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Lebanon celebrates independence without a government
BEIRUT: The Lebanese people celebrated the 75th anniversary of their country’s independence on Wednesday. On the eve of the traditional military parade in the heart of Beirut, President Michel Aoun told the Lebanese people
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Atomic watchdog: Iran sticking to nuclear deal amid new US sanctions
BEIRUT: Lebanon is marking 75 years of independence with a military parade Thursday in Beirut, but many anxious Lebanese feel they have little to celebrate: the country’s corruption-plagued economy is dangerously close to collapse
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Trump issues Thanksgiving threat: I’ll close border if I have to
President Donald Trump is threatening to close the US border with Mexico for an undisclosed period of time if his administration determines that its southern ally has lost “control” on its side. The repeated
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Wife of Matthew Hedges slams UK ‘inaction’ in UAE espionage case
The wife of a British student who was sentenced to life in prison for spying in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has condemned the United Kingdom government for putting diplomatic relations before an "innocent
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Shuafat demolition to tighten ‘Israel’s control over Jerusalem’
Shuafat refugee camp, occupied East Jerusalem - Three earthmovers continued to take away the debris of over a dozen Palestinian shops that used to line the street at the entrance to Shufat refugee camp in
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US Border Patrol agent acquitted in Mexican teen’s 2012 death
An Arizona jury on Wednesday acquitted a United States Border Patrol agent of involuntary manslaughter in the killing of a Mexican teen through a border fence, sparking a protest in downtown Tucson following another loss
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US missionary’s death and a tribe that wants to be left alone
The death of an American missionary on a remote Indian island has cast a rare spotlight on the Sentinelese, one of the world's most reclusive hunter-gatherer tribes. John Allen Chau, 27, was killed with
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Lebanon can’t waste more time on government formation — Aoun
ANKARA: The European Union’s foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini and EU Enlargement Commissioner Johannes Hahn are meeting Turkish officials for talks focusing on Turkey’s long-stalled membership bid.Hahn said on Twitter that the two would
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Iraq to unify customs procedures with Kurdistan, PM says
BEIRUT: Lebanon is marking 75 years of independence with a military parade Thursday in Beirut, but many anxious Lebanese feel they have little to celebrate: the country’s corruption-plagued economy is dangerously close to collapse
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UK, EU agree on draft Brexit political declaration
The United Kingdom and the European Union have agreed on a draft political declaration that sets out the terms of the post-Brexit relationship between London and Brussels. Speaking outside Number 10 Downing Street on


