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DUBAI: As “Sesame Street” celebrates its 50th anniversary, many Arabs are looking back on the influence that the show had on them throughout their childhood, particularly the Arabic
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DUBAI: As “Sesame Street” celebrates its 50th anniversary, many Arabs are looking back on the influence that the show had on them throughout their childhood, particularly the Arabic
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Pressure is growing on Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, but he shows no sign of giving in to calls from the international community for him to step down. In
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Relatives of an African American teenager fatally shot by Atlanta police are suing the city for five million dollars, saying that the police officer who opened fire did
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A Muslim man was executed in Alabama on Thursday, as originally scheduled, after the US Supreme Court voted five-to-four to allow the execution, denying his request for an
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TEHRAN: Iran’s main political parties are on rocky ground as the Islamic republic marks its 40th birthday, with reformists in disarray and conservatives seeking a new identity. Even
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JERUSALEM: Former military chief Benny Gantz has burst onto Israel’s political scene as the great hope of the country’s shrinking “peace camp” with a message that is anything
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BEIRUT: A Lebanese man set himself on fire in a schoolyard in Bkeftine in northern Lebanon after a dispute over unpaid tuition fees. George Zureik doused himself in
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Cucuta, Colombia - Volunteers in the Colombian border city of Cucuta began preparing US aid packets for Venezuelans, despite Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro vowing to not let in
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A court has found guilty a fourth man guilty of a brutal attack on a 20-year-old African American during the deadly white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, in
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Acting US Attorney General Matthew Whitaker said he has not spoken to President Donald Trump or anyone in his inner circles about the special counsel's probe into alleged
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BEIRUT: A Lebanese man set himself on fire in a schoolyard in Bkeftine in northern Lebanon after a dispute over unpaid tuition fees. George Zureik doused himself in
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KHARTOUM: Sudanese protesters rallied after Friday prayers in an eastern town against the death in custody of a teacher arrested in connection with anti-government demonstrations sweeping the country,
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Arab coalition jets launched three air raids on the Houthi militia in Yemen's northwestern province of Hajjah on Friday. One of the three raids killed dozens of Houthi fighters
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A Canadian man who gunned down six members of a Quebec City mosque in 2017 was sentenced to life in prison on Friday, although he will be eligible
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Greece has ratified a NATO accord with Macedonia for the admission of the former Yugoslav Republic into the US-led military alliance after a deal over the name ended
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Xochimilco, Mexico City - Pedro Capultitla remembers when he was a child, running through his family's black pastures, a string in hand and a kite gliding above. Canals,
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UAE blasts Houthis for disregarding Hodeidah ceasefire and blocking Yemen aid access DUBAI: The UAE has accused the Houthis of disregarding a Yemen ceasefire agreement after the UN
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UAE blasts Houthis for disregarding Hodeidah ceasefire and blocking Yemen aid access DUBAI: The UAE has accused the Houthis of disregarding a Yemen ceasefire agreement after the UN
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KHARTOUM: Sudanese protesters rallied after Friday prayers in an eastern town against the death in custody of a teacher arrested in connection with anti-government demonstrations sweeping the country,
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A hospital in Venezuela has said 14 children have died this week following an outbreak of amoebiasis, a form of dysentery transmitted by contaminated food or water. Dozens
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A measles outbreak in the Philippines's capital, Manila, is spreading. The health department reported a 550 percent increase in cases nationwide, with 55 deaths since January. Vaccination efforts
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Most Iranians living today have never known anything but the post-revolution Islamic Republic that came into existence 40 years ago. Some feel they are unable to express what
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Qatari government school textbooks teach anti-Semitism, research by Jewish NGO Anti-Defamation League (ADL) has found. The US-based center which aims to fight anti-Semitism said that it had found
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TEHRAN, Iran: In the frigid air of a Tehran winter, a mother of two stands in a long line of shoppers waiting for the chance to buy discounted
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Six people have been arrested and released on bail in connection with last month's killing in Ghana of undercover journalist, Ahmed Hussein-Suale, who exposed a high-ranking official at
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Princess Ubolratana Rajakanya Sirivadhana Barnavadi on Friday upended military-ruled Thailand's politics by becoming the prime ministerial candidate. The elder sister of King Maha Vajiralongkorn has been declared the
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