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Iraqi Airways says to resume Saturday first flights to Syria since 2011
KHARTOUM: Sudanese protesters voiced regret Thursday at an army decision to suspend crucial talks on installing civilian rule but vowed to press on with a sit-in despite being targeted in fresh violence.Army generals and
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UN: Rocket strike on Syria refugee camp kills 10 civilians
GENEVA: At least 10 civilians were killed and 30 wounded in Syria by a rocket strike on the Neirab camp for Palestinian refugees close to the city of Aleppo on Tuesday night, the United Nations
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The Philippines’ Duterte: In pursuit of an imperial presidency
Although President Rodrigo Duterte's name was not on the ballot in the May 13 midterm elections in the Philippines, the vote served as a referendum on his disruptive and unorthodox leadership. Over the past
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Iran FM denounces ‘unacceptable US escalation’ of tensions
Iran has accused the United States of instigating an "unacceptable" escalation of tensions, as Washington pledged to continue a campaign of "maximum pressure" on the Islamic Republic. Speaking in Tokyo on Thursday, Foreign Minister Javad
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Thousands of Palestinians demonstrate to mark ‘Nakba’
GAZA CITY: Palestinians protested Wednesday for the annual commemoration of what they call the Nakba, or catastrophe, when hundreds of thousands were expelled or fled during the 1948 war surrounding the creation of Israel.Thousands
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Lebanon’s cabinet postpones final budget meeting
WASHINGTON: International worries that the Trump administration is sliding toward war with Iran flared into the open amid skepticism about its claims that the Islamic republic poses a growing threat to the US and its
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New clashes erupt in Yemen as UN discusses way forward
Houthi fighters and Saudi-backed pro-government forces battled in Yemen's port city of Hodeidah on Wednesday, breaching a ceasefire as the UN Security Council held a meeting to discuss the devastating war. The latest clashes
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US Congress has no right to ‘do-over’ of Russia probe: WH counsel
The US Congress has no right to conduct a "do-over" of Special Counsel Robert Mueller's Russia probe, the White House said in a letter blasting House Democrats' "sweeping" requests for documents as an effort to
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UAE courts jail man for joining Daesh
DUBAI: Four oil tankers anchored in the Mideast were damaged by what Gulf officials described as sabotage, though satellite images obtained by The Associated Press on Tuesday showed no major visible damage to the
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Satellite images show no major damage to ‘sabotaged’ ships
DUBAI: Four oil tankers anchored in the Mideast were damaged by what Gulf officials described as sabotage, though satellite images obtained by The Associated Press on Tuesday showed no major visible damage to the


