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BEIRUT, WASHINGTON: The Kurdish-led administration that runs much of northern Syria welcomed a US decision to keep 200 American troops in the country after a pullout, saying it would
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AMMAN: For the first time since 2003, Muslim worshippers broke an Israeli ban and offered Friday prayers in the Bab Al-Rahmeh prayer hall, which is part of the
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US House Democrats on Friday introduced a resolution to block the national emergency declaration that President Donald Trump issued to fund promised wall along the United States-Mexico border.
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At least 50 people have died in northeastern India after drinking toxic bootleg liquor, according to local authorities. The victims were mostly tea plantation workers in Golaghat and
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US President Donald Trump has voiced alarm at the "very dangerous situation" between India and Pakistan following a deadly attack against Indian forces in Kashmir. "It's very dangerous
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BEIRUT, WASHINGTON: The Kurdish-led administration that runs much of northern Syria welcomed a US decision to keep 200 American troops in the country after a pullout, saying it would
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AMMAN: For the first time since 2003, Muslim worshippers broke an Israeli ban and offered Friday prayers in the Bab Al-Rahmeh prayer hall, which is part of the
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AMMAN: For the first time since 2003, Muslim worshippers broke an Israeli ban and offered Friday prayers in the Bab Al-Rahmeh prayer hall, which is part of the
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The Trump administration says it will prohibit taxpayer-funded family planning clinics from referring women for abortions, a move likely to be challenged in court by abortion rights supporters.
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Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir has declared a year-long state of emergency, dissolving his cabinet and local governments throughout the country. In a televised address on Friday, Bashir also called
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Cucuta, Colombia - Rival concerts became the backdrop of the showdown between Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and opposition leader and self-declared interim president Juan Guaido on Friday as
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Singer R Kelly was criminally charged in Illinois on Friday with multiple counts of sexual abuse, local media reported. The R&B star was charged in Cook County with
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A Russian court has extended the detention of a former United States' marine charged with espionage until May 28, refusing a request that he be released under house
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For the first time in 16 years, Palestinians on Friday prayed at an area by the Al-Rahma gate, located inside East Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque complex. It is a
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OUBARI: In the southern Libyan city of Oubari, shops are shuttered and tension is palpable, as residents fear an imminent incursion by forces loyal to strongman Khalifa Haftar.
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DUBAI: Iran on Friday began large-scale naval drills at the mouth of the Gulf, which will feature its first submarine cruise missile launches, state media reported, at a
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OUBARI: In the southern Libyan city of Oubari, shops are shuttered and tension is palpable, as residents fear an imminent incursion by forces loyal to strongman Khalifa Haftar.
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Hundreds of demonstrators, in defiance of a ban of protests, rallied in the Algerian capital against a bid by ailing President Abdelaziz Bouteflika for a fifth term in office.
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Two hundred thirty-eight cities vied for Amazon's new headquarters. Or partial headquarters. They competed with offers of support. That got cut down to 20. At last, a choice was
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Kiev, Ukraine - Five years ago Friday, Ukraine's parliament voted to remove pro-Russian President Victor Yanukovych from his post days after his forces killed more than 100 protesters
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BAGHDAD: Daesh fighters facing defeat in Syria are slipping across the border into Iraq, where they are destabilizing the country’s fragile security, US and Iraqi officials say.Hundreds —
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BAGHDAD: Daesh fighters facing defeat in Syria are slipping across the border into Iraq, where they are destabilizing the country’s fragile security, US and Iraqi officials say.Hundreds —
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ISTANBUL: Turkey ordered the arrest of 295 serving military personnel on Friday, the prosecutor’s office said, accusing them of links to the network of US-based Muslim cleric Fethullah
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India's Supreme Court has ordered the eviction of more than one million forest dwellers, a majority of whom belong to indigenous tribal communities, after the federal government failed
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Palestinians are preparing for demonstrations to mark the 25 years of a mass shooting inside a mosque in Hebron in the occupied West Bank. As many as 29
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International human rights groups have renewed their call on the Philippine government to drop all charges against detained opposition senator, Leila de Lima, even as she expressed doubt
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Are the latest terror incidents in Egypt a ‘last dance’ for militants or a failure in security operations? CAIRO: Three terrorist attacks in the space of as many
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