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Iraq’s Sadr urges ‘radical’ solutions after deadly unrest
BAGHDAD: Iraqi Shiite leader Moqtada Sadr has called for “radical” solutions to a health crisis which has sparked mass rallies and left seven protesters dead this week. Thousands of demonstrators have taken to the
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Putin, Rouhani, Erdogan to discuss Syria’s future in Tehran
Tehran, Iran - Presidents of Iran, Russia and Turkey are meeting in Tehran to talk about how to shape the future of a country torn apart by years of civil war amid a possible
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Mass grave site with 166 skulls found in Mexico’s Veracruz
Authorities in Mexico have found at least 166 skulls in a mass grave site in the eastern state of Veracruz. Jorge Winckler, state attorney general, said on Thursday that investigators discovered the remains in
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Khan al-Ahmar: Palestinian school faces demolition by Israel
It's the beginning of the end for a Palestinian school facing imminent demolition along with its village of Khan al-Ahmar in the occupied West Bank. Israel's Supreme Court has ruled that the school and
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Argentina crisis: Government plans to cut ministries
Argentina is set to make a series of spending cuts in an effort to stabilise the country's spiralling currency crisis after the peso lost more than half its value this year. The government has
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US: 4 killed in Cincinnati bank shooting, including gunman
A gunman opened fire at a downtown bank in the US city of Cincinnati, killing three people and wounding five others. Police received an emergency call at 9:10am on Thursday and several officers
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Daesh to lose all Syria territory by 2019: French army chief
PARIS: Daesh will have been driven from all the territory it once controlled as a self-declared “caliphate” before the end of the year, French military chief Francois Lecointre said on Thursday. The terrorists, who
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Operations against Houthis continuing, says Yemeni army chief
US has seen evidence of Syria regime preparing chemical weapons in Idlib — envoy WASHINGTON: There is “lots of evidence” chemical weapons are being prepared by Syrian government forces in Idlib region in northwest
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US has seen evidence of Syria regime preparing chemical weapons in Idlib — envoy
US has seen evidence of Syria regime preparing chemical weapons in Idlib — envoy WASHINGTON: There is “lots of evidence” chemical weapons are being prepared by Syrian government forces in Idlib region in northwest
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Indonesia’s Palm Oil Curse
Indonesia is the world's largest producer of palm oil. From chocolate and ice cream to soap and cosmetics, palm oil from this Southeast Asian nation is found in countless products on supermarket shelves around


