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Iraq PM asked to resign amid Basra unrest
The two leading groups in Iraq's parliament have demanded the resignation of Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi over the unrest in the southern city of Basra, where a recent escalation in violence during protests over public services has seen at
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Global climate protests call for united action as talks stall
Tens of thousands of people have taken to the streets in major international cities to demand governmental action on climate change as talks to reinvigorate the Paris Agreement continued in Thailand. The "Rise for
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Armenian children facing deportation can stay in the Netherlands
The Netherlands has suspended a planned deportation of two Armenian children whose bid for asylum was rejected, in a case that has drawn nationwide attention. The surprising U-turn came after the siblings - 12-year-old Lili and
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Intense air raids on edge of Syria’s rebel-held Idlib
BEIRUT: Activists and a war monitoring group say Syrian government and Russian warplanes have targeted the southern edge of Idlib province with a series of airstrikes, ratcheting up the military pressure on the densely
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Egypt sentences 75 to death, hundreds to jail over 2013 sit-in
BAGHDAD: The two leading groups in Iraq's parliament on Saturday called on Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi to resign, after lawmakers held an emergency meeting on unrest shaking the country's south."We demand the government apologise to
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Yemen accuses Houthis of trying ‘sabotage’ peace talks, blame UN envoy
GENEVA: Yemen's foreign minister accused the Houthi militia on Saturday of “trying to sabotage the negotiations” that ended without their attendance in Geneva and said that the UN envoy had not been firm enough with
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Who is shaping Syria’s future?
Three million people are trapped in the Syrian province of Idlib. It is the last remaining rebel stronghold, and likely to be the scene of a major military offensive. Ankara's call for a ceasefire
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Sweden election: PM slams far-right leader’s remarks on migrants
As political parties in Sweden make their last pitches ahead of Sunday's elections, Prime Minister Stefan Lofven has denounced a far-right party as racist and called it a threat to the nation's European values. "We are not
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’11 dead’ after rockets hit Iranian Kurdish offices in Iraq
Rockets have struck the headquarters of two Iranian Kurdish opposition parties in Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdish region, with reports saying at least 11 people have been killed and 50 others wounded. The missiles hit the headquarters
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Everything you need to know about the looming battle for Idlib
On September 7, a three-way summit in Tehran failed to produce a clear agreement between Russia, Turkey and Iran on the fate of Syria's Idlib province, the last stronghold of the Syrian armed opposition.


