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Turkey has not agreed with US on Syria safe zone: foreign minister
ANKARA: New US proposals for a safe zone in north Syria do not satisfy Turkey, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Wednesday, adding that an agreement on the issue needs to reached as soon
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Israel fires missiles into south Syria
BEIRUT: An Israeli missile attack targeted Syrian military positions held by the government and its allies early on Wednesday, Syria’s state news agency said.The missiles were fired into the south of the country close
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Suicide bomber detonates explosives in Mogadishu mayor’s office
Police in Somalia say a suicide bomber has detonated their explosives inside the office of Mogadishu's mayor during a security meeting. Mayor Abdirahman Omar Osman was injured in Wednesday's blast, according to a relative. "The
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Robert Mueller testimony: All the latest updates
US Special Counsel Robert Mueller is testifying on Wednesday before two congressional committees about his investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election and possible obstruction of justice by President Donald Trump. Mueller's
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Iraqi forces clear farmland near Baghdad of Daesh militants
BAGHDAD: Iraq on Tuesday began exhuming the remains of dozens of victims, including children, likely killed during ex-dictator Saddam Hussein’s campaign against the country’s Kurds, a forensics official told AFP.The mass grave was uncovered
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Iraq exhumes bodies thought to be Kurds killed by Saddam
BAGHDAD: Iraq on Tuesday began exhuming the remains of dozens of victims, including children, likely killed during ex-dictator Saddam Hussein’s campaign against the country’s Kurds, a forensics official told AFP.The mass grave was uncovered
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UN says war in Yemen is ’eminently resolvable’
The war in Yemen can be stopped because the warring parties recognise a military solution is unattainable after four years of conflict and are working to pullback troops from a key port city. UN
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Indian FM denies Modi asked Trump for US mediation on Kashmir
India's foreign minister has strenuously denied Prime Minister Narendra Modi asked US President Donald Trump to help mediate with Pakistan over the disputed Kashmir region. Trump told reporters on Monday that Modi had asked
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British intelligence fears Gulf crisis could lead to attacks on UK by Iranian terror cells
British intelligence fears Gulf crisis could lead to attacks on UK by Iranian terror cells LONDON: The UK could come under attack from Iranian-backed terror cells if the ongoing Gulf crisis worsens and relations
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Libyan warplane makes emergency landing on road in southern Tunisia
Houthi radio celebrates Hezbollah fundraiser with ‘death to America, death to Israel’ video DUBAI: A Houthi affiliated radio station released a video showing four men standing in front of wads of cash claimed to


