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Top Libyan leaders in Jordan to strengthen bilateral relations
ALGIERS: Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman arrived in Algiers on Sunday for a two-day official visit to Algeria, heading a high-ranking delegation.Prime Minister Ahmed Ouyahia received the prince at the airport, where an
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How Algeria’s reforms are working
ALGIERS: Despite being heavily dependent on its massive oil and gas reserves, Algeria’s government seems to be handling rather well the broader economic effects of extremely volatile crude oil prices. The slump in prices
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UN jet ‘to evacuate’ 50 wounded Houthi rebels to Oman
A Saudi-UAE coalition fighting Yemen's Houthi movement says 50 wounded rebels will be evacuated for treatment to Oman's Muscat in a plane belonging to the United Nations. The announcement on Monday came after Martin
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In first for post-Franco Spain, far-right elects regional MPs
A far-right party in Spain has won seats in a regional parliament for the first time since the country's return to democracy following the death of longtime dictator Francisco Franco in 1975. The small
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Q&A: Conflict, resistance hampering WHO’s Ebola efforts in DRC
The current Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo is now the second largest in history, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), with at least 426 confirmed cases in the country. The
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Saudi Arabia’s crown prince arrives in Algeria as part of Arab tour
ALGIERS: Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman arrived in Algiers on Sunday for a two-day official visit to Algeria, heading a high-ranking delegation.Prime Minister Ahmed Ouyahia received the prince at the airport, where an
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UAE marks 47th anniversary of ‘dream that became reality’
BEIRUT: Tension is rising in Lebanon following disparaging comments made by former minister Wiam Wahhab about Prime Minister Saad Hariri and his late father, former Premier Rafik Hariri. Wahhab, a Druze, is a member
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Political tension escalates in Lebanon as insults and accusations fly
BEIRUT: Tension is rising in Lebanon following disparaging comments made by former minister Wiam Wahhab about Prime Minister Saad Hariri and his late father, former Premier Rafik Hariri. Wahhab, a Druze, is a member
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World urged to tackle ‘urgent threats’ as UN climate talks begin
Delegates from around the world have kicked off two weeks of United Nations talks in Poland on tackling climate change, three years since the landmark 2015 Paris deal to shift away from fossil fuels.
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The Kachin IDP crisis: Myanmar’s other humanitarian disaster
Kachin, Myanmar - A Myanmar military unit that has been sanctioned by the US Treasury Department was last year sent to Northern Rakhine State, where more than 700,000 Rohingya Muslims fled across the border


