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UN opens additional offices in Yemen’s Taiz in face of humanitarian crisis
The United Nations continues in its push to improve the delivery of humanitarian aid with the opening of two offices in the Yemeni province of Taiz, Saudi state news agency SPA reported. The office
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Brexit timeline: What’s expected to happen next?
Following the 2016 referendum on Britain's EU membership, during which 52 percent of voters opted in favour of leaving the 28-member bloc, Brexit has dominated public life and political discourse. With another landmark vote on
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Museum of Black Civilisations aims to ‘decolonise knowledge’
Dakar - In April 1966, Senegal's first president and a poet, Leopold Sedar Senghor ascended the steps of the National Assembly in Dakar to declare his country the temporary capital of Black Civilisation at
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Cuba to roll out mobile internet services for the first time
Cubans will be able to access the internet on their mobile phones for the first time from Thursday, according to the state-run telecommunications company ETECSA. The announcement is a milestone for the Communist-run island
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South African parliament backs land reform report
South Africa's parliament has approved a report endorsing a constitutional amendment that would allow expropriation of land without compensation - a decision the main opposition party said on Tuesday it could challenge in court. Land
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A long-awaited turning point in Duterte’s bloody drug war
"Never has homicide or murder been a function of law enforcement," declared Filipino Judge Rodolfo Azucena Jr in a landmark ruling, which may change the fate of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's bloody drug war.
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Libyans protest against US air strike in southern Libya
The United Nations continues in its push to improve the delivery of humanitarian aid with the opening of two offices in the Yemeni province of Taiz, Saudi state news agency SPA reported. The office
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Israel predicts win for UN resolution condemning Hamas
RIYADH: A Yemeni government delegation flew out of the Saudi capital Riyadh early Wednesday for high-stakes talks in Sweden with Houthi militia aimed at ending the country’s devastating war, sources close to the team
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15 migrants die in boat off Libya, Egyptian survivor says
MISRATA, LIBYA: Fifteen migrants have died in a boat off the Libyan coast after spending 12 days at sea without food or water, an Egyptian survivor said on Tuesday.Only 10 migrants from the capsized
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Tsunami warning as magnitude 7.5 quake strikes off New Caledonia
A shallow and powerful magnitude 7.5 earthquake has struck off the east coast of New Caledonia in the South Pacific, according to seismologists,prompting a tsunami alert and evacuations on the Pacific island, authorities said.


