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The Zaghari-Ratcliffe case and Theresa May’s outrageous hypocrisy
On September 26, British Prime Minister Theresa May told the Iranian president Hassan Rouhani that she has "serious concerns" about the imprisonment of British-Iranian dual citizen Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe. In April 2016, Zaghari-Ratcliffe was arrested
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Low turnout expected as Iraq’s Kurds prepare to vote
Iraq's Kurds will be voting again in a parliamentary election that could disrupt the delicate balance of power in their semi-autonomous region. The vote on Sunday comes a year after a failed bid for independence that
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Police clash with Catalan separatists in Barcelona
Police have clashed with protesters who gathered in downtown Barcelona to protest another march in support of Spanish police. Saturday's protests come ahead of the anniversary of the 2017 Catalan independence referendum. Separatists threw
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How East Germany became a stronghold of the far right
In late August, a German citizen was stabbed to death in the East German town of Chemnitz. As the police launched an investigation into the murder, it announced that it had arrested two suspects,
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Hurricane Rosa to bring flash floods to Mexico, US
Hurricane Rosa, currently in the eastern Pacific, has put Mexico and southwestern US on alert for the risk of flash flooding. Once a strong Category 4 storm, Rosa continues to weaken as it moves
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US pushes forward with plan for anti-Iran Arab alliance
NEW YORK: The administration of US President Donald Trump is pressing ahead with plans to create an “Arab NATO” that would unite US partners in the Middle East in an anti-Iran alliance.Secretary of State
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UN: Money or not, world cannot drop Palestinian refugees
NEW YORK: Facing a financial crisis after the US cut funding, the head of the UN agency that helps 5.3 million Palestinian refugees says the problem of their well-being will continue to exist whether
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Palestinians ask court to order US embassy out of Jerusalem
UNITED NATIONS, United States: After a month of militia clashes that left more than 100 people dead, Libya’s UN-backed foreign minister on Friday called for the country’s UN political mission to transform into a
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Hundreds dead as quake, tsunami hit Indonesia’s Sulawesi
Nearly 400 people have been killed after a powerful earthquake triggered a tsunami that hit Indonesia's central Sulawesi island. The national disaster agency on Saturday put the official death toll so far at 384,
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Russian FM Lavrov: Delivery of S-300 to Syria regime has begun
Russia has started delivering S-300 surface-to-air missile systems to Syrian forces, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said. Lavrov told a news conference at the United Nations (UN) on Friday that "the delivery started already"


