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Did lightning strike trigger Gaza rocket attack on Israel?
CAIRO: Egypt has arrested an economist and his publisher over a book that challenged President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi’s economic policies, a lawyer said Tuesday, the latest in a wave of detentions in recent years targeting
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Egypt arrests author, publisher over book on economy
CAIRO: Egypt has arrested an economist and his publisher over a book that challenged President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi’s economic policies, a lawyer said Tuesday, the latest in a wave of detentions in recent years targeting
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Six killed by car bomb near Iraq’s Mosul
JERUSALEM: A theory that a lightning strike triggered Palestinian rocket fire from Gaza last week gained traction in Israel on Tuesday and might explain the Israeli military’s limited response.Two rockets were launched from the
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Trump: Saudi handling of Khashoggi killing ‘worst cover-up ever’
US President Donald Trump has criticised Saudi Arabia's handling of the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, saying authorities staged the "worst cover-up ever". Asked by a reporter in the White House how the Khashoggi
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Jordan’s former counter-terror chief Habis al-Hanini shot dead
Jordan's former counter-terrorism chief General Habis al-Hanini has been shot dead outside his home, according to medical and security sources. Al-Hanini was killed around 7pm local time (16:00 GMT) on Tuesday in the city of Madaba,
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Crackdown on Honduran migrant caravan ‘against international law’
Agua Caliente, Guatemala/Honduras - It was the middle of the night when Kenia Sanchez set out. The border was closed, so sticking to the highway was not an option. Sanchez, her partner and their
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Cooperating or clashing over the killing of Jamal Khashoggi?
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan promised what he called the "naked truth" and 24 hours later delivered his much-anticipated speech to MPs in Ankara. He gave more details about the killing of Jamal Khashoggi, but
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Saudi Arabia pledges $6bn to Pakistan amid economic crisis
Saudi Arabia has agreed to give Pakistan $3bn for a period of one year as the South Asian country faces an economic crisis marked by a mounting balance of payments deficit and dwindling foreign
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Erdogan: KSA took ‘important step’ in revealing Khashoggi’s killing, but more answers needed
Erdogan: KSA took ‘important step’ in revealing Khashoggi’s killing, but more answers needed DUBAI: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan gave a speech to parliament on Tuesday regarding the Turkish account of the case of
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Bomb found at philanthropist George Soros’s New York home
A package containing what appeared to be an explosive device has been found in a mailbox outside the New York residence of billionaire financier George Soros. An employee at the home in Katonah, New


