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Christchurch holds public call to prayer at site of mosque attack
Christchurch, New Zealand - A nationwide moment of silence was observed in New Zealand on Friday - ushered in by the Muslim call to prayer - a week after after 50 people were killed and
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Syria condemns Trump’s stance on Golan Heights sovereignty
Syria has condemned US President Donald Trump's statement that it is time to recognise Israeli sovereignty over the occupied Golan Heights, while its close military ally, Russia said changing the status of the territory
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US imposes sanctions on Chinese companies for helping North Korea
The United States imposed sanctions on Thursday on two Chinese shipping companies it says helped North Korea evade sanctions over its nuclear weapons programme. In the first such step since a US-North Korean summit collapsed last month, the
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Facebook admits storing millions of passwords without encryption
Facebook has admitted that millions of user passwords were readable by its employees for years, after being stored in plain text on its internal servers, violating fundamental computer security practices. Pedro Canahuati, the company's
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US soldiers killed during Afghan operation
Two American service members were killed during an operation in Afghanistan on Friday, the NATO forces have said, providing no further details on the combat deaths. The latest fatalities, which bring to four the
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How ‘liquid of life’ is under threat in the Middle East
DUBAI: World Water Day had somewhat of an abysmal feel to it across the Middle East this year, as the region witnesses a growing number of people with no access to supplies of the
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US may soon pause preparations for delivering F-35s to Turkey
DUBAI: World Water Day had somewhat of an abysmal feel to it across the Middle East this year, as the region witnesses a growing number of people with no access to supplies of the
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France urges Iran to free human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh
DUBAI: World Water Day had somewhat of an abysmal feel to it across the Middle East this year, as the region witnesses a growing number of people with no access to supplies of the
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Indonesia’s Garuda cancels 49-jet Boeing 737 deal after crashes
Indonesia's national carrier Garuda has told Boeing it will cancel a multibillion-dollar order for 49 Boeing 737 MAX 8 jets after two fatal crashes involving the plane, in what is believed to be the
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Christchurch holds public call to prayer at site of mosque attack
Christchurch, New Zealand - A nationwide moment of silence was observed in New Zealand on Friday - ushered in by the Muslim call to prayer - a week after after 50 people were killed and


