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‘This will be a wasteland’: Northern Irish farmers fear Brexit
Northern Ireland - South of Enniskillen, in a farm on the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, John Sheridan whistles while herding dozens of ewes into a cube-shaped, metal ultrasound scanner
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Iran’s Rouhani accuses US of trying to change clerical establishment
GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories: Israeli jets struck a Hamas military target in the Gaza Strip in retaliation for balloon-borne explosive devices late Tuesday, the army said, the fourth such strike in recent days.A Palestinian
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Israel carries out fresh Hamas strikes over incendiary balloons
WASHINGTON: The US has sanctioned Harakat Hezbollah al Nujaba, a radical militia group of about 10,0000 fighters, as well as its leader Akram Kaabi, the Treasury Department said on Tuesday. Active in Iraq and Syria,
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US sanctions Nujaba militia backed by Iran
WASHINGTON: The US has sanctioned Harakat Hezbollah al Nujaba, a radical militia group of about 10,0000 fighters, as well as its leader Akram Kaabi, the Treasury Department said on Tuesday. Active in Iraq and Syria,
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Hundreds of passengers stranded after strike at Nairobi airport
Hundreds of travellers were stranded at Nairobi's international airport as a strike prompted by a labour dispute grounded flights and riot police deployed to disperse striking workers. With flights grounded since midnight on Tuesday,
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Former Nissan chief Ghosn leaves jail after posting bail
Former Nissan chief Carlos Ghosn has been released from jail after posting a bail of 1 billion yen ($9m) in cash on Wednesday, more than three months after he was arrested. The business tycoon
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Afghanistan: Suicide bomber strikes near airport in Jalalabad
A suicide bomber in Afghanistan attacked on Wednesday in the country's eastern city of Jalalabad, an official said, killing 16 employees of an Afghan company. The attacker, who was on foot, detonated his explosives near
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UN: North Korea’s food harvest lowest in a decade
North Korea's food production fell to its lowest level in more than a decade last year as natural disasters hit the country that was already under crippling international sanctions over its weapons programme, according
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Canada: Another Trudeau minister quits over scandal
Canada's prime minister is facing a deepening crisis over his government's handling of a corruption inquiry. Treasury Board President Jane Philpott is the second powerful female minister to quit his cabinet after former Justice
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US sanctions Nujaba militia backed by Iran
WASHINGTON: The US has sanctioned Harakat Hezbollah al Nujaba, a radical militia group of about 10,0000 fighters, as well as its leader Akram Kaabi, the Treasury Department said on Tuesday. Active in Iraq and Syria,


