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Lion Air ‘ponders cancelling Boeing jets’ in row over crash
Indonesia's Lion Air is reviewing airplane purchases from Boeing Co and has not ruled out cancelling orders as relations worsen in a spat over responsibility for a 737 jetliner crash that killed 189 people
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Qatar quits OPEC as Saudis walk tightrope on oil prices
As ministers from OPEC and other major oil producing countries prepare to gather in Vienna for a crucial meeting later this week, the cartel is absorbing yet another hit to its waning influence. The
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UK government faces parliamentary showdown over contempt charge
London, United Kingdom – The UK government may have contravened parliamentary rules by failing to publish in full legal advice it received regarding British Prime Minister Theresa May’s widely criticised Brexit deal, the House of
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Egypt refuses to name suspects in Giulio Regeni killing
Prosecutors in Egypt have rejected an Italian request to name several policemen as suspects in the murder of Giulio Regeni, a 28-year-old PhD student who was killed in Cairo in January 2016, local media
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Houthis ‘still break international law’ despite confidence-building measures: Arab Coalition
Houthis ‘still break international law’ despite confidence-building measures: Arab Coalition RIYADH: The Arab Coalition supporting Yemen’s internationally recognized government condemned the Houthi militia on Monday for violating international law. The Houthis continue to plant
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Netanyahu to meet US secretary of state in Brussels
BAGHDAD: Iraq’s Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) said on Monday it had nominated current premier Nechirvan Barzani to succeed his uncle Masoud Barzani as president of Iraqi Kurdistan, and Masoud Barzani’s son Masrour as premier
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KDP nominates Nechirvan and Masrour Barzani for Iraqi Kurdistan’s top posts
Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika named Ahmed Ouyahia, head of the Rassemblement National Democratique (RND), the second-largest party of Algeria and an ally of the National Liberation Front (FLN), as prime minister on Aug.
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All you need to know about the Yemen ‘peace talks’
Stockholm, Sweden - The Yemeni government officials and Houthi rebels are due to meet in Sweden this week for UN-sponsored talks aimed at ending the war that has been going on for more than
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George Soros-funded CEU ‘forced out’ of Budapest
Budapest, Hungary - Budapest's Central European University (CEU), which has fought for 20 months to secure its continued presence in the Hungarian capital despite pressure from the government, announced it has been "forced out" and
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Zimbabwe doctors strike demanding better pay and conditions
Zimbabwean doctors at public hospitals went on strike for the second time this year to demand better pay and conditions, a union official said, as President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government struggles with a deteriorating economy.


