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Ex-Trump lawyer Michael Cohen pleads guilty, implicates president
Michael Cohen, the former personal attorney of US President Donald Trump, has pleaded guilty to campaign-finance violations and other charges, saying he made payments to influence the 2016 election at the direction of a
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Ex-Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort guilty on eight counts
US President Donald Trump has been dealt a double blow after developments in two separate cases involving his former close associates. Paul Manafort, Trump's former campaign manager, was found guilty on Tuesday of eight financial
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Uganda: The changing face of political opposition
Live rounds and tear gas have been fired sporadically in Uganda's capital Kampala and other areas as military units and anti-riot police try to disperse demonstrations. Protesters are unhappy about the arrests and alleged beatings
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Trump seeks to roll back Obama-era coal emissions standards
The administration of US President Donald Trump has proposed new rules that would scale back limits on coal-fired power plants, a move critics said would have dire environmental and health consequences. The proposal, announced
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Yearning for the flavours of home: Syrian refugees’ Eid in Turkey
Muslims around the world are celebrating the festival of Eid al-Adha, many will be spending it with family and friends. But for Syrian refugees in Turkey, only a few will be able to go
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Bahrain suspends visas for Qatari nationals
JEDDAH: Bahrain has suspended issuing entry visas to Qatari nationals as part of the dispute between between Arab countries and Doha. Bahrain, along with Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Egypt launched a boycott of
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Morocco moves toward return of military service
JEDDAH: Bahrain has suspended issuing entry visas to Qatari nationals as part of the dispute between between Arab countries and Doha. Bahrain, along with Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Egypt launched a boycott of
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Defense experts deride Iran’s ‘new fighter jet’
LONDON: Iran on Tuesday unveiled what it claimed was its first domestically built, powerful fighter jet — to widespread derision from defense and military experts. State TV showed President Hassan Rouhani sitting in the cockpit
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Ex-Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort guilty of eight counts
Paul Manafort, US President Donald Trump's former campaign manager, has been found guilty of eight financial crimes in the first trial victory of the special counsel investigation into the president's associates. A judge declared
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Ex-Trump lawyer Cohen pleads guilty to charges over hush money
Michael Cohen, the former personal attorney of US President Donald Trump, has pleaded guilty to campaign-finance violations and other charges, saying he made payments to influence the 2016 election at the direction of a


