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Theresa May faces divided party as Conservative conference begins
Britain must stop "re-fighting" the Brexit referendum and should unite as the deadline to leave the European Union draws closer, its trade minister Liam Fox said. At the annual Conservative party conference, which began in Birmingham
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Former Maldives leader Gayoom freed on bail a week after election
Former Maldives president Maumoon Abdul Gayoom has been released on bail a week after his estranged half-brother Abdulla Yameen was defeated in a presidential election. Gayoom, the Indian Ocean island nation's longest-serving leader, and his legislator son Faris Maumoon
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Egypt court orders retrial of Muslim Brotherhood’s Mohamed Badie
A Cairo court has ordered a retrial of the Muslim Brotherhood's leader Mohamed Badie and other senior figures from the group from October 7, judicial sources and state news agency MENA reported. Badie, the Brotherhood's
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Malta allows migrants off rescue ship after five days
Maltese authorities have finally allowed 58 migrants off the Aquarius to Valletta after they waited for days in rough seas on the rescue ship that can no longer go to port after its flag
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Yemeni army controls the road between Hajjah and Saada
DUBAI: The Yemeni army controls the road between Hajjah and Sa'ada towards Maran, Al Arabiya News Channel reported on Monday. Saturday, the Yemeni army killed Houthi militia commander and 12 other militants during clashes
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First rebel group begins withdrawal from demilitarized zone in Syria’s Idlib
DUBAI: Special courts set up in a drive against financial crime have sentenced three people to death, state television reported on Sunday, as the country faces renewed US sanctions and a public outcry against
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UN envoy says hard to hold Libya elections in December
DUBAI: The Yemeni army controls the road between Hajjah and Sa'ada towards Maran, Al Arabiya News Channel reported on Monday. Saturday, the Yemeni army killed Houthi militia commander and 12 other militants during clashes
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Qatar refutes Saudi, UAE allegations of supporting ‘terrorism’
The Gulf crisis has led to exchange of words at the United Nations General Assembly between Qatar and the countries imposing the blockade on the gas-rich nation. Qatar refuted allegations by Bahrain, Saudi Arabia
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South Africans highly divided over relaxed cannabis laws
South Africa's Rastafarian community says a court ruling on cannabis is a victory for their cultural rights. The nation's top court says adults are allowed to grow and smoke it in private. But experts
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The past six months in Gaza have been like another war
As a doctor living and working in Gaza all my life, I thought I had seen it all. I felt I knew the limits of what Gaza can endure But the last six months


