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Venezuela in crisis: All the latest updates
Venezuela has plunged into a major political crisis amid a growing row over President Nicolas Maduro's future as the country's leader. Maduro started a second term on January 10, following a widely boycotted election
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Looking at the political life of Algeria’s Abdelaziz Bouteflika
Algeria's longest serving president, Abdelaziz Bouteflika, will not be seeking a fifth term following weeks of protests against his candidacy. Rarely seen in public since suffering a stroke six years ago, Bouteflika, who was
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Algeria’s Bouteflika will not seek fifth term, delays elections
Algeria's President Abdelaziz Bouteflika has said he will not seek a fifth term and delayed the country's presidential polls amid mass protests against his reelection bid. In a message carried by the official APS
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Yemen’s warring sides trade blame after women and children killed
Yemen's warring sides have traded blame after more than 20 civilians, including women and children, were killed in a village that has been gripped by fighting for weeks. The Houthi-aligned Al Masirah TV network
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Will Tibetans have a homeland of their own?
For almost seven decades, Tibet, a Himalayan area populated mostly be Buddhists has been governed as an autonomous region of China. Beijing claims a centuries-old sovereignty over the mountainous region, known as the "roof
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Palestinians in Gaza receive new Qatari aid
GAZA: Tens of thousands of Palestinians in Gaza began receiving $100 payouts from Qatar on Monday, the latest tranche of funds under an informal deal between the territory’s Islamist rulers Hamas and Israel.A flare-up
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Turkish activists reject ‘irrational’ indictment against top businessman
JERUSALEM: Hollywood star Gal Gadot has leapt to defend a fellow actress who was chided by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for challenging his party’s treatment of Arab citizens.Netanyahu and his Likud party have
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‘Wonder Woman’ defends Arabs against Netanyahu’s rhetoric
JERUSALEM: Hollywood star Gal Gadot has leapt to defend a fellow actress who was chided by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for challenging his party’s treatment of Arab citizens.Netanyahu and his Likud party have
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Algeria’s Bouteflika delays elections, will not seek fifth term
Algeria's President Abdelaziz Bouteflika has said he will not seek a fifth term and announced the delay of the country's presidential polls amid mass protests against his reelection bid. In a message carried by
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Nicaraguan opposition walks out of talks with Ortega government
Negotiations aimed at resolving an almost-year-long crisis in Nicaragua have stalled as country's opposition walked out of talks on Sunday. The Civil Alliance is calling on the government of President Daniel Ortega to release


