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Erdogan: KSA took ‘important step’ but more answers needed
AMMAN: Religious and political figures in Jerusalem urged Jordan’s king to coordinate with the Palestinian president and the UN to obligate Israel to implement resolutions passed by the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
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Turkey’s nationalists cut alliance with Erdogan’s party
AMMAN: Religious and political figures in Jerusalem urged Jordan’s king to coordinate with the Palestinian president and the UN to obligate Israel to implement resolutions passed by the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
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Japanese journalist Jumpei Yasuda captured in Syria ‘freed’
Japan's government says it has received information that a man believed to be a Japanese freelance journalist captured three years ago in war-torn Syria has been freed and is now in Turkey. Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide
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Twitter storm after Khashoggi’s son meets Saudi crown prince
Pundits on Twitter reacted swiftly and sharply to a photo released by the Saudi government showing Jamal Khashoggi's son with a pained expression as he shook the hand of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
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UN panel: France ban on face veil ‘violates’ women’s rights
The United Nations Human Rights Council has said France's face veil ban is a violation of women's rights, as it called for a review of the "sweeping" legislation. In a landmark ruling on Tuesday,
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Brussels and Rome in standoff over Italian budget
Brussels has rejected Italy's draft budget for 2019, setting up a standoff with the populist government in Rome. Saying the budget brazenly broke European Union (EU) rules on public spending, the European Commission on Tuesday
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Putin meets Bolton amid nuclear treaty exit tensions
John Bolton, the US national security adviser, has met with Russian President Vladimir Putinin Moscow. Speaking at a news conference after the talks on Tuesday, Bolton said Washington wanted to withdraw from a key
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In Texas, Trump speech takes far-right turn: ‘I’m a nationalist.’
Washington, DC - From the outset of Monday's campaign rally for US Senator Ted Cruz, US President Donald Trump received a warm welcome from thousands of mostly red-clad Republicans gathered in Houston's Toyota Center. The
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Oldest intact shipwreck known to humanity found in Black Sea
An ancient Greek trading ship dating back more than 2,400 years has been found intact at the bottom of the Black Sea off the Bulgarian coast, according to researchers, who hailed it as the world's
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The Khashoggi murder and the one-man rule of MBS
The "strongman" of Saudi Arabia, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (known as MBS), has been striving for 16 months to turn the country's absolute monarchy into a one-man rule and felt in the process


