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Syrian Kurdish-led council visits Damascus for new talks
BEIRUT: The political wing of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) has been to Damascus for a second round of talks with the state, the pro-government Al-Watan newspaper said on Tuesday.A delegation including members
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Yemeni army inflicts heavy casualties on Houthi militants in Taiz
BEIRUT: The political wing of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) has been to Damascus for a second round of talks with the state, the pro-government Al-Watan newspaper said on Tuesday.A delegation including members
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‘Dozens’ reported dead in Italy bridge collapse
A bridge collapse in Italy's Genoa city may have killed "dozens" of people. A section of a viaduct on the A10 motorway collapsed on Tuesday with cars and trucks trapped in the rubble, firefighters
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Car crash outside UK’s parliament treated as terrorist attack
A man has been arrested on suspicion of terrorism offences after he crashed his car into security barriers outside the UK's Houses of Parliament. London's Ambulance Service said in a statement it had taken
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Turkey crisis: Erdogan vows to boycott US electronics
Turkey's president fired a new salvo in the growing war of words with the United States on Tuesday, saying Ankara will boycott all American-made electronic products. Showing no signs of backing down in the
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Hong Kong activist renews calls for independence
Hong Kong independence activist Andy Chan attacked China as an empire trying to "annex" and "destroy" the city in a no-holds-barred speech on Tuesday. Chan, who leads the tiny Hong Kong National Party, said
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Sex slavery: South Korea marks first ‘comfort women’ day
South Korea and Taiwan unveiled new monuments dedicated to tens of thousands of Asian women forced to work in Japanese military brothels during World War II. In Seoul, ceremonies marked the country's first Memorial
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Yemeni army inflicts heavy casualties on dozens of Houthi militants in Taiz
BEIRUT: The political wing of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) has been to Damascus for a second round of talks with the state, the pro-government Al-Watan newspaper said on Tuesday.A delegation including members
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Khamenei blames Rouhani for economic crisis in Iran
LONDON: Iran’s supreme leader on Monday accused President Hassan Rouhani’s government of mismanagement, after a string of angry public protests over the dire state of the economy. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s statement was an apparent
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Erdogan accuses US of seeking to stab Turkey ‘in the back’
ANKARA: President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday accused the US of seeking to stab Turkey “in the back” over a diplomatic row sparked by the detention of an American pastor that has sent the


