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US still aiming to cut Iran oil sales to zero: US envoy for Iran
PARIS: The United States is still aiming to cut Iran's oil sales to zero and does not foresee the re-imposition of oil sanctions against Tehran on Nov. 4 as having a negative impact on
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Iran embassy in Ankara evacuated after ‘bomb warning’
ANKARA: An individual who claimed to have links to Daesh threatened to attack the Iranian embassy in Ankara, Tehran’s envoy in Turkey said on Monday, denying Turkish media reports that he had been evacuated.“The
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UK PM May says Brexit deal still within reach
Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May says a deal for the UK's withdrawal from the European Union is still within reach. May was speaking to parliament after Brexit negotiations broke up yet again without agreement
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Qatar demands release of four Qataris disappeared in Saudi Arabia
A Qatari human rights group is demanding Saudi Arabia disclose the whereabouts of four Qatari citizens who were forcibly disappeared in the neighbouring kingdom in separate cases since May last year. The Doha-based National Human
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Trump accused of siding with Saudi in Khashoggi ‘murder’ case
US President Donald Trump has stepped back from condemning Saudi Arabia over its alleged involvement in the disappearance of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul. He has put forth the
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Bangladesh editors protest ‘chilling’ Digital Security Act
Dhaka, Bangladesh - Newspaper editors in Bangladesh have staged a protest against a new digital security law they say will have a "chilling effect" on press freedom in the country. Sixteen members of a
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Turkish police have audio of ‘Khashoggi killing in consulate’
Istanbul, Turkey - Turkish authorities have an audio recording which indicates that missing Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi was killed in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, a Turkish official has told Al Jazeera. The official, who
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Year after Daesh lost Syria’s Raqqa, holdout hospital awaits recovery
RAQA, Syria: Shattered ultrasound machines and prosthetic limbs litter the hallways of Raqqa’s main hospital, still gutted a year after Daesh made its infamous last stand in its Syrian heartland.The bullet-riddled complex looms large
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India: Akbar sues journalist Priya Ramani over #MeToo allegations
India's junior foreign minister MJ Akbar has filed a defamation suit against one of at least 10 women who have accused the former editor of sexual harrasment. The lawsuit filed on Monday named journalist
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An American and an Arab journalist walk into a Saudi Consulate
An American and an Arab journalist walk into a Saudi consulate, Thomas Friedman in New York and Jamal Khashoggi in Istanbul. One comes out smiling ear to ear like Lawrence of Arabia packing for


