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Iran begins registering candidates for parliamentary polls
BEIRUT: Iran faced anger on two fronts on Saturday as demonstrators in Lebanon took to the streets of Beirut to support protesters in Iraq. Tehran has orchestrated a violent crackdown on Iraqi protests in
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Iran on the rack: Demonstrations in Beirut over crackdown in Iraq
BEIRUT: Iran faced anger on two fronts on Saturday as demonstrators in Lebanon took to the streets of Beirut to support protesters in Iraq. Tehran has orchestrated a violent crackdown on Iraqi protests in
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Who was London bridge attacker Usman Khan?
It has been revealed the man who killed two people in a knife attack in London was released from prison last year, after serving just half his sentence for his part in a failed
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At least 14 killed in bloody gunfight in northern Mexico
Ten suspected drug cartel gunmen and four police were killed during a daytime shootout on Saturday in a Mexican town near the border with the United States, days after US President Donald Trump raised
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Iraqis keep up anti-regime demos despite PM’s vow to quit
BAGHDAD: After armed men raided the home of Hussein Adel Al-Madani and his wife Sara Talib last year, the Iraqi activists spent months of self-imposed exile in Turkey, changed address upon returning home and
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Threats, arrests, targeted killings silence Iraqi dissidents
ANKARA: A memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed between Turkey and Libya on Wednesday to demarcate maritime zones in the Eastern Mediterranean has sparked condemnation from Greece. Athens sees the MoU as an attempt to
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Iraq PM resignation is ‘only first step’, protesters say
Baghdad, Iraq - Baghdad's Tahrir Square broke out in celebration minutes after Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi announced he will submit his resignation to parliament after weeks of deadly anti-government protests. But while the
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Indian police question suspects in Telangana rape and murder case
Police said they detained four suspects for questioning on Friday after finding the burned body of a 27-year-old veterinarian who was raped and killed in southern India, in yet another instance of violent crime
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Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman visits Expo 2020 with Dubai’s Sheikh Hamdan
ANKARA: Ankara is reportedly blocking the approval of a NATO defense plan for the alliance’s eastern flank until it gets the green light over its security concerns in Syria. Ahead of NATO’s 70th anniversary
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Turkey ‘may stall NATO defense plan over Syria dispute’
ANKARA: Ankara is reportedly blocking the approval of a NATO defense plan for the alliance’s eastern flank until it gets the green light over its security concerns in Syria. Ahead of NATO’s 70th anniversary


