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At least 10 dead in attack on G4S site in Kabul: health ministry
At least 10 people have been killed and 19 wounded in an attack on a security compound in the Afghan capital Kabul, a health ministry spokesman said on Wednesday. Najib Danish, spokesman for the
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Court rejects Le Pen bid to halt recovery of EU money
A top European Union court has upheld the bloc's decision to recover money from far-right politician Marine Le Pen, delivering the former French presidential candidate a second legal setback this year. The EU's General Court, its
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Bank of England warns pound to crash 25 percent in no-deal Brexit
The Bank of England has warned a no-deal Brexit would trigger a financial crisis in the United Kingdom, causing the pound to plunge by 25 percent. The UK's central bank on Wednesday said in a
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Pompeo: Downgrading US ties to Saudi Arabia would be a mistake
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has said there was no direct evidence connecting Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi last month in Istanbul. Pompeo spoke to
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Britain needs its own Mueller investigation
Theresa May has had to get used to facing difficult questions about Brexit. After two years of gruelling negotiations, the British prime minister has spent recent weeks trying to sell the virtues of her
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Security experts discuss terror threat in Mideast, Africa at Lebanon conference
BEIRUT: “Why is terrorism becoming more widespread and complex?” That was the question posed by Maj. Gen. Abbas Ibrahim, the general director of Lebanese General Security, to security experts from a dozen African nations
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Houthis use civilians as human shields in Hodeidah – Yemen prime minister
DUBAI: Houthi militias are using civilians as human shields in Hodeidah, Prime Minister Maeen Abdulmalik Saeed told the UN humanitarian coordinator in Yemen during their meeting on Tuesday. “The Iranian-backed Houthi militia controls the
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Syria talks on fragile Idlib truce begin in Kazakhstan
BEIRUT: “Why is terrorism becoming more widespread and complex?” That was the question posed by Maj. Gen. Abbas Ibrahim, the general director of Lebanese General Security, to security experts from a dozen African nations
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China accused of political meddling after Taiwan local elections
The leadership of Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen is in doubt after her ruling party was defeated in last week's election. Worsening relations with China seem to have contributed to the poor result. In an
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Syrian stranded at Malaysia airport for months arrives in Canada
A Syrian man who had been stranded at a terminal at a Malaysian airport for the past seven months has finally arrived in Canada, ending a long ordeal that highlighted asylum seekers' often bizarre quest for


