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Venezuela's economy has been in crisis for years with skyrocketing hyperinflation forcing millions of people to flee the country. In a bid to remove President Nicolas Maduro from
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A blast of arctic-chilled air from the polar vortex brought dangerous, record-setting cold to a wide swathe of the eastern United States on Tuesday, stretching from the Dakotas
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Security has been stepped up across Kenya since al-Shabab gunmen attacked a Nairobi hotel complex this month, killing 21 people. The crackdown is disrupting life - military and
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At least two people have been killed and four others wounded in a grenade attack on a mosque in the southern Philippines, say local officials. The attack in Zamboanga
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Filmmaker: Bouchra Ijork High in the Atlas Mountains in central Morocco are remote villages almost entirely dominated by Amazigh women, a result of the geographical divide between the
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Seoul, South Korea - For the United States and its geopolitical goals in East Asia, few scenarios would be better than a trilateral alliance with Japan and South
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AMMAN: Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah on Tuesday announced the government’s resignation. Government spokesman Yousef Al-Mahmoud told Arab News that the Cabinet will continue carrying out its responsibilities until
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TEHRAN: A double-bombing lightly wounded three police in the southeastern city of Zahedan on Tuesday.Gen. Mohammad Ghanbari, the provincial police chief, told the official IRNA news agency that the
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At least two people have been killed and four others wounded in a grenade attack on a mosque in the southern Philippines, say local officials. The attack in Zamboanga
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China and Russia pose the biggest risks to the United States, and are more aligned than they have been in decades as they target the 2020 presidential election
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The UK parliament has authorised Prime Minister Theresa May to reopen negotiations with the European Union to replace a controversial Irish border guarantee within her Brexit deal, in
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KHARTOUM: Sudan’s security chief has ordered the release of people detained during weeks of anti-government protests, the Information Ministry said on Tuesday, as demonstrations continued in several cities. The
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TEHRAN: A double-bombing lightly wounded three police in the southeastern city of Zahedan on Tuesday.Gen. Mohammad Ghanbari, the provincial police chief, told the official IRNA news agency that the
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TEHRAN: A double-bombing lightly wounded three police in the southeastern city of Zahedan on Tuesday.Gen. Mohammad Ghanbari, the provincial police chief, told the official IRNA news agency that the
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Mullativu, Sri Lanka - On Saturday, dozens of members of Sri Lanka's Tamil minority marched towards a sprawling Keppapulavu army camp in the country's northern Mullativu district, determined
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For anyone likely to be hurt by rising trade tariffs between the world's top two economies, time is running out fast. There's just over a month to go
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The UN has said it is "deeply concerned about the protracted and extremely violent attack" on Palestinians in the village of al-Mugheir in the occupied West Bank. Hamdi Naasan,
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QAMISHLI, SYRIA: Daesh fighters in eastern Syria are pinned down in a final tiny pocket with their wives and children, forcing a US-backed militia to slow its advance to
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QAMISHLI, SYRIA: Daesh fighters in eastern Syria are pinned down in a final tiny pocket with their wives and children, forcing a US-backed militia to slow its advance to
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KHARTOUM: Sudan’s security chief has ordered the release of people detained during weeks of anti-government protests, the Information Ministry said on Tuesday, as demonstrations continued in several cities. The
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At least five migrants have died and more than 130 missing after two boats capsized off the coast of Djibouti, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said. According
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Sudan's intelligence chief has ordered the release of all detainees held during the weeklong protests that rocked the North African country. Tuesday's announcement came amid increasing international criticism
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International observers, who have documented division, displacement and violence in the city of Hebron in the occupied West Bank since 1997, are going home. Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin
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BEIRUT: This week will be decisive in efforts to form a new government in Lebanon, prime minister-designate Saad Al-Hariri said on Tuesday, adding he was “cautiously optimistic.”Rival parties
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RAMALLAH, West Bank: The Palestinian government officially submitted its resignation to president Mahmud Abbas Tuesday, a statement said, though it will remain in place while a new administration is
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BEIRUT: This week will be decisive in efforts to form a new government in Lebanon, prime minister-designate Saad Al-Hariri said on Tuesday, adding he was “cautiously optimistic.”Rival parties
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Qatar beat hosts United Arab Emirates 4-0 to reach the final of the 2019 AFC Asian Cup. The win, coming in front of a hostile Abu Dhabi crowd,
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