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Yemeni FM’s remarks at Sweden peace talks trigger anger in Sanaa
Rimbo, Sweden - Yemen's foreign minister has sparked anger in his home country after he demanded Houthi rebels, who control the capital and large swathes of territory, hand over power to his exiled government.
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UN force confirms presence of tunnel on Lebanon-Israel border
The United Nations peacekeepers have confirmed the existence of a tunnel in northern Israel near the Lebanese border, days after Tel Aviv accused armed group Hezbollah of digging under the frontier. In a statement
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Why are countries banning Huawei?
On Thursday, Canadian authorities arrested Meng Wanzhou, the chief financial officer (CFO) of Chinese tech company Huawei. The details of the arrest are still unclear but Meng faces extradition to the United States, according to
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India’s polluted air killed 1.24 million in 2017: study
India's toxic air has claimed 1.24 million lives in 2017, or 12.5 percent of total deaths recorded in the year, says a study. The study, published in the journal, Lancet Planetary Health, on Thursday
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One Marine dead, five missing after US planes collide off Japan
A US Marine died and five others went missing after a refuelling plane and a fighter jet collided midair and crashed into the sea off Japan's southwestern coast on Thursday, Japanese and American officials said. Japan's
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Bahrain FM: Qatar has burned its bridges with GCC
LONDON: Qatar has burned its bridges with the rest of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and aligned itself with “enemies of the region like Iran,” Bahrain’s Foreign Minister Sheikh Khalid Al Khalifa has said.In an
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Libya to vote on new constitution before February
LONDON: Qatar has burned its bridges with the rest of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and aligned itself with “enemies of the region like Iran,” Bahrain’s Foreign Minister Sheikh Khalid Al Khalifa has said.In an
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Netanyahu asks diplomats for sanctions on Hezbollah
JERUSALEM: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took Israel-based diplomats to the border with Lebanon Thursday, showing them the site of a Hezbollah tunnel and calling for sanctions against the Shiite militant group.“I told the ambassadors
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Rwandan court drops charges against opposition politician Rwigara
A Rwandan court acquitted Diane Rwigara, a critic of veteran President Paul Kagame, on charges that included inciting insurrection and the forgery of documents. Rwigara, 37, was arrested in September 2017 after her attempt to
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UN envoy: ‘Peaceful solution’ to Western Sahara conflict possible
The UN envoy for Western Sahara said he believes a peaceful solution to the decades-long conflict between Morocco and the Polisario Front is possible. Horst Koehler, a former German president, told reporters in Geneva on Thursday


