-Khatteeb, are expected to lose their jobs in a major reshuffle of the Cabinet
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Two students have opened fire at a Colorado science and technology school, killing a fellow student and wounding seven others before being taken into custody, law enforcement and hospital officials
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