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Africa’s youngest billionaire Mohammed Dewj kidnapped in Tanzania
Masked gunmen have kidnapped a man described as Africa's youngest billionaire from a gymnasium in Tanzania's economic capital Dar es Salaam, officials said. Mohammed Dewji, 43, who heads the MeTL Group which operates in
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Jordan PM reshuffles cabinet as IMF reforms in focus
AMMAN: Jordanian Prime Minister Omar Al-Razzaz announced a cabinet reshuffle on Thursday as the government looks to push through reforms intended to revive stagnant economic growth and cut public expenditure.Razzaz, a former World Bank
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El-Sisi wants return of Egypt militant held in Libya
GAZA CITY: Mohammed Al-Hamaydeh is sorting through a large pile of clothes for something that suits him in Firas, a second-hand market in Gaza City. Such clothes markets — known as “aswaq al-bala” —
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Hurricane Michael tears apart Florida towns, kills 7
Hurricane Michael's violence was visible on Thursday in shattered Florida coastal towns, where rows of homes were ripped from foundations and roofs were peeled off schools by the near-record-force storm blamed for seven deaths.
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Khashoggi case: US intel points to Saudi Arabia, says Graham
Washington, DC - Republican Senator Lindsey Graham said he would seek punitive economic sanctions against Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and other officials in the kingdom if a formal US investigation shows they
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What’s next in the case of Jamal Khashoggi’s disappearance?
Jamal Khashoggi was last seen entering the Saudi consulate in Istanbul nine days ago. Turkish security sources say he was murdered there by a Saudi hit squad. The Saudis deny that, saying the writer
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Turkey to work with Saudi investigators on Khashoggi’s case
Istanbul, Turkey - Turkey has accepted Saudi Arabia's proposal to form a joint working group to investigate the case of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who vanished after entering his country's Istanbul consulate over a week
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Explainer: What we know about the Khashoggi probe
Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi entered Saudi Arabia's consulate in Istanbul on October 2 to obtain a document certifying he divorced his ex-wife - never to be seen since. Turkish sources have told media outlets
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Oman closes schools, ports in south while Yemen prepares for cyclone Luban
DUBAI: Oman has closed schools and ports in the southern part of the country while Yemen’s local authorities prepared health facilities ahead of cyclone Luban. Health authorities in Yemen’s western province of Mahrah took
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Israeli PM Netanyahu faces increasing pressure to call for early elections
JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s top ministers are squabbling, a deadline looms for contentious legislation that may bring down his government and a corruption indictment could be just around the corner.Against this backdrop,


