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US President Donald Trump's former personal lawyer Michael Cohen accused him of breaking the law while in office and said for the first time that Trump knew in
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NEAR BAGHOUZ, SYRIA: US-backed forces in eastern Syria scrambled on Wednesday to extract more families from the last sliver of Daesh’s proto-state before delivering a final blow to holdout
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NEAR BAGHOUZ, SYRIA: US-backed forces in eastern Syria scrambled on Wednesday to extract more families from the last sliver of Daesh’s proto-state before delivering a final blow to holdout
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JERUSALEM: Israeli police on Wednesday arrested a senior Palestinian official after recent scuffles at a highly sensitive holy site in Jerusalem, officials said. The Palestinian governor of Jerusalem, Adnan
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Jaba, Pakistan - Indian air strikes launched on Pakistani territory earlier this week destroyed parts of a mostly uninhabited forest and a farmer's field, witnesses and local officials
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It may come as a surprise to those who thought the practice had long since been outlawed internationally, but although almost universally condemned as inhumane by animal rights
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The recent political crisis in Iran, triggered by Foreign Minister Javad Zarif's attempt to resign, reflects a long time rivalry between hardliners and moderate factions that is poisoning Iran’s
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RIYADH: Saudi Arabian Airlines, also known as Saudia, on Wednesday suspended all flights to Pakistan in response to increased military tensions between India and its neighbor over Kashmir. “It
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BAGHDAD: Iraq’s prime minister says his country could help repatriate captured Daesh group fighters to their countries if asked.At his weekly presser late Tuesday, Adel Abdul-Mahdi says Iraq
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RIYADH: Saudi Arabian Airlines, also known as Saudia, on Wednesday suspended all flights to Pakistan in response to increased military tensions between India and its neighbor over Kashmir. “It
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Michael Cohen, the former "fixer" and personal lawyer of US President Donald Trump, is set to give his testimony on Wednesday before the House Committee on Oversight. Cohen,
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Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir has added a series of decrees to the year-long state of emergency that he declared earlier. The decrees banned gatherings and protests without a
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One of the world’s newest orchestras, the Qatar Philharmonic Orchestra, has celebrated its 10th anniversary. The orchestra has a busy year scheduled, with performances both abroad and at
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CAIRO: Sudanese protesters on Tuesday defied their embattled president’s ban on unauthorized public gatherings, with hundreds rallying across the country to call for his resignation. The protests came despite
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There are growing calls for peace and military restraint on social media as tensions have escalated between India and Pakistan after two Indian fighter jets were shot down over
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Al Jazeera's Investigative Unit has obtained documents that reveal the wider use of encrypted "self destruct" messaging systems by US law enforcement agencies, raising serious questions about accountability
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India and Pakistan are headed towards a potential military escalation in the wake of the February 14 attack in Pulwama carried out by Pakistan-based armed group Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM),
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MOSCOW: Russia and Syria issued a joint statement on Wednesday calling on US forces to leave Syria and to allow people inside a refugee camp in the southeast
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MOSCOW: Russia and Syria issued a joint statement on Wednesday calling on US forces to leave Syria and to allow people inside a refugee camp in the southeast
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TEHRAN: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani rejected Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif's resignation on Wednesday, the government's official website said. "I believe your resignation is against the country's interests
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Pakistan says it carried out air raids in Indian-administered Kashmir and shot down two Indian jets in its own airspace, capturing two pilots as tensions escalate a day after India bombed targets in
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India and Pakistan are on the brink of a major confrontation after Pakistan claimed to have shot down two Indian fighter jets in response to New Delhi's bombing
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US President Donald Trump's ex-lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen plans to accuse the former of being "a racist", "a conman" and "a cheat" who committed "illicit acts" before Congress on Wednesday, according
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BEIRUT: Lebanese President Michel Aoun pledged the safe return of Syrian refugees, with the European Union (EU) confirming it was ready to help in all areas of repatriation. Aoun
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BEIRUT: Lebanese President Michel Aoun pledged the safe return of Syrian refugees, with the European Union (EU) confirming it was ready to help in all areas of repatriation. Aoun
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CAIRO: There is a new understanding between European leaders and their Middle Eastern counterparts following an historic summit, the Arab League spokesman said. The two-day meeting took place in
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Hanoi, Vietnam - With a few taps of their smartphone screens, hungry officials converging on Hanoi for a summit between the leaders of the United States and North Korea this week can send delivery
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