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DRC’s Joseph Kabila doesn’t rule out running again in 2023
Joseph Kabila, the outgoing president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), has said he plans to stay in politics and does not rule out running again for the top job in 2023.
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Nobel Peace Prize winners seek justice for war rape victims
This year's Nobel Peace Prize winners have called for justice for the victims of sexual violence in conflicts around the world, a day before they will receive the award for their efforts to put
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US opposes discontinuing support to Arab coalition in Yemen
ABU DHABI: The United States wants to continue support to the Arab coalition in Yemen’s war and will remain engaged in efforts to combat Iranian influence and Islamist militancy in the Arab state, a
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Can the Gulf Cooperation Council survive?
Leaders and officials from six Gulf nations met in the Saudi capital to discuss cooperation - from the economy to security - but it was regional disunity that dominated the summit. Saudi Arabia's King
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France tells Trump to stop interfering in its politics
Donald Trump should not meddle in French affairs, its foreign minister said on Sunday, after the US president criticised France in tweets following riots in Paris. Anti-government protesters faced off with riot police in
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Polls close in Armenia’s early parliamentary election
Polls closed in Armenia's early parliamentary election on Sunday, as acting Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan seeks a stronger mandate, having been elected by legislators to the post in May following a peaceful revolution earlier
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Venezuelan families seek a better life abroad
Almost three million people have fled Venezuela over the past three years to escape poverty, food insecurity and violence, according to the latest UN statistics. The Latin American country’s economy has collapsed and inflation is predicted by
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Qatar dispute overshadows Gulf summit as emir stays away
Qatar's emir skipped a summit in Saudi Arabia on Sunday with fellow Arab Gulf leaders whose boycott of the small but energy-rich neighbour has sparked a major regional diplomatic crisis. Riyadh is hosting the
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UN launches aid delivery from Jordan to 650,000 Syrians
BEIRUT: Ghostly apartment blocks and half-built buildings dot Lebanon, as entrepreneurs and experts fear that the country’s key real estate sector is on the brink of collapse.The small Mediterranean country’s construction sector witnessed an
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In Lebanon, empty flats raise fears of real estate collapse
CASABLANCA, Morocco: As Morocco prepares to host the signing of a landmark global migration agreement, hundreds of migrants are languishing in a Casablanca camp rife with hunger, misery, lice and filth.These sub-Saharan Africans who


