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Is a Brexit deal possible?
Brexit has been at the forefront of British politics since the country voted in a referendum for a divorce from the European Union in June 2016. It's now crunch time for Prime Minister Theresa
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Togo announces referendum, legislative election dates
Togo will hold legislative and local elections in December as well as a referendum on constitutional reform. "We will hold the local elections and the referendum on December 16, and on December 20 we will
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Greece to ease overcrowding in Lesbos refugee camp
Some 2,000 asylum-seekers will be moved out of a severely overcrowded camp on the Greek island of Lesbos this month as pressure mounts on the government to reduce its unsustainable population. Those being moved
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Amnesty: Violence in Cameroon’s anglophone regions escalates
Amnesty International says it has authenticated a video showing English-speaking separatists in Cameroon with the decapitated head of a policeman, and condemned a "horrific escalation of violence" in the anglophone regions. The clip showed
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Camp David created Oslo, which killed the Palestinian struggle
During the secret Oslo negotiations between Israel and the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO), lawyer Joel Singer was sent by the Israeli government to ask the Palestinian negotiators 100 questions. One of the questions he
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Iraq’s Shiite rivals agree on prime minister
BAGHDAD: Iraq’s rival Shiite blocs in parliament have agreed on who they want as the next prime minister after making progress in negotiations towards forming a government, negotiators told Arab News. The two factions,
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Amnesty decries Houthi prosecution of Bahais in Yemen
JEDDAH: The second joint meeting of the heads of security services of borders, airports, ports, and customs agencies in Arab countries was held on Tuesday at the headquarters of the General Secretariat of the
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Meeting on borders, airports, ports and customs security held in Tunis
JEDDAH: The second joint meeting of the heads of security services of borders, airports, ports, and customs agencies in Arab countries was held on Tuesday at the headquarters of the General Secretariat of the
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Kavanaugh, Ford to be called to testify at US Senate hearing
US Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and Christine Blasey Ford, a woman who has accused him of sexually assaulting her in the 1980s, are expected to be called testify in a hearing of the
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China hits back at latest US tariffs with measures on $60bn
The US-China trade war escalated further with China announcing retaliatory tax increases on $60bn worth of American imports. US President Donald Trump said a day earlier he will impose 10 percent tariffs on about


