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Female MPs gather in UK to celebrate a century of suffrage
Female politicians from 86 countries have gathered in the UK parliament to mark 100 years since women in Britain got the right to vote. But apart from celebrating past progress, the event also aimed
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Somalia: At least 10 killed in Mogadishu explosions, gunfire
At least 10 people have been killed in explosions followed by heavy gunfire in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu, according to police. Plumes of smoke billowed into the air on Friday as at least two car bombs
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Traces of acid, chemicals found at Saudi consul general’s home
The Turkish police have told prosecutors that they are ending the search for the body of murdered Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Sources said that traces of acid were found at the residence of the
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Libya should start elections process in 2019 – UN envoy
DUBAI: Saudi Arabia has welcomed today’s resolution titled: The Permanent sovereignty of the Palestinian people in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and of the Arab population in the occupied Syrian Golan over
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Marking the WWI Centenary
Final preparations are underway in Paris to mark 100 years since the end of the first world war. On Sunday French President Emmanuel Macron will host world leaders, marking the armistice that officially ended
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Football club PSG admits to racially profiling young recruits
Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) has acknowledged that some of its scouts were illegally profiling promising talents outside the capital and categorising them according to their ethnicities, French investigative news website Mediapart reported. Mediapart said on
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US ‘war on terror’ has killed over half a million people: Study
At least half a million people in Afghanistan, Iraq and Pakistan have been killed due to the so-called "war on terror" launched by the United States in the wake of September 11, 2001 attack,
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Rohingya ‘terrified’ about Myanmar repatriation, aid groups say
A plan to start repatriating hundreds of thousands of Rohingya back to Myanmar is premature and the refugees are "terrified" about leaving Bangladesh, dozens of aid agencies working in the region said on Friday.
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Trump, the Democrats, and the future
In this week's UpFront special, we speak to Steven Rogers, an adviser on US President Donald Trump's 2020 re-election campaign, and we discuss the latter's much-criticised rhetoric and campaign strategy. In a special discussion,
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Syria regime attack kills 22 rebels in truce zone: monitor
NABLUS, Palestinian Territories: Palestinian farmer Mahmud Abu Shinar surveys two rows of severed olive trees — something he says has become a sadly familiar sight.He didn’t see who took a chainsaw to them at


