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Defeated by Kurds more suspected Daesh members leave extremists’ Syrian holdout
US commander says fight against Daesh ‘far from over’ as suspected members leave Syrian holdout WASHINGTON: The battle against Daesh is "far from over" and the extremists remain unbroken and prepared for a resurgence despite the
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Turkey dismisses US warning over S-400 Russian missiles
ANKARA, Turkey: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has dismissed US threats to cancel the sale of high-tech F-35 jets to Turkey, saying his country will move ahead with the purchase of Russian S-400 air-defense
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EU rebukes Saudi Arabia over human rights at UN forum
At least 36 countries, including all 28 members of the European Union, have signed a statement condemning Saudi Arabia's human rights record at the United Nations Human Rights Council (OHCHR). The joint statement, read out by Harald
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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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‘Open challenge’: North Korea slams US-S Korea military drills
North Korea has attacked the ongoing joint military exercises between Seoul and Washington as an "open challenge" to the efforts towards peace on the Korean Peninsula. On Saturday, the US and South Korea agreed
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Trudeau: Mistakes made in SNC-Lavalin affair, no rules broken
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Thursday he had made mistakes in the handling of a political crisis that could dash his chances of winning re-election in October, but insisted that nothing illegal
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The making of a nuclear MBS
Like chronic indigestion that refuses to go away, presidential son-in-law Jared Kushner is back causing much discomfort to the general public. "Kushner meets Saudi's MBS for the first time since Khashoggi murder," Al Jazeera
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Six dead in Daesh attack on Iraqi militia
BAGHDAD: An official with a mainly Shiite militia organization in Iraq says Daesh militants attacked a bus carrying the group’s forces in northern Iraq, killing six militiamen and wounding 31 fighters.The official from the
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Debts pile up as rival Libyan governments struggle for power
BENGHAZI, Libya: Libya’s parallel government in the east has sold bonds worth more than $23 billion to fund its wage bill, bypassing the central bank in Tripoli and creating a potential financial black hole
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Arab Coalition targets Houthi reinforcements in Yemen’s Hajar
NEAR BAGHOUZ, Syria: US-backed Syrian forces prepared for another outpouring of civilians and suspected militants Thursday from the remnants of the Daesh group’s “caliphate,” which is teetering on the brink of total collapse.A fierce


