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Palestinians in Lebanon reflect on ‘fading dream’ of return
Beirut, Lebanon - There were 20 boys in the group, aching to catch a glimpse of Palestine. They jumped on to a bus which took them from a refugee camp in Beirut to the
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How Britain stole $45 trillion from India
There is a story that is commonly told in Britain that the colonisation of India - as horrible as it may have been - was not of any major economic benefit to Britain itself.
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Is an end in sight for the war in Yemen?
In this week's Headliner, we speak to UN Special Envoy for Yemen Martin Griffiths about the latest round of peace talks in Sweden and whether there's an end in sight to almost four years
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COP24 set for tense finale: ‘We are running out of time’
UN negotiations aimed at preventing catastrophic climate change are set to wrap up in Poland on Friday after two weeks of heated disputes between rich and poor nations that saw countries most at risk
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Israeli army arrests dozens in overnight raids across West Bank
A Hamas official in the occupied West Bank says Israeli forces have arrested dozens of Hamas supporters, including lawmakers, in overnight raids. Palestinian media also reported on Friday that scores of Palestinians, including two
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Jordan braces for more anti-austerity protests
AMMAN: Israel was accused on Thursday of humiliating Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas by placing Ramallah on virtual lockdown amid a 24-hour outbreak of violence in which five people died. The bloodshed began when Israeli forces
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US-backed Syrian forces smash Daesh defenses in east
BEIRUT: Kurdish-led forces on Thursday moved deep into Hajjin, the main village in the last pocket still held by the Daesh group in eastern Syria, a war monitor said. The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF),
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Australia warns citizens ahead of Jerusalem embassy move
Australia on Friday told citizens to take precautionary measures while travelling in neighbouring Muslim-majority Indonesia, ahead of an expected move to shift the Australian embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. Prime Minister Scott Morrison
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‘It gets scary’: Indigenous schools feel heat in restive Mindanao
Tagum, Philippines - Teacher Nerhaya Talledo was on her way to a remote village in the southern Philippines bringing supplies of rice, canned fish and noodles when her van was stopped at a recently-built military
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‘Strong anger’ in Okinawa as Japan starts work to move US base
Japan has begun main reclamation work at a controversial US military airbase on the southern island of Okinawa, prompting protests and "strong" opposition from the local governor. Construction workers on Friday started dumping a


