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US man arrested for threatening Democratic politicians
Police arrested a Florida man on Friday on suspicion of leaving racist, homophobic and Islamophobic messages filled with death threats on the voicemails of several Democratic members of Congress. John Kless, 49, of Broward
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US Democrat Nadler subpoenas full, unredacted Mueller report
United States House Judiciary Chairman Jerrold Nadler issued a subpoena on Friday for the full, unredacted version of Special Counsel Robert Mueller's report on Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. "I have issued a
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Lebanon’s seabed yields its historic secrets
BEIRUT: Forty meters down, on the Mediterranean seabed off the coast of Lebanon, the divers knew they were looking at history. Among the shipwrecks they investigated this month at 11 sites south of the
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Army shelling kills seven in Syria’s Idlib, says monitor
BEIRUT: Regime shelling killed seven civilians in Syria’s militant-controlled Idlib region on Thursday, in the latest violence to threaten a seven-month-old truce, a war monitor said. Rocket fire targeted a village and an adjacent
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Mali’s PM Maiga, government resign over Ogossagou massacre
Mali's prime minister and his government have resigned four weeks after a massacre of almost 160 Fulani herders by an ethnic vigilante group shocked the nation. President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita accepted the resignation on
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Trade, North Korea on agenda for Trump-Abe talks
US President Donald Trump will travel to Japan in May for meetings with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe that are expected to include discussions on North Korea and "efforts to achieve final, fully verified denuclearisation". Trump's visit
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Filipinos start evacuating from Libyan capital
LONDON: President Hassan Rouhani said on Thursday that Iranian armed forces were not a threat against any regional country, as Tehran held an Army Day military parade to unveil its latest military equipment. “I
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Iran’s armed forces are not a regional threat: Hassan Rouhani
JEDDAH: US President Donald Trump’s veto of a Congressional resolution to end US military assistance in Saudi Arabia’s war in Yemen has put the focus squarely where it belongs — on the Houthis, the real
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Magnitude 6.1 earthquake hits east Taiwan
A magnitude 6.1 earthquake has struck Taiwan's coastal city of Hualien, shaking buildings and temporarily suspending subway services in the capital Taipei, but there were no immediate reports of damage or casualties. Local television
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Gunmen kill bus passengers in Pakistan’s Balochistan: Official
At least 14 people have been killed after gunmen ambushed a bus in Pakistan's southwestern province of Balochistan, according to government officials. "They were all bullet injuries, most were shot in the head," Dr Muhammad


