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Freed Venezuelan activist Lorent Saleh arrives in Spain
Venezuelan authorities have freed a prominent opposition activist jailed for four years just days after an anti-government politician died in state custody. Lorent Saleh, 30, was immediately escorted to the airport on Friday and
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Joenia Wapichana: Brazil’s first native woman voted to Congress
Sao Paulo - Joenia Wapichana never thought she would get into politics. The 43-year-old indigenous lawyer also never imagined she'd make history, not just once but on three occasions. But when she saw an "extreme,
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Somalia: Double suicide bombing in Baidoa kills civilians
At least 16 people have been killed and 50 others wounded after two suicide bombers attacked a restaurant and a hotel in the town of Baidoa in Somalia, police and witnesses said. A man
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Saudi-UAE coalition air raid kills civilians in Yemen’s Hodeidah
An air raid by the Saudi-UAE coalition targeting Houthi fighters in Yemen has killed at least 17 people in the province of Hodeidah, according to rebel officials. Youssef al-Hadari, spokesman for the Houthi-run Health
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Turkey changes road name for new US embassy to ‘Malcolm X Street’
CAIRO: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Saturday that his country was eager to work with Egypt to boost airline security, three years after a bomb attack downed a Russian plane, killing more
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Hundreds taken by Daesh from displacement camp in east Syria: monitor
BEIRUT: Hundreds of people were taken by Daesh fighters from a displacement camp in east Syria during a militant counterattack against advancing US-backed forces, a monitor said Saturday.The militants raided the camp on Friday,
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Trump hosts freed US pastor Brunson at White House
US President Donald Trump has welcomed freed US pastor Andrew Brunson at the White House, hours after he arrived in Washington back home from Turkey following two years in detention. "You are very special to
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Trump vows ‘severe punishment’ if Saudi Arabia killed Khashoggi
US President Donald Trump has said "severe punishment" awaits Saudi Arabia if the alleged murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul turns out to be true. In an interview with
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Palestinian woman dies after ‘settlers’ stone car in West Bank
A Palestinian woman has been killed after stones were thrown at the car she was travelling in, close to an Israeli settlement in the occupied West Bank. Aisha Al-Rawbi, 47, and a mother of
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Bleak job prospects for youth in occupied Palestine
Palestinian college graduates in the occupied Palestinian territories are confronting a reality that flies in the face of conventional wisdom. Their chances of finding a job are markedly worse than their peers who have


