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Human rights group Amnesty International has highlighted crackdowns on freedom of speech and political opposition in Saudi Arabia, Iran and Egypt in a report on human rights in
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Nigeria's electoral commission has declared incumbent Muhammadu Buhari the winner of the country's presidential elections. The announcement in the early hours of Wednesday means the 76-year-old has won
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ALGIERS: Thousands of students on Tuesday joined a growing protest movement in Algeria against ailing President Abdelaziz Bouteflika’s bid for a fifth term, with rallies in and around
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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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DUBAI: The Houthi militia’s occupation of parts of Yemen has increased people’s suffering, which has been falsely blamed on a “Saudi blockade,” said the British ambassador to Yemen. “It’s
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DUBAI: The Houthi militia’s occupation of parts of Yemen has increased people’s suffering, which has been falsely blamed on a “Saudi blockade,” said the British ambassador to Yemen. “It’s
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SINJAR: It is dawn in Sinjar and the only sounds are the footsteps of guards patrolling a golden-domed shrine on a hill overlooking a vista of collapsed rooftops. More
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Four people, including two children, have been killed and seven others wounded in an exchange of fire between Indian and Pakistani troops in Pakistan-administered Kashmir's district of Kotli,
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Hanoi, Vietnam - Leaders of the United States and North Korea have arrived in the Vietnamese capital for their second round of talks in less than a year. US
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Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari has a strong lead in his bid for reelection, according to provisional vote results. An ongoing tallyby Nigeria's Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on
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Iran's President Hassan Rouhani on Tuesday rejected the resignation of his Foreign Minister Javad Zarif, according to the presidential spokesperson. Zarif did not give a reason when he
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Islamabad, Pakistan - Pakistan says it reserves the right to respond to Indian air raids on its territory early on Tuesday morning and has called a meeting of its top
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Jared Kushner, US President Donald Trump's son-in-law and White House senior adviser, said a US peace plan for the Middle East will address final issues of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict,
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Members of Ukraine's parliament have begun the process to impeach President Petro Poroshenko amid the fallout of an explosive report linking high-ranking defence officials to a corruption scandal. Former Prime
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An Amnesty report looking at the state of human rights in the Middle East says the lack of international justice only emboldens authorities to crack down on their
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Islamabad, Pakistan - Indian fighter jets on Tuesday crossed into Pakistani territory, conducting what the foreign ministry in New Delhi termed a "non-military pre-emptive action" against armed group Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM),
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KUFR AQAB: Palestinian residents of Kufr Aqab, just north of Jerusalem, could be forgiven for thinking they live under two governments at once, or perhaps none at all.They
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KUFR AQAB: Palestinian residents of Kufr Aqab, just north of Jerusalem, could be forgiven for thinking they live under two governments at once, or perhaps none at all.They
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KUFR AQAB: Palestinian residents of Kufr Aqab, just north of Jerusalem, could be forgiven for thinking they live under two governments at once, or perhaps none at all.They
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Islamabad, Pakistan - Indian fighter jets on Tuesday crossed into Pakistani territory, conducting what the foreign ministry in New Delhi termed a "non-military pre-emptive action" against armed group Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM),
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People across Indian cities celebrated on Tuesday the air raids on rebels camps across the Line of Control (LoC) in Pakistan nearly two weeks after at least 42
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London, United Kingdom - Opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn said on Monday the Labour party is ready to back calls for a second Brexit referendum to "prevent a damaging
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KUFR AQAB: Palestinian residents of Kufr Aqab, just north of Jerusalem, could be forgiven for thinking they live under two governments at once, or perhaps none at all.They
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RABAT: Britain’s Prince Harry and his wife Meghan on Monday visited a stables in Morocco where horses provide a source of therapy for disabled youths, before sampling local
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KUFR AQAB: Palestinian residents of Kufr Aqab, just north of Jerusalem, could be forgiven for thinking they live under two governments at once, or perhaps none at all.They
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India has carried out air raids on rebel camps inside Pakistan weeks after a suicide attack in the disputed Kashmir region, raising fears of a war between the
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