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US accuses Iran of destabilizing Mideast with missile program
ISTANBUL: In a decade and a half in power, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has often turned to oratory skills that are the envy of his foes to rouse supporters with speeches, poems and
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UK returns cursed Babylonian stone treasure looted during Iraq War
LONDON: A 3,000-year-old carved stone tablet from Babylonia, said to place a curse on anyone who tries to destroy it, is to be flown home from Britain after being looted during the Iraq War.British
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Jet Airways crisis: India government asks banks to save airline
India's government has called for an emergency meeting as cash strapped Jet Airways plunged into deeper crisis, with angry passengers demanding refunds and pilots threatening to go on strike over unpaid salaries. India's Civil Aviation Minister,
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Three Palestinians killed by Israeli forces in occupied West Bank
Israeli forces killed three Palestinians in two separate incidents on Tuesday night, Palestinian health ministry and emergency services said. Omar Abu Leila, 19, was suspected of carrying out a deadly stabbing-and-shooting attack in the occupied West
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Indonesian president’s lead over election rival sharply cut: Poll
A new Indonesian election survey shows that President Joko Widodo's big lead over his challenger, retired General Prabowo Subianto, is narrowing just weeks ahead of next month's vote in the world's third-largest democracy. The
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Australian PM denounces Erdogan for ‘reckless’ NZ attack comments
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Wednesday condemned "reckless" and "highly offensive" comments made by Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in the wake of the Christchurch mass shooting. Erdogan, while campaigning for local elections,
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Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev steps down – or did he?
Nursultan Nazarbayev, the last Soviet-era political heavyweight who was elected president of oil-rich Kazakhstan five times in widely criticised votes, voluntarily stepped down after almost 30 years in power. "I decided to end my
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Israeli forces kill Palestinian suspected of deadly attack in West Bank
JEDDAH: Iran’s missile program is destabilizing the Middle East, and Tehran risks starting a regional arms race by supplying weapons to armed groups in Lebanon and Yemen, a senior US arms control official said
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US accuses Iran of destabilizing Mideast with missile program
LONDON: A 3,000-year-old carved stone tablet from Babylonia, said to place a curse on anyone who tries to destroy it, is to be flown home from Britain after being looted during the Iraq War.British
Middle East News
UK returns cursed Babylonian stone treasure looted during Iraq War
LONDON: A 3,000-year-old carved stone tablet from Babylonia, said to place a curse on anyone who tries to destroy it, is to be flown home from Britain after being looted during the Iraq War.British


