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US: ‘Chain migration’ grants Melania Trump’s parents citizenship
Immigration activists in the US are accusing the president of being a hypocrite. Donald Trump has been critical of the legal practice that gives relatives of citizens preference for moving to the US. Now
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Sudan: Ruling party chooses Bashir as candidate for 2020 election
Sudan's ruling National Congress Party (NCP) has backed President Omar al-Bashir as its candidate for the 2020 election, state media reports. The party's advisory council announced Bashir as NCP's candidate after an overnight meeting
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Trump’s ‘Arab NATO’ plan to counter Iran is doomed to fail
With the stated aim of bringing it back to the table of negotiation in order to clinch a "better" deal than the one signed by its predecessor, the Trump administration reimposed the first round
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Are ethnic borders being drawn for a ‘Greater Serbia’?
Talk of partitioning Kosovo has heightened tensions in the region and provoked public alarm, with Serbian bishops calling on believers to pray for the "salvation of Kosovo". The reaction follows statements by Serbian and Kosovar
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Mike Pence: US to create Space Force by 2020
The US is planning to create The Space Force, a new branch of the US military, by 2020, Vice President Mike Pence announced on Thursday. It would become the US military's sixth branch, following
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Boris Johnson ‘to face probe’ over Islamophobic remarks
Former British foreign secretary, Boris Johnson, will face an investigation following Islamophobic comments about Muslim women who wear the face veil, according to a report by the Evening Standard newspaper. Johnson compared women wearing the
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Recount shows Iraq’s Sadr retains election victory, no major changes
BAGHDAD: Populist Shiite cleric Moqtada Al-Sadr retained his lead in Iraq’s May parliamentary election, results of a nationwide recount of votes showed on Friday, positioning him to play a central role in forming the
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‘Where are my brothers?’ pleads Yemen school bus attack survivor
Grief and anger has gripped Yemen's war-ravaged province of Saada a day after the Saudi-UAE military alliance, backed by the US, bombed a school bus carrying children heading to a Quran class. Al Masirah, a
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Has #MeToo failed?
In this episode of Head to Head, Mehdi Hasan challenges public intellectual and feminist icon Germaine Greer on why she criticises the #MeToo movement against sexual harassment and assault. When the Harvey Weinstein scandal erupted in
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Gaza protests expected after deadly Israeli air raids
Palestinians in Gaza are expected to protest in large numbers on Friday following deadly Israeli air attacks and artillery shelling on the besieged strip. On Wednesday, Israel killed three people in Gaza, including a 23-year-old


