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Tropical storm threatens coastal cities of Oman, Yemen
DUBAI: The southern coastal cities of Oman and Yemen are bracing themselves for a battering as Tropical Storm Luban heads their way just months after Cyclone Mekunu left a path of destruction, killing 30
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Power and beauty: Foreigners snap up Istanbul’s iconic waterfront mansions
ISTANBUL: They are among Istanbul’s most iconic sights — magnificent waterside mansions strung out along the Bosphorus as the waters of the strait dividing Europe and Asia lap almost at their front doors.Once the
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Erdogan names advisers, banking chief to Turkish economic policy committee
ISTANBUL: Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan named several of his advisers and a theology professor to a new economic policy committee, as the country seeks to reassure foreign investors spooked by a falling lira currency
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Two million Afghan kids will suffer severe malnutrition this year
In Afghanistan, more than 40 percent of children under the age of five have stunted growth through lack of food and poor nutrition and 10 percent are wasting away to skin and bones. The
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UN voices ‘serious concern’ over disappearance of Khashoggi
United Nations human rights office has called on Turkey and Saudi Arabia to properly investigate the fate of prominent Saudi journalist and regime critic Jamal Khashoggi, who vanished after entering the Saudi consulate in Istanbul
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Is Zimbabwe’s new tax generating shortages and uncertainty?
A two percent tax on bank transactions has been creating shortages and uncertainty in Zimbabwe, according to analysts and the central bank governor. An already worsening economic situation has been compounded by a critical
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Singapore court convicts activist, politician over Facebook posts
A Singapore court has convicted a rights activist and an opposition politician of contempt of court, punishable by up to three years in jail, for online comments posted on Facebook. The country's High Court
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Senegal faces water shortage crisis
Along with an increasing number of countries around the world, Senegal is trying to handle a shortage of potable water. Aid agencies say a quarter of Senegal's population lacks basic water access, with some
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The price of Assad’s victory: Syrian civilians starved of humanitarian aid
JERUSALEM: Aqal passes to Aqal, who finds Aqal in space out wide. He squares to Aqal, who smashes home a strike, sending the crowd of yet more family members into hysterics. The match inside
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Hong Kong leader refuses to explain journalist visa denial
Hong Kong's leader on Tuesday refused to say why the city denied a visa to a Financial Times journalist despite escalating demands for an explanation of the unprecedented challenge to freedom of the press.


