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The Flower Men of Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia - In Jizan and Asir, Saudi Arabia's southern provinces, live the reclusive Flower Men. For centuries, these descendants of the ancient Tihama and Asir tribes have been known for wearing colourful flower
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MPs to vote on May’s Brexit deal with ‘legally binding’ changes
London, United Kingdom - With just over two weeks until the United Kingdom is due to leave the European Union, the British parliament is heading for a key vote on the Brexit deal. MPs
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Social media posts come under scrutiny ahead of India elections
Twitter has dropped unverified political ads in India, ahead of next month's national elections. It comes a day after the Election Commission of India said it would scrutinise social media posts by candidates and
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Amnesty: Sentencing of Iran lawyer Sotoudeh ‘outrageous’
Amnesty International has condemned the sentencing of prominent Iranian human rights lawyer and women's rights defender Nasrin Sotoudeh, calling it "outrageous injustice". Sotoudeh, who has been in Tehran's Evin prison since last June, was sentenced to
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Madhya Pradesh: The Indian state with most death row cases
Madhya Pradesh, India - Last July, 34-year-old rickshaw driver Rajkumar Pol was accused of sexually abusing a four-year-old girl he used to take to and from school in his home town of Katni, in
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US-backed SDF says 38 Daesh fighters killed in enclave
BEIRUT: The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) said on Tuesday 38 Daesh fighters had been confirmed killed in a US-backed offensive against the militants’ final enclave in eastern Syria, after the area was pounded by
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Hard-line Iranian cleric Raisi gets second powerful job in a week
Yemen’s National Army killed 13 Iran-backed Houthi militants during clashes in Al-Jawf province on Monday. The militia were caught trying to infiltrate national posts in Al-Motoon discrict, according to a statement on Yemen’s national
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More than a dozen Houthis killed in clashes with government troops
DUBAI: It is more than four years since Daesh terrorists overran large swathes of Syria and Iraq to declare a “caliphate” the size of Britain.Experts say the terror group is now on the “brink
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MPs to vote on May’s Brexit deal with ‘legally binding’ changes
London, United Kingdom - With just over two weeks until the United Kingdom is due to leave the European Union, the British parliament is heading for a key vote on the Brexit deal. MPs
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Singapore, Australia ban use of Boeing 737 MAX
Singapore and Australia on Tuesday banned the use of Boeing 737 MAX aircraft in their airspace following a deadly plane crash in Ethiopia on Sunday. The Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) said in a statement


