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Germany and Turkey aim for four-way talks on Syria
Germany, Turkey, Russia and France will hold a meeting on the situation in Syria's war-torn Idlib province in October. German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Friday she discussed the plan in a meeting with Turkish
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Iran arrests city council member for supporting Bahais
TEHRAN: Iran has detained a member of the Shiraz city council for supporting two Iranians of the minority Bahai faith and expressing concern over their arrest, state news agency IRNA reported Friday.“Mehdi Hajjati, a
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Video captures murder of Iraqi Instagram model at wheel of Porsche in Baghdad
BAGHDAD: An Iraqi model and Instagram star has been shot dead at the wheel of her Porsche in central Baghdad. Video footage obtained by Arab News showed the moment the gunman opened fire through
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Brazil elections: Fighting to put women’s rights at the forefront
Sao Paulo - Erica Malunguinho is one of the 27,000 Brazilians running for office in Brazil's October election. She is part of the 31 percent of candidates who are women, four percent who are
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India: Actor alleges sexual harassment; gets support and silence
Indian actor Tanushree Dutta, who earlier this week alleged she was sexually harassed by veteran actor Nana Patekar, has received both support as well as silence from Bollywood. While several actors, including Priyanka Chopra
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Qatar’s top diplomat says Gulf crisis at a ‘stalemate’
Qatar's Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani has declared that the Gulf crisis remains at a "stalemate", adding that the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) is currently in a "paralysis". Sheikh Mohammed spoke
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Pope Francis defrocks priest at centre of Chile sex abuse scandal
Pope Francis defrocked a Chilean priest who was at the centre of a global sex abuse scandal rocking his papacy. A statement issued by the Vatican on Friday said Father Fernando Karadima, 88, was "reduced to
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Denmark manhunt over ‘kidnapping’ shuts links to Sweden, Germany
Danish police on Friday cut off the eastern island of Zealand, where the capital Copenhagen sits, from the rest of the country as well as from neighbouring Germany and Sweden as they launched a
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UN experts says Egypt systematically targets rights activists
BERLIN: Turkey aims to win easier access to the European Union for its citizens, President Tayyip Erdogan said in Berlin on Friday during a state visit that aims to repair relations between the two
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Turkey’s Erdogan, in Berlin, pledges EU visa push
BERLIN: Turkey aims to win easier access to the European Union for its citizens, President Tayyip Erdogan said in Berlin on Friday during a state visit that aims to repair relations between the two


