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Whistleblower: Trump team overruled 25 security clearance denials
A White House whistle-blower has said the Trump administration overruled security experts to give questionable security clearances to more than two dozen people, including the president's daughter Ivanka and son-in-law Jared Kushner. Tricia Newbold,
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Venezuelan judge moves to strip Juan Guaido’s immunity
Venezuela's chief justice on Monday asked politicians to strip opposition leader Juan Guaido of immunity, taking a step towards prosecuting him for alleged crimes as he seeks to oust President Nicolas Maduro. Supreme Court
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Top Republican questions Trump’s plan to cut Central American aid
A top Republican on the US House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee said on Monday that US President Donald Trump's plan to cut aid to three Central American countries - Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador - would make
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US hackers helped UAE spy on Al Jazeera chairman: Reuters
A group of American hackers who once worked for United States intelligence agencies helped the United Arab Emirates spy on a BBC host, the chairman of Al Jazeera and other prominent Arab media figures during
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Exclusive: Yemeni child soldiers recruited by Saudi-UAE coalition
Al Jazeera has obtained exclusive footage that proves the presence of child soldiers in the recruitment camps of the Saudi-UAE-led coalition fighting in Yemen. The children, desperately poor, are being recruited to fight along
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Australian leader rules out helping children of Daesh militant
ANKARA: Local elections held in Turkey on Sunday resulted in a significant shift in the governance of the country. Voters in Turkey’s major cities turned their backs on officials from President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s ruling
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Turkish voters ring changes in nail-biting local elections
ANKARA: Local elections held in Turkey on Sunday resulted in a significant shift in the governance of the country. Voters in Turkey’s major cities turned their backs on officials from President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s ruling
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Palestinians see little hope in Israeli elections
RAMALLAH: Tayseer Barakat is like many Palestinians when asked about the upcoming Israeli elections. He doesn’t see much hope. “We have learned from past experience that we are always the victims of Israeli elections, and
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UK legislators reject Brexit alternatives
British MPs have failed to reach a majority on four alternatives to the government's Brexit deal. In a series of non-binding votes on Monday, MPs rejected potential plans to hold a second referendum, retain
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Erdogan’s AK Party ‘loses’ major Turkey cities in local elections
Istanbul, Turkey - Turkey's ruling party has lost mayoral elections in the country's largest three cities - Istanbul, Ankara and Izmir - in a stunning election setback for President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, according to unofficial results published by state-run Anadolu Agency on


