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Rouhani: New sanctions against Iran signals US ‘desperation’
JEDDAH: As Saudi Arabia prepared to celebrate its National Day with entertainment events, firework displays and cultural events, Iran staged a military parade in Tehran on Sunday with tanks, missiles and armored vehicles. President Hassan
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Iran commemorates war with parade of tanks, missiles
JEDDAH: As Saudi Arabia prepared to celebrate its National Day with entertainment events, firework displays and cultural events, Iran staged a military parade in Tehran on Sunday with tanks, missiles and armored vehicles. President Hassan
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Taliban in China to discuss Afghan peace after US talks collapse
A Taliban delegation has met Chinese officials in Beijing to discuss peace efforts in Afghanistan. The meeting on Sunday came two weeks after US President Donald Trump abruptly cancelled months-long talks between US officials and the armed group, which
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Kenya school collapse: 7 dead, scores wounded in Nairobi
At least seven students have been killed and scores wounded after a classroom collapsed in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, according to emergency services. The incident at the two-storey Precious Talent Top School took place a
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Foreign forces raise Gulf ‘insecurity’: Iran’s Rouhani
ABU DHABI: Incurable and increasingly prevalent, dementia is a disease that today affects about 50 million people worldwide. Millions more are diagnosed each year with the most common neurodegenerative form: Alzheimer’s disease. The risks
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Why Saudi Arabia and Middle East must plan for Alzheimer’s care challenge
ABU DHABI: Incurable and increasingly prevalent, dementia is a disease that today affects about 50 million people worldwide. Millions more are diagnosed each year with the most common neurodegenerative form: Alzheimer’s disease. The risks
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Oil attacks: What’s next for Saudi Aramco and world oil markets?
It was the worst attack on Middle East oil facilities since Saddam Hussein set fire to Kuwait's oil wells in 1990. Drones - or possibly cruise missiles - travelling 500 kilometres (310 miles) across
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Clashes in Egypt’s Suez on second day of protests against el-Sisi
Security forces in Egypt have clashed with hundreds of protesters in the port city of Suez, according to media reports, firing tear gas and live rounds to disperse crowds calling for President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi to
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US sanctions target Iranians’ access to food, medicine: foreign minister
HAZANO, SYRIA: Near the village of Hazano in northwestern Syria, children come running through the olive groves every morning to meet the bus that brings school to their improvised tented camp.Years of fighting and
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In Syria’s Idlib, education a casualty of war
HAZANO, SYRIA: Near the village of Hazano in northwestern Syria, children come running through the olive groves every morning to meet the bus that brings school to their improvised tented camp.Years of fighting and


