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Who is behind Jamal Khashoggi’s disappearance?
The joint Saudi-Turkish team investigating the case of missing Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi has searched the consulate and attention is now turned to the consul's home. The Turkish attorney general's office told Al Jazeera
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The Smith-Carlos Black Power salute: Once vilified, now praised
Fifty years ago, two African American track-and-field stars, having just been awarded their medals at the 1968 Olympic Summer Games and very aware that the eyes of the world were fastened to them, bowed
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Case of slain Libyan rebel commander opens old wounds in oil producer
Lavrov says Russia has invited Syria's Assad to visit Russia and Crimea - Interfax LONDON: Russia has invited Syrian President Bashar Assad to visit Russia, including Crimea, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said, according to
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UN warns of worsening hunger crisis in Yemen
GENEVA: Some 12 million Yemenis could soon be on the brink of famine if the security and economic situation in the war-ravaged country does not improve, the UN warned Tuesday.“Yemen is currently facing the
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Egypt extends state of emergency for another 3 months
TEHRAN: Iran’s Revolutionary Guards have carried out 700 drone strikes against forces of the Daesh group in Syria, its aerospace chief told conservative news agency Fars on Tuesday.“Our bomber drones have carried out 700
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India’s BJP changes Muslim name of Allahabad to Prayagraj
Authorities in India's most populous state have changed the Muslim name of a historic city to one with Hindu overtones, local media reported. Allahabad, a city of more than one million people in northern Uttar
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Pompeo, Khashoggi and the problem MBS created
Quentin Tarantino's classic 1994 gangster film Pulp Fiction has many memorable scenes but with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo flying out to Riyadh and then on to Turkey, the one that sticks in
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Probe into rebel commander’s killing threatens Libya’s stability
Eastern Libyan authorities have resumed an investigation into the unexplained killing of a rebel commander in the 2011 uprising that toppled Muammar Gaddafi, a case that could re-open old wounds. The killing of Abdel
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China fines vaccine maker $1.3bn after scandal
Chinese authorities have ordered a fine and asset seizure totalling $1.3bn against a pharmaceutical company for falsifying production records in a faulty rabies vaccine scandal. Changchun Changsheng Life Sciences Ltd, which was ordered in
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Armenia PM Nikol Pashinyan resigns in order to hold early vote
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said on Tuesday he was resigning from his post in order for parliament to be dissolved and an early election held. The PM announced his resignation live on national


