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Imagining a Bolsonaro Brazil
After comfortably winning Brazil's presidential runoff on Sunday, controversial far-right candidate Jair Bolsonaro delivered a televised victory speech and said his administration is "going to change the destiny of Brazil". The former army officer,
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Saudi-led coalition sends thousands of troops towards Hodeidah
A Saudi-UAE-led coalition fighting Yemen's Houthi rebels has sent more than 10,000 additional troops towards the rebel-held port city of Hodeidah, according to Yemeni government officials. The deployment is part of a planned new offensive
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Tunis suicide attack, a wake-up call on tense politics
Tunis, Tunisia - On Monday afternoon, a suicide bomb blast struck Habib Bourguiba Avenue, one of the most iconic and heavily protected places in the heart of the Tunisian capital, Tunis. A female attacker reportedly used
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Yemen’s new Prime Minister Moeen Abdulmalik Saeed arrives in Aden
Yemen’s newly appointed Prime Minister Maeen Abdulmalik Saeed arrived at Aden International Airport on Tuesday from Saudi Arabia. Local news outlets say that the government of President Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi is expected to resume
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Taliban: 5 freed from US military prison now in Qatar office
Ankara: Turkey has completed preparations for a new operation in northern Syria to “destroy” a US-backed Kurdish militia that Ankara considers to be a terrorist group, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Tuesday.The Kurdish People’s
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Yemeni minister calls on Houthis to release 51,000 tons of wheat intended for relief efforts
Ankara: Turkey has completed preparations for a new operation in northern Syria to “destroy” a US-backed Kurdish militia that Ankara considers to be a terrorist group, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Tuesday.The Kurdish People’s
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Koalas among species threatened by Australia deforestation
Australia's east coast has become a global deforestation hotbed, according to a new study. The World Wide Fund says that part of the world is likely to lose three million hectares of trees in
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Bangladesh, Myanmar to start returning Rohingya in November
Bangladesh and Myanmar agreed on Tuesday to start returning Rohingya refugees in November, less than a week after UN investigators warned that a genocide against the Muslim minority was still ongoing. More than 720,000
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US President Trump plans to end birthright citizenship: Axios
The US government is planning to end birthright citizenship for babies of non-citizens and undocumented immigrants born on US soil, President Donald Trump said in an interview on Tuesday. In an interview with "Axios
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Why do Kurds continue to flee Iraq’s Kurdish region?
Zakho, Iraq - When the boat turned over, Mahabad Ismael struggled to get to the surface. When she did, she found her husband, Issa, and her 12-year-old son, Abdullah. Her other four children were


