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Israel captures Palestinian knife attack suspect: army
JERUSALEM: Israeli forces detained a Palestinian suspected of stabbing and wounding a soldier but a manhunt continued for a second Palestinian who shot dead two Israeli civilians, the army said Friday.The army spokesman’s office
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US pastor Andrew Brunson set to leave Turkey after release
A Turkish court ordered the release of an American pastor held for the past two years in Turkey in a case that sparked a crisis in relations with the United States. Andrew Brunson was convicted
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Where does the Jamal Khashoggi case leave Saudi Arabia?
US-based Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, a well-known critic of Saudi Arabia and its leadership, went missing in Turkey on October 2. US and Turkish officials have now been quoted saying they have proof that
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Greek prosecutors say Golden Dawn ‘stalling’ as trial drags on
Athens, Greece - When the trial of Greece's far-right Golden Dawn party kicked off on April 20, 2015, it was expected to span some 18 months. But three-and-a-half years later, a final verdict seems as distant
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UN chief tours disaster-hit Indonesia as World Bank pledges aid
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has visited the Indonesian city of Palu to assess the impact of the earthquake and tsunami, as the World Bank announced $5m in financial aid for reconstruction, which authorities say
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Saudi event still on as more companies withdraw over Khashoggi
Several US media organisations and business leaders have pulled out a major Saudi investment conference over the disappearance and suspected murder of Jamal Khashoggi, as global pressure for answers about the whereabouts of the
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Macron ‘awaiting explanation’ from Iran on who ordered France bomb plot
PARIS: French President Emmanuel Macron said on Friday it was not clear whether a foiled attack on a Paris-based Iranian opposition group was ordered by the higher echelons of authorities in Tehran. “As you
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Five Palestinians killed in border protests
CAIRO: Friends of the spokesman for Yemen’s Bahai religious minority say he has been detained by Houthi militias who control the country’s north.Two friends of Abdullah Yahia Al-Ayolofi said Friday that unidentified men snatched
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Top Yemen Bahai figure disappears amid Houthi crackdown
JERUSALEM: Israeli forces detained a Palestinian suspected of stabbing and wounding a soldier but a manhunt continued for a second Palestinian who shot dead two Israeli civilians, the army said Friday.The army spokesman’s office
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Khashoggi disappearance: Media companies pull out of Saudi event
Several US media organisations and business leaders have pulled out a major Saudi investment conference over the disappareance and suspected murder of Jamal Khasshoggi, as global pressure for answers about the whereabouts of the


