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UN says cyclone hitting Yemen leaving ‘extensive damage’
SYDNEY: Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison, whose government faces a crucial by-election in four days, said on Tuesday Canberra was open to recognizing Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, prompting concern from Indonesian and Palestinian officials.Morrison’s
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UNICEF: Two million children in DRC are acutely malnourished
The UN children’s agency says at least two million children in the Democratic Republic of Congo face death from malnutrition unless aid reaches them. Al Jazeera went to Kitwit where about 25,000 displaced people
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China defends internment camps for Uighur Muslims
China has issued an ardent defence of its alleged mass internment of Uighur minorities in far west Xinjiang region amid a global outcry, with a regional official insisting that authorities are preventing "terrorism" through "vocational
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World Food Day: Must-Watch Documentaries
Every day, one in nine people around the world go hungry. That's more than 820 million people who do not have enough food to support a healthy, productive lifestyle - despite the fact that the
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Black market fuel sales and fear: Zimbabwe faces economic fallout
Bulawayo, Zimbabwe - There are snaking queues at Zimbabwe's petrol stations, supermarkets and factories as shoppers and motorists line up for scarce supplies. With Zimbabwe struggling to find a way to repay its foreign debtors
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Family of slain journalist in Malta demands official inquiry
In Malta, the family of a journalist killed in a car bombing one year ago wants to know if the government played role in her death and are demanding an official inquiry. Daphne Caruana
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Egypt says security forces kill 9 ‘terrorists’ in Nile raid
CAIRO: Egypt says its security forces have killed nine “terrorists” in a raid on a cave hideout along the Nile River. The Interior Ministry says Monday’s dawn raid in central Egypt targeted men who
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US-led coalition slammed over Raqqa civilian killings
BEIRUT: Amnesty International on Monday condemned the US-led coalition’s failure to acknowledge and investigate its role in civilian killings during the battle a year ago to oust militants from Syria’s Raqqa. In October last
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Assad regime renews threat to attack Idlib after militants refuse to pull out
BEIRUT: The Assad regime renewed its threat on Monday to launch an offensive in Idlib province in northwest Syria after militants defied a Russia-Turkey deal for them to pull out. The fighters failed to
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Cambodia’s high-rises, slavery and climate change
Phnom Penh, Cambodia - Chanmony has spent the last 17 years making bricks used to build luxury condos and office spaces mushrooming across this Southeast Asian nation's rising cities. Although the country is one


