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Tokyo court approves ex-Nissan chief Carlos Ghosn’s $4.5m bail
Nissan's former chief Carlos Ghosn looked set to walk out of a Japanese detention centre for the second time since his arrest last year on financial misconduct charges after a Tokyo court approved his
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What’s at stake as Kim Jong Un meets President Putin in Russia?
Kim Jong Un has arrived in Russia for a summit with President Vladimir Putin, just two months after the North Korean leader's meeting with US President Donald Trump in Vietnam that ended abruptly. Analysts
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Why the Armenian Genocide won’t be forgotten
DUBAI: More than 100 years on, Armenians and experts alike remember the brutal atrocities and forced exodus from what is now Turkey, which left up to 1.5 million Armenians dead. April 24 marks the
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What led to the genocide of Armenians by the Ottomans
RIYADH: Eyad Abu Shakra, a Middle East specialist, said there were three things that needed to be considered when researching how the Ottoman Empire handled Armenia during the First World War. Approaching the subject in
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Hong Kong’s ‘Occupy Central’ activists handed down prison terms
A court in Hong Kong has handed down prison sentences of up to 16 months to eight leaders of massive 2014 pro-democracy protests. Nine leaders of the city's "Occupy Central" protests that paralysed parts
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North Korea’s Kim Jong Un to meet Putin in Russia
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has left Pyongyang by his special train as he heads to Russia for a meeting with President Vladimir Putin. The North Korean leader left at dawn on Wednesday with
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Council of Arab Interior Ministers calls for cooperation to alleviate suffering of terrorism victims
Council of Arab Interior Ministers calls for cooperation to alleviate suffering of terrorism victims TUNIS: Not only does the harm caused by terrorist crimes affect innocent victims, it also leaves their families and communities
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US puts up $10m reward for Hezbollah information
CAIRO: Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi will lead two emergency summits with other African leaders on Tuesday to address events in Sudan and Libya, his presidency said.The leaders will focus on “the evolution of
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Myanmar court rejects final appeal by jailed Reuters journalists
Myanmar's Supreme Court has rejected the appeal of two Reuters news agency reporters sentenced to seven years in jail for breaking the Official Secrets Act, in a landmark case that has raised questions about
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Northern Philippines jolted by magnitude 6.1 earthquake
Philippine rescuers were scrambling to reach dozens of people feared buried under a building near Manila that collapsed a day earlier in a powerful earthquake, as the death toll climbed to 11. The magnitude


