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Plans to list Aramco still a go, Saudi minister says
Denying news reports, Saudi Arabia said on Thursday it "remains committed" to an initial public offering of state-run oil behemoth Saudi Aramco, despite delays and growing speculation it may never be listed. A statement by Saudi
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Assimilation Nation
Desperate for a better life, be it relief from war and persecution or simply an escape from grinding poverty and lack of opportunity, huge numbers of people from the Middle East and Africa have
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Egyptian who called for referendum on El-Sisi’s government arrested — lawyer
Arab coalition: Houthis and Iran continue to threaten international shipping off Yemen LONDON: The Arab coalition said it foiled an attack by Houthi militants using speed boats ful of explosives to target commercial vessels.
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Checkpoint attack kills four Libyan soldiers
TRIPOLI: Libya has refused to take in a group of 177 migrants stranded on an Italian coast guard boat off a Sicilian port after Rome insisted they would not be allowed to disembark.Italy’s Interior
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Iran: Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe temporarily released from prison
A British-Iranian woman jailed in Tehran for more than two years for allegedly plotting to overthrow Iran's government has been released for three days. Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, who has vehemently denied the allegations against her,
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Houthis: Saudi-UAE air raids kill dozens, including 22 children
Yemen's Houthi rebels say air raids by the Saudi-UAE military alliance have killed dozens of civilians, most of them children, in a reported incident two weeks after a coalition air attack on a school bus killed
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Heron Gate: Testing Canada’s rights-based approach to housing
Ottawa, Canada - Margaret Alluker's backyard is overrun by tall blades of grass. The landlord used to mow the lawn, but she says that since she was handed an eviction notice, the maintenance work
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What is next for US President Donald Trump?
It has been a bad week for US President Donald Trump, starting with the conviction of his former campaign chairman Paul Mannafort for financial crimes and fraud. Later came the guilty plea by his former
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Latin American states urged to ease entry for fleeing Venezuelans
The United Nations has urged Latin American countries to ease entry for thousands of people fleeing Venezuela's deepening economic and political crisis. The call on Thursday came after Ecuador and Peru announced tighter entry requirements
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UN team, approved a year ago, starts work on Daesh crimes in Iraq
LONDON: Donald Trump’s national security adviser said on Thursday he discussed with a senior Russian official the removal of the Iranian presence from Syria. Speaking after meeting the head of Russia's National Security Council, John


