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Egypt unfreezes assets of Mubarak-era interior minister
CAIRO: Egypt has unfrozen the assets of its Mubarak-era interior minister, who was acquitted on all corruption-related charges earlier this month, a judicial source confirmed Sunday. The Illicit Gains Authority decided last Thursday to
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Libya’s Haftar says to fight until Tripoli ‘militias’ defeated
PARIS: Libyan strongman Khalifa Haftar, who is leading a military offensive against the UN-recognized government in Tripoli, said in an interview published Sunday he will continue fighting until militias in the city laid down
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French Algerians on identity, discrimination, protests at ‘home’
Paris, France - A long and bloody history ties Algeria and France together. A French colony for 132 years until 1962, Algeria was known as "the country of martyrs" across the Arab world as
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Three killed by military gunfire at Pakistan rights protest
Islamabad, Pakistan - At least three people have been killed and more than 15 wounded after gunfire erupted near a Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement (PTM) protest against enforced disappearances in the northwestern Pakistani region of
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Palestine, Egypt offer air support as Israel battles wildfires
CHIBAYISH, Iraq: Thirty years after Saddam Hussein starved them of water, Iraq’s southern marshes are blossoming once more thanks to a wave of ecotourists picnicking and paddling down their replenished river bends.A one-room home
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Iraqis turn to budding ecotourism to save marshes
CHIBAYISH, Iraq: Thirty years after Saddam Hussein starved them of water, Iraq’s southern marshes are blossoming once more thanks to a wave of ecotourists picnicking and paddling down their replenished river bends.A one-room home
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Ukraine-Russia dispute naval case to be heard at UN tribunal
A decision is expected on Saturday in the naval dispute between Russia and Ukraine. Russia arrested 24 Ukrainian sailors and seized their ships last November in waters off the Crimean Peninsula. The hearing is
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Several civilians killed in air raids in Yemen’s Taiz province
At least nine civilians have been killed in overnight air raids east of Yemen's third city of Taiz, a medic and rebel forces said on Saturday. Two children were among the nine killed in
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Israel braces for more wildfires as temperatures spike
JERUSALEM: Israel is bracing for renewed wildfires amid a major heat wave that shows no signs of abating.Thousands of people were evacuated from their homes on Thursday as fires raged, fueled by high temperatures
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Libya confirms it rescued 87 migrants in Mediterranean
CAIRO: Libya's navy confirmed on Friday that it rescued three boats carrying a total of 290 Europe-bound migrants off the country's Mediterranean coast, a day after a German aid group released video showing a


