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‘A lot is needed’: UN calls for urgent aid for SE Africa
Geneva, Switzerland - At least half a million Mozambicans have been displaced by cyclone Idai, but that figure may rise to four times that in the aftermath of the devastation, United Nations officials warned on
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Syrian businessman linked to Assad arrested in Kuwait
UNITED NATIONS: The United Nations will present a new plan for the pullback of forces from Yemen's flashpoint city of Hodeidah following talks with the government and the Houthis, a UN envoy said Tuesday.The redeployment
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Jordan campaigns to combat drug addiction taboo
AMMAN: Issam was reduced to tears recounting his life as a drug addict, as Jordanian authorities press an unprecedented campaign in the Muslim-majority country where substance abuse remains taboo.Slogans such as “No to Drugs”
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Syria’s Kurds criticise Damascus ‘threats’
OMAR OIL FIELD, Syria: Syria’s Kurds have criticized the “threatening language” of the Damascus regime after it pledged to retake northeastern areas they control by reconciliation or by force. The minority have largely stayed
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The pink tuk-tuks of Sri Lanka empowering and protecting women
Southern Province, Sri Lanka - Lochana is 10 years old. Every morning, he gets up and lights an incense stick, which he places in a three-wheeled auto-rickshaw parked outside the family home in Sri
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Venezuela in crisis: All the latest updates
Venezuela has plunged into a major political crisis amid a growing row over President Nicolas Maduro's future as the country's leader. Maduro started a second term on January 10, following a widely boycotted election
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UN calls for aid as displaced from Cyclone Idai may reach 2m
Geneva, Switzerland - At least half a million Mozambicans have been displaced by cyclone Idai, but that figure may rise to four times that in the aftermath of the devastation, United Nations officials warned on
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Clashes in Kashmir after teacher dies in police custody
Srinagar, Indian-administered Kashmir - Hundreds of protesters clashed with Indian security forces in parts of Indian-administered Kashmir after police said a man detained over a security investigation died in police custody. Rizwan Asad Pandit, a
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Scores of refugees stranded at sea as Italy bars rescue ships
Forty-nine rescued refugees and migrants, including 12 minors, remained stranded at sea on Tuesday on board a nonprofit rescue ship as Italy's Interior Minister Matteo Salvini barred them from disembarking in Italy. Rescuers from
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Syrian Kurds accuse Assad of policy of ‘oppression and violence’
AMMAN: Issam was reduced to tears recounting his life as a drug addict, as Jordanian authorities press an unprecedented campaign in the Muslim-majority country where substance abuse remains taboo.Slogans such as “No to Drugs”


