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Houthi militia shell commercial center in Hodeidah
DUBAI: As peace talks between Yemeni government representatives and a Houthi delegation began on Thursday in Sweden, local reports from Yemen said that a group of Houthi militias shelled a commercial center in Hodeidah.
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Trump EPA makes it easier to open new coal plants
As climate negotiators from around the world gather in Poland to try to strengthen measures to limit carbon emissions, the US Environmental Protection Agency has just made it easier to open new coal-fired plants.
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Anger in China over arrest of Huawei’s Meng Wanzhou in Canada
Chinese state-run media on Friday condemned the arrest in Canada of a top executive of telecoms giant Huawei on a US extradition request as a "despicable rogue's approach" to contain China's high-tech ambitions. Meng
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Has the world abandoned the Uighur Muslims?
In this week's Special Interview, Uighur activist and president of the Uyghur American Association, Ilshat Hassan, discusses China's detention of religious minorities, and the effect it has had on him and his family. On
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Parents of Austin Tice still fighting to bring their son home
Beirut, Lebanon - It was a Friday when Mark Tice received the call he dreaded. "Are you sitting down?" the voice on the other end of the phone asked. Marc's son Austin, a freelance journalist,
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Why are the ‘yellow vests’ protesting in France?
For the past three weeks, France has been experiencing one of the most significant social mobilisations in its recent history, which laid bare the country's social ills, anti-elite sentiment, growing inequalities and thirst for
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Turkish authorities seek arrest of journalist Dundar over 2013 protests
ISTANBUL: Turkish authorities have issued an arrest warrant for journalist Can Dundar as part of an investigation into protests in Istanbul in 2013 against President Tayyip Erdogan’s rule, state-run Anadolu agency said on Wednesday.Prosecutors
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UN chief urges Syria to resolve gaps on chemical weapons
DUBAI: As peace talks between Yemeni government representatives and a Houthi delegation began on Thursday in Sweden, local reports from Yemen said that a group of Houthi militias shelled a commercial center in Hodeidah.
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Ankara considers opening of straits to US warship
ANKARA: The US military has requested the State Department to notify Ankara of its potential plan to sail a warship in the Black Sea’s waters through the Bosphorus Strait, CNN reported on Wednesday. The US
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Trump expected to pick Heather Nauert as US ambassador to UN
President Donald Trump is expected to nominate State Department spokeswoman and former Fox TV news anchor Heather Nauert as US ambassador to the United Nations, according to multiple reports. The decision was expected to


