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Algeria to vote on a constitution dismissed by protest movement
GAZA CITY: Entering a Gaza City restaurant, customers are welcomed by a multi-tasking disinfection machine designed by a Palestinian businesswoman to curb the spread of the coronavirus in the crisis-hit enclave.Spraying hand sanitizer while
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The Stream election special: A live preview of US 2020
We look ahead to polling day with some of the people most impacted by the outcome.
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Hong Kong teenage activist detained after reportedly planning to claim asylum at US consulate
He was among five people in the semi-autonomous Chinese city who planned to enter the US mission, according to UK-based activist group Friends of Hong Kong.Police said two men and one woman -- between
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US accuses Syria of delaying constitution ahead of election
NEW YORK: The US and several Western allies on Tuesday accused the Syrian regime of deliberately delaying the drafting of a new constitution to waste time until presidential elections in 2021, and avoid UN-supervised voting
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US unseals charges over kidnapping of journalists in Afghanistan
The US claims Haji Najibullah was involved in the 2008 kidnapping of a US journalist and two Afghan nationals.The US Justice Department on Wednesday unsealed an indictment charging Haji Najibullah, an Afghanistan national, with
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North Korea is going to be a major headache for whoever wins the US election
Pyongyang's first missile test during Donald Trump's presidency came even sooner. On his 23rd day in office, as he and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe sat down for dinner on the terrace of the
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Thai PM Prayuth says he will not resign despite protests
Months of anti-government protests have called for Prayuth’s resignation and reform to powerful monarchy.Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha dismissed calls from opposition parties to resign during a special two-day session of parliament he had
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Uyghurs are desperate for action in Xinjiang. Some say only Trump can help
He and his family had voted for Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton, whose style of leadership they preferred over the brash businessman.Now, four years later, Sidick is backing Trump over his Democratic rival Joe Biden.
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Pandemic lockdowns fueling rise of sexual extortion crimes in Lebanon
BEIRUT: Coronavirus lockdowns are fueling an increase in sexual extortion crimes in Lebanon, according to a security official. Figures from the Lebanese Internal Security Forces showed that such crimes had risen significantly in recent months.
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Public attitudes in ‘ally’ Qatar at odds with US Middle East priorities: poll
DUBAI, ERBIL: For a country that advertises itself as a close ally of the US, hosting America’s biggest military contingent in the Middle East at Al-Udeid air base near Doha and spending billions of


