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The representatives of Yemen's warring parties have met on a ship in the Red Sea to discuss the stalled truce agreement for the contested port city of Hodeidah.
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Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir on Sunday pledged to bolster rural development, as he seeks to face down anti-government demonstrations that have rocked cities and villages nationwide. He held
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Qatar's football team started the Asian Cup ranked 93rd in the world. But after an almost flawless month-long tournament, Qatari players brought home their first major trophy. All
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MOSUL: A raven perched on the shoulder of a woman with flaming hair is Iraqi artist Marwan Fathi’s symbol for the terrible events he and his home city
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GAZA: Egypt will hold talks with leaders of two major Palestinian factions to try to salvage faltering unity efforts and to restore calm with Israel, officials said on
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GAZA: Egypt will hold talks with leaders of two major Palestinian factions to try to salvage faltering unity efforts and to restore calm with Israel, officials said on
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Pope Francis started a three-day visit to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the first for a leader of the Roman Catholic Church in the Arabian Peninsula. Francis was greeted
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The Taliban and Afghan politicians opposed to President Ashraf Ghani are set to meet in Russia this week, as the United States says it's making "significant progress" in its negotiations with the
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President Donald Trump has said deploying the US military to Venezuela is "an option". "Well, I don't want to say that. But certainly, it's something that's on the -
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DUBAI: The United Arab Emirates’ Ministry of Interior warned motorists on Sunday to be cautious on the roads due to unstable weather conditions. Thunderstorms and heavy rainfall swept
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KERBALA: A motorcycle gunman shot dead an Iraqi novelist close to his house in the Shiite holy city of Kerbala on Saturday, police and eyewitnesses said.Alaa Mashzoub, 50,
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TEL AVIV: A giant billboard of a smiling Donald Trump shaking hands with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu loomed over a main entrance to Tel Aviv on Sunday, part
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Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro is proposing early parliamentary elections as pressure grows on him to resign. But opposition leader Juan Guaido sees that as a ploy by Maduro
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Nissan announced it cancelled plans to make its X-Trail SUV in the UK - a sharp blow to British Prime Minister Theresa May who fought to have the
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Visiting my Syrian family, who I co-sponsored with nine other families in early 2017 and helped them settle in Canada, is always fun. I get to indulge in some shockingly
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DUBAI: Arab coalition-backed Yemeni forces liberated several areas from the Iran-backed Houthi militia in the Khab directorate, north of Al-Jawf province, Saudi state-news channel Al-Ekhbariya reported.“The fighting resulted
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DUBAI: Arab coalition-backed Yemeni forces liberated several areas from the Iran-backed Houthi militia in the Khab directorate, north of Al-Jawf province, Saudi state-news channel Al-Ekhbariya reported.“The fighting resulted
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BAGHDAD: Iraq and Jordan have inaugurated a joint industrial area on the border between the neighboring countries.The ceremony on the Iraq-Jordan border was attended by Iraqi Prime Minister
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The Washington Post will air a commercial during the Super Bowl on Sunday evening, highlighting the role of journalists and the dangers they can face. The 60-second commercial,
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With the highest child mortality rates in Europe and no new government hospitals built since the fall of communism, Romania's healthcare system is undeniably in crisis. Some officials
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The Democratic Republic of the Congo's main opposition leader, Martin Fayulu, is urging supporters to embrace what he calls "peaceful resistance". He believes rival candidate Felix Tshisekedi colluded
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At least 13 fighters, part of the armed al-Shabab group, have been killed in an airstrike outside the Somali capital, Mogadishu, the US army said. The airstrike happened
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United Nations, New York - As the United Nations' investigator into the death of Jamal Khashoggi leaves Turkey this weekend, it remains unclear whether her inquiry will get
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The Taliban will not target a new vaccination campaign in Afghanistan, according to tribal chiefs and clerics. However, distrust of the vaccination programme remains rife among the populace
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DUBAI: Pope Francis’s unprecedented three-day visit to the UAE will not only mark the first official papal trip to the GCC, but also carry hopes with it of
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DUBAI: Catholics in the UAE and around the Gulf are waiting expectantly for the touchdown of Pope Francis in Abu Dhabi on Sunday night — the first time a
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BEIRUT: A roadside bomb struck a bus carrying teachers in Manbij killing one person on Saturday, the latest in a spate of attacks in the northern Syrian city since
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