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BAGHDAD: A few steps from Baghdad’s cultural heart and its famous book market on Al-Mutanabi Street lies the Iraqi capital’s latest tourist attraction: a war museum glorifying the
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One of three schoolgirls who left the UK to live in ISIL's so-called "caliphate" has said she wants to "come home" as she is nine months pregnant. In
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The trial of the Mexican drug lord known as El Chapo was big news in the United States and around the world. Joaquin Guzman, El Chapo's real name,
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Turkish authorities on Thursday detained three suspects in connection with the collapse of an apartment building in Istanbul that claimed at least 21 lives, local media reported. The
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NEAR BAGHOUZ, SYRIA: The ferocious battle for Daesh’s last bastion in eastern Syria entered its fifth day on Wednesday, as exhausted families left the ever-shrinking scrap of land where
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WARSAW: US, Arab and Israeli leaders gathered Wednesday in Warsaw for a conference expected to pile pressure on Iran. The event is attended by about 60 countries and
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SOCHI: Russian President Vladimir Putin was set to host his Iranian and Turkish counterparts Thursday to discuss how to resolve the conflict in Syria as Daesh terrorists made
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Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - Whether you're a homemaker or a CEO - you are a possible target of an increasingly sophisticated and indiscriminate breed of cybercriminals. That's the
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Maria Ressa, an award-winning Philippine journalist, has been freed on bail following an arrest that prompted international condemnation and allegations she is being targeted over her news platform's
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Authorities in the Philippines have arrested award-winning journalist Maria Ressa, who leads the Rappler news website that is known for its tough scrutiny of President Rodrigo Duterte's administration.
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WASHINGTON: The White House could use a veto after the House of Representatives voted on a resolution to end US military involvement in Yemen on Wednesday. The measure, which passed 248-177, now goes to the
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UNITED NATIONS: Israel has refused to allow the UN Security Council to visit the territory that the Palestinians claim for a future independent state, UN diplomats said Wednesday.Last
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WASHINGTON: The White House could use a veto after the House of Representatives voted on a resolution to end US military involvement in Yemen on Wednesday. The measure, which passed 248-177, now goes to the
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Denpasar, Indonesia - It's not even 7am and hundreds of men and women are walking up and down Bali's western coast, grabbing all the rubbish they can find.
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Negotiators from China and the United States have begun senior-level talks in Beijing aimed at ending a major trade dispute between the world's two largest economies. Chinese state
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Abdul Aziz Muhamat, a Sudanese refugee activist who has spent years holed up in an Australian immigration detention centre in Papua New Guinea (PNG), has won a prestigious international
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CAIRO: Egypt’s Parliament began deliberations Wednesday over constitutional amendments that could allow President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi to stay in office till 2034 — 12 more years after his current, second
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BAGHDAD: Iraq will repatriate Iraqi members of Daesh held by US-backed fighters in Syria as well as thousands of their family members, Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi said. Abdul
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NEAR BAGHOUZ, SYRIA: The ferocious battle for Daesh’s last bastion in eastern Syria entered its fifth day on Wednesday, as exhausted families left the ever-shrinking scrap of land where
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Sao Paulo, Brazil - Brazilian indigenous groups say far-right President Jair Bolsonaro has ramped up land grabs, intimidation and even killings during his short time in office. On Wednesday,
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Washington, DC - The House of Representative passed a resolution on Wednesday that would end US support for the Saudi-UAE war in Yemen, a strong rebuke to US
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The European Commission confirmed it intends to name Saudi Arabia on its updated list of high-risk jurisdictions for money laundering and terrorist financing. Other countries including Pakistan, Libya
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THE HAGUE: Judges at the International Court of Justice on Wednesday ruled that the UN body has jurisdiction to hear a claim by Iran to recover $1.75 billion in
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Tens of thousands of demonstrators blocked major roads in the Argentine capital of Buenos Aires on Wednesday as they marched against high unemployment and the policies of leader
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It is the moment Abu Jaber al-Shaiti has waited for more than four years. A few more hours, a few hundred metres, and he will have his revenge.
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The Taliban said it will meet envoys from the United States for talks next week in Pakistan even as another round of negotiations is scheduled in Qatar by the end of this month.
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BEIRUT: The US delivered laser-guided rockets valued at more than $16 million to the Lebanese military on Wednesday, demonstrating what it said was Washington’s “firm and steady commitment”
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