CATEGORY: Middle East News
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Facing heat, Australia to take children off Nauru by year-end
Australia said it wants to remove all refugee children from Nauru by the end of the year, but insisted it will maintain its controversial policy of sending anyone who tries to get to the
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Living in a conspiracy theory in Trump’s America
Who ordered the brutal assassination of the Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi and why? Did you know there is a link between Jamal Khashoggi's murder and Princess Diana? Who really sent pipe bombs to Hillary Clinton,
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Action in east of Euphrates seen as a way to implement US-Turkey deal
ANKARA: Turkey has expanded its military offensive to the eastern bank of the Euphrates River in northern Syria, a move experts believe is meant to put pressure on the US to accelerate the implementation
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No-fly zone, military-drill ban near Korea border take effect
A no-fly zone and a ban on military drills near the heavily fortified border between North and South Korea came into effect on Thursday as the once uneasy neighbours push to further defuse tensions.
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HRW: Sexual violence part of ‘ordinary life’ in North Korea
North Korean officials commit sexual violence against women with little concern for the consequences while the government neither investigates nor prosecutes complaints and does nothing to support the victims, a report said on Thursday.
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Pakistan PM calls for calm after Aasia Bibi cleared of blasphemy
Islamabad, Pakistan - Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan has appealed for calm after far-right protesters blocked roads in several major cities following the Supreme Court's acquittal of a Christian woman who had been sentenced to
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Pittsburgh synagogue shooting suspect charged with 44 counts
The suspect in a mass shooting at a synagogue in Pittsburgh that killed 11 worshipers has been charged on a total of 44 counts, up from 29 counts previously, according to a federal indictment
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Taliban appoints ex-Guantanamo inmates to Qatar office
The Taliban have appointed five former commanders who spent more than a decade as prisoners in Guantanamo Bay as members of its political office in Qatar, where tentative talks to end the Afghan conflict
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Turkish attacks in Syria prompt SDF to halt to fight against Daesh
ANKARA: Turkish attacks in Kurdish-controlled territory in northern Syria have led to a temporary halt in an offensive by the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) against Daesh in eastern Syria, the SDF said on Wednesday.The
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Romanian PM to visit Oman, Qatar to strengthen trade ties
BUCHAREST: The office of Romania’s prime minister says the leader will visit the Gulf states of Oman and Qatar as part of a government initiative to strengthen ties between the East European nation and


