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Trucks evacuate civilians from last Daesh pocket in Syria: SDF official
BAGHOUZ, Syria: A convoy of trucks carrying hundreds of civilians, including men, women and children, left the last enclave held by Daesh militants in eastern Syria on Wednesday, signaling a possible end to a standoff
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How Russia’s domestic divisions could foil its Middle East plans
For most outside observers of the Kremlin, Russia's policymaking process is an inscrutable monolith, with decisions taken exclusively by President Vladimir Putin and any dissent stifled behind closed doors. In reality, however, within the
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Phone app links patients to blood donors in war-torn Yemen
A new phone app to link patients with blood donors is helping many in Yemen, suffering from war for four years. But one of the biggest problems now is storage. Hospitals and health centres
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Zarif decries ‘US hypocrisy’ over planned nuclear sale to Saudis
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif accused the US of hypocracy for allegedly attempting to sell nuclear technology to Saudi Arabia while Washington tries to wreck Iran's nuclear programme. Zarif's comment on Twitter on Wednesday came
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The Russian Job
Swedish manager, Bo Inge Andersson, meets all the job criteria, on paper, to run Russia's largest car manufacturing company. He worked previously for Saab and General Motors and successfully turned around another large Russian
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Putin warns US with new missiles aimed at Western capitals
Russia's President Vladimir Putin warned the United States against deploying new missiles in Europe, threatening to retaliate in kind by targeting Western capitals with his own new weaponry. Delivering a state of the nation address, Putin
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Northern Red Sea coral reefs may survive a hot, grim future
EILAT, Israel: As the outlook for coral reefs across a warming planet grows grimmer, scientists in Israel have discovered a rare glimmer of hope: The corals of the northern Red Sea may survive, and
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‘Qatar a hospitable base for Muslim Brotherhood,’ says Washington think-tank
DUBAI: Qatar is a hospitable base for the Muslim Brotherhood and many of the world’s most virulent Islamists, a senior member of prominent Washington-based think tank Security Studies Group said in an opinion article
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‘The Klondike of ore mining’: Fighting for the Sami way of life
Tor Tuorda feels a strong connection to the countryside around his home, from the winding streams and pine forests to the birds in his backyard. He lives in a town called Jokkmokk in Lapland,
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Three Tory MPs quit party to join Independent Group over Brexit
Three Conservative MPs have quit the party to join an independent group in the British parliament. Anna Soubry, Heidi Allen and Sarah Wollaston resigned from the ruling party on Wednesday over the government's handling of


