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Thousands rally in Colombo in support of sacked Sri Lanka PM
Tens of thousands of supporters of Sri Lanka's deposed Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe have protested in the capital, Colombo, as political turmoil on the island enters its fifth day. Wickremesinghe's United National Party (UNP)
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Cypriot police rescue 17 Syrian migrants aboard boat
BEIRUT: The Syrian government has accused Turkey of failing to meet obligations set out in an agreement with Russia to create a demilitarised zone free of extremists in the northwest, at odds with the
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Syria: Turkey not implementing Idlib deal
BEIRUT: The Syrian government has accused Turkey of failing to meet obligations set out in an agreement with Russia to create a demilitarised zone free of extremists in the northwest, at odds with the
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UAE might extend visa amnesty scheme
DUBAI: UAE’s visa amnesty scheme might be extended according to immigration sources in Abu Dhabi and Sharjah. The three-month scheme is set to end this October 31, but multiple diplomatic missions in the country
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Mexico’s president-elect to scrap $13bn airport project
Mexico's president-elect is facing criticism for cancelling the building of a new airport in Mexico City. But Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador says he's respecting the result of a referendum by the Mexican people. Last
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US pushing Saudi Arabia to end GCC crisis, Yemen war: Bloomberg
Correction 30/10/2019: An earlier version of this article stated that Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Egypt and the UAE severed ties with Qatar in July 2017. This was incorrect. The blockade started on June 5, 2017,
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Gaza mourns three boys killed by Israel drone attack
Three Palestinian boys aged between 13 and 14 have been killed in an Israeli air raid in the southeastern Gaza Strip, according to health officials. The children were identified as Khaled Bassam Mahmoud Abu
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‘Light of my life is gone’: Mourning the killed Gaza boys
Gaza Strip - Families mourned on Tuesday after three teenage boys were killed in an Israeli air raid during a week of tension near the fence with Israel. Living near the border area, the three
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How not taxing the rich got Pakistan into another fiscal crisis
A balance of payments crisis has been silently brewing in Pakistan for the past year. With dwindling foreign exchange reserves and growing imports, the country has been struggling to meet its external financing needs.
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Woman blows herself up in central Tunis injuring 20
LONDON: A woman suicide bomber blew herself up in the center of the Tunisian capital on Monday, injuring 20 people. The attack was the first in the country in three years and a stark reminder


