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Julie Swetnick accuses Brett Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct
Julie Swetnick became the third woman to accuse Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct after her lawyer tweeted a declaration of the allegations on Wednesday. According to the declaration, shared by lawyer
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What to expect from Erdogan’s Germany visit?
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan heads to Germany in a rare official visit with a busy agenda, ranging from the situation in Syria to the arrest of German citizens, and the currency crisis in
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Iran will wait for Trump to lose power
Ahead of his speech at the United Nations General Assembly, US President Donald Trump tweeted: "Despite requests, I have no plans to meet Iranian President Hassan Rouhani. Maybe someday in the future. I am
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Family fears UAE will deport Uighur to China
The family of a Uighur man detained in the United Arab Emirates has expressed concern that he will be deported to China, where the largely Muslim ethnic group are subject to an array of
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Where is Labour in all this Brexit mess?
Britain, it would appear, is falling apart at the seams. The Conservative government teeters on the brink of collapse, riven with divisions, rife with Islamophobia, propped up by an abjectly illiberal formerly paramilitary-supporting party
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Saudi Arabia, Kuwait slam UN for human rights report on Yemen
DUBAI: Saudi Arabia and Kuwait on Wednesday slammed a report prepared by United Nations experts over alleged human rights violations in Yemen. Kuwait’s permanent delegate to the UN, Ambassador Jamal Al-Ghunaim told the 39th
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2 guards killed in explosion in southeastern Turkey
DUBAI: Houthi militia elements discriminate against Yemeni people who do not belong to their tribe, Saudi state TV Al-Ekhbariya has reported, quoting a statement from the Yemeni Coalition for Monitoring Human Rights Violations. “The
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Yemen monitor, UK condemn Houthi discrimination against other groups
DUBAI: Houthi militia elements discriminate against Yemeni people who do not belong to their tribe, Saudi state TV Al-Ekhbariya has reported, quoting a statement from the Yemeni Coalition for Monitoring Human Rights Violations. “The
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Japan’s Abe open to meeting North Korean leader Kim Jong-un
Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, a longtime hardliner on North Korea, said he was willing to meet Kim Jong-un at a speech at the UN General Assembly. Abe, who one year ago warned at
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Yemen: The human cost of war
Despite more than three years of war, Yemen, the scene of the world's largest humanitarian crisis, still struggles for its fair share of the world's attention. Since March 2015, the Saudi-UAE military alliance has carried


