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Democrats and rights groups have vowed to fight US President Donald Trump's emergency declaration along the southern border, saying it's an unconstitutional attempt to fund a wall without approval
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The leading American football league and lawyers for players Colin Kaepernick and Eric Reid have reached a settlement after a drawn-out legal process stemming from the players' complaints that
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Lagos, Nigeria - In Saturday's vote, after a bitter campaign, main opposition candidate Atiku Abubakar and 71 other candidates will go head-to-head with Muhammadu Buhari for Nigeria's top job. Al
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DUBAI: Yemen’s top diplomat said a “protocol error” landed him next to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a conference in the Polish capital Warsaw and that his
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HEBRON, West Bank: Following Israel’s expulsion of an international observer force from the volatile West Bank city of Hebron, Palestinian activists are trying to fill the void by
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BEIRUT: Several months after promising reform at his ministry, Iraq Oil Minister Thamer Al-Ghadhban reshuffled several key deputies.Fayadh Nema was named deputy minister for upstream affairs. He had
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US President Donald Trump declared a national emergency at the United Sates-Mexico border on Friday, a move expected to plunge him into a fight with Democrats over what they call
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The US Supreme Court will decide the fate of a fiercely contested plan by President Donald Trump's administration to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census. The
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A 25-year-old woman is making headlines after she gave birth to what doctors are saying are the first septuplets in Iraq's history. The unnamed woman gave birth to
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Shanahan: We have destroyed Daesh’s capabilities, it is no longer able to detain civilians LONDON: Daesh's capabilities have been destroyed and it is no longer able to detain
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GENEVA: The new UN envoy tasked with forging peace in Syria hopes to convene a constitutional committee in Geneva “as soon as possible,” he said on Friday, without
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GENEVA: The new UN envoy tasked with forging peace in Syria hopes to convene a constitutional committee in Geneva “as soon as possible,” he said on Friday, without
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Elections are big business, and look no further than the ongoing frenzy over the upcoming Nigerian election for proof. It is hard to miss how much money is being
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Over the past week, yet another recently-elected progressive congresswoman found herself in the eye of a media storm. On February 10, Somali-American Congresswoman Ilhan Omar retweeted a posting
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US President Donald Trump will sign a funding bill that will avert another government shutdown, the White House said on Thursday. But he also plans to declare a
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India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi has promised a "strong response" to a car bombing in Kashmir that killed at least 42 troops, with New Delhi calling for "the complete
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The youth vote is likely to play a major part in Nigeria's presidential and parliamentary elections on Saturday. Jobs are increasingly scarce and the cost of living is
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Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez's has called a snap national election to be held on April 28. Sanchez was forced to disband the minority government and call the
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BRUSSELS: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met with the EU’s top diplomat in Brussels on Friday, a day after Vice President Mike Pence accused America’s traditional European
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BRUSSELS: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met with the EU’s top diplomat in Brussels on Friday, a day after Vice President Mike Pence accused America’s traditional European
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DUBAI: Flights at Dubai International Airport were temporarily grounded on Friday morning due to suspected drone activity, a spokesperson said.The suspension lasted from 1013 local time (0613 GMT)
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Flights at Dubai International Airport, one of the busiest in the world, were disrupted on Friday after sightings of a drone flying nearby. The airport told the AP
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A Myanmar court has sentenced two men to death for their role in the murder of a Muslim lawyer and a legal adviser to the country's de facto civilian leader
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Haitian President Jovenel Moise has broken his silence after a week of violent protests demanding his resignation as the US announced it was pulling "non-emergency personnel" from the
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WARSAW: The US on Thursday accused Iran of prolonging the war in Yemen with its support for the Houthis and called on Tehran to help make a ceasefire
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WARSAW: The US on Thursday accused Iran of prolonging the war in Yemen with its support for the Houthis and called on Tehran to help make a ceasefire
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The House of Representatives in the United States has passed a bill to avert another partial government shutdown with bipartisan spending legislation that funds new barriers for part
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