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Syria’s Raqqa still finding the dead, 2 years after Daesh fall
RAQQA, Syria: The neighbors reported a foul smell coming from the house next door. The house, which the Daesh group had used as a school for its “cubs,” had been untouched ever since the
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Former Erdogan ally to form rival party before year-end
TEHRAN, Iran: An Iranian female soccer fan has died after setting herself on fire outside a court after learning she may have to serve a six-month sentence for trying to enter a soccer stadium,
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‘Electric shocks, beatings’: Kashmiris allege abuse by India army
The Indian soldiers descended on Bashir Ahmed Dar's house in southern Kashmir on August 10, a few days after the government in New Delhi stripped the disputed Himalayan region of its autonomy and launched
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Haze blankets Kuala Lumpur, Singapore as fires rage in Indonesia
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - A regional agency monitoring land and forest fires in Southeast Asia has raised the alert on the danger of haze from Indonesia, as neighbouring Malaysia and Singapore woke up to
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Air strikes kill 18 pro-Iran fighters in east Syria
JERUSALEM: Israel said Monday several rockets were fired at its territory from Syria by an Iranian-backed force but they all fell short. “Earlier this morning, a number of rockets were launched from Syria toward Israel,
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Arab coalition air forces destroy Houthi positions in Al-Jawf province
JERUSALEM: Avigdor Lieberman entered Israeli politics as a loyal protégé of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Now, the maverick politician could be the one to topple his former mentor.Lieberman, a burly, tough-talking immigrant from the
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Turkish military enters Syria to begin joint US safe zone patrol
DUBAI: The 152nd Session of the Council of Arab League opened Sunday in Cairo, Egypt, state news agency SPA has reported. The two-day meeting will discuss the Arab-Israeli conflict and follow-up on political developments in
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Atomic watchdog chief in Iran for high-level talks
DUBAI: Iran’s nuclear chief said on Sunday the European parties to the 2015 nuclear deal have failed to fulfill their commitments under the pact, a day after Tehran announced further breaches of limits on
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Several dead as Typhoon Lingling hits North Korea
At least five people have been killed and three others injured after a powerful typhoon struck North Korea, according to state media. After slamming South Korea, Typhoon Lingling moved to North Korea on Saturday, raising concerns about
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What is the Amazon rainforest worth?
The Amazon rainforest is on fire; every minute, an area the size of a football pitch is being wiped out - a priceless resource under threat. Fires are a regular occurrence in the Amazon during the dry


