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Palestine, Golan Heights take centre stage at Arab League summit
Tunis, Tunisia - The Arab League has rejected the US's recognition of Israeli sovereignty over the occupied Golan Heights and renewed a call for the establishment of a Palestinian state, saying peace and security
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Who’s responsible for California’s deadliest and most destructive wildfire?
Paradise, California - Destruction and ashes extend as far as the eye can see. Tall chimneys and heaps of rubble are all that remain where homes once stood. Beside them, hollowed out cars are
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Palestinians mourn boys killed by Israeli forces in Gaza rallies
Thousands of people in the besieged Gaza Strip have attended the funerals of the four young Palestinians killed by Israeli forces during mass protests along the perimeter fence with Israel. Tens of thousands of Palestinians
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Jerusalem: A Rock and a Hard Place
"There's never been an Arab state here with the capital of Jerusalem," says Daniel Luria. "There's never been a Palestinian state here. This talk about Palestine, Palestine ... I've never heard of anything more
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Brazil opens Israel trade mission in Jerusalem, short of full embassy move
JERUSALEM: Brazil opened a new trade mission to Israel in Jerusalem on Sunday, appearing to edge back from earlier signals it would follow the United States by moving its full embassy to the contested
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Algeria announces new government with 27 members: official
CAIRO: Algeria has announced a new government with 27 members, an official said Sunday. Algeria's new cabinet will be a caretaker government with Noureddine Bedoui remaining as prime minister, private Ennahar TV reported. Bedoui was appointed premier on
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African Union to host Libya ‘reconciliation’ conference
RABAT: Pope Francis sought to encourage greater Christian-Muslim dialogue on Sunday, telling his flock that showing the country’s Muslim majority they are part of the same human family will help stamp out extremism.On his
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Algeria’s Bouteflika names new government amid ongoing protests
Algeria's presidency has announced the formation of a new caretaker government, with the country's army chief keeping his post as deputy defence minister despite his calls for the removal of embattled President Abdelaziz Bouteflika. State
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Zelensky to face Poroshenko in Ukraine runoff: exit polls
Kiev, Ukraine - Comedian Volodymyr Zelensky will face incumbent President Petro Poroshenko in a runoff vote for Ukraine's presidency, exit polls have shown. Zelensky, a political novice who is better known for playing a president in a TV
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Erdogan’s bloc takes lead in key local polls
Istanbul, Turkey - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's ruling party is locked in a tight race for control of Istanbul, the country's largest city, as the main opposition alliance appears set to win the local election race


