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Saving life without a licence: Rescue ship trial delayed in Malta
A Malta court has postponed the trial of a ship captain who rescues refugees in the Mediterranean Sea. Claus-Peter Reisch's ship, the MV Lifeline, is one of three NGO vessels being held in port.
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‘Time running out’ for Indonesia tsunami survivors
Time was running out on Wednesday for anyone trapped in the debris of a devastating earthquake and tsunami in Indonesia, five days after disaster struck. The death toll on the island of Sulawesi climbed to
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Canada revokes Myanmar leader’s honourary citizenship
Canada's parliament formally stripped Aung San Suu Kyi of her honourary Canadian citizenship for complicity in the atrocities committed against Myanmar's Rohingya Muslims. Suu Kyi became the first person to have her honourary Canadian
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Afghanistan: Suicide bomber targets election rally in Nangarhar
At least 13 people have been killed and 25 others wounded in a suicide attack at an election campaign rally in the eastern Nangarhar province in Afghanistan. The assailant detonated his explosives on Tuesday at a
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Super Typhoon Kong-rey heads towards Japan
The weather has fallen quiet across Japan but in the wake of Typhoon Trami, which left four people dead, the next storm is gathering pace in the northwest Pacific. Super Typhoon Kong-rey is currently located
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Libya’s Haftar still supports elections but sees others stalling
ANKARA: Turkey will strengthen its observation points in Syria's northwest and work with Russia against radical groups, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday. Speaking to members of his AK Party in Parliament, Erdogan also
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Turkey will strengthen observation posts in Idlib, Erdogan says
ANKARA: Turkey will strengthen its observation points in Syria's northwest and work with Russia against radical groups, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday. Speaking to members of his AK Party in Parliament, Erdogan also
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Syrians living in Golan excited about reopening borders with home country
AMMAN: Syrians living in the occupied Golan Heights have expressed excitement about the imminent opening of the border crossing with their home country. Salman Fakhreddin, a Golan activist, told Arab News that different groups
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Charlottesville: Four white supremacists charged over 2017 rally
Four men linked to a white supremacist group were arrested on Tuesday in connection with the far-right rally that turned deadly in Charlottesville, Virginia, last year, authorities said. Benjamin Drake Daley, 25, Michael Paul
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Saudi writer Jamal Khashoggi ‘disappears after consulate visit’
Prominent Saudi dissident and journalist Jamal Khashoggi has gone missing after visiting the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on Tuesday, the Arab21 news website reported, citing his fiancee. Khashoggi, who has been living in self-exile in


