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Senate ‘has votes’ to reject Trump’s border emergency declaration
US Senate Republican leadership have acknowledged that opponents of President Donald Trump's declaration of a national emergency along the US-Mexico border have enough votes in the Republican-led Senate to prevail on a resolution aimed
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Army chief of staff vows to secure Algeria, prevent bloodshed
BEIRUT: The Syrian military has mounted air strikes against Daesh militants and clashed with the militants in central Syria, the pro-Damascus Al-Watan newspaper reported on Tuesday.The flare-up in the area of Al-Sukhna, between Palymra
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Syrian army attacks Daesh targets in desert
BEIRUT: The Syrian military has mounted air strikes against Daesh militants and clashed with the militants in central Syria, the pro-Damascus Al-Watan newspaper reported on Tuesday.The flare-up in the area of Al-Sukhna, between Palymra
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Activists cause upset for Qatar’s Sheikha Moza at conference
DUBAI: Qatari officials have complained about a protest by Al-Ghufran tribe activists outside Geneva’s UN Building hosting the Silatech conference Staff at the Geneva International Conference Center said Sheikha Moza Al-Missned insisted on staying inside
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Colombia border hospitals struggle with Venezuelan migrant influx
Cucuta, Colombia - Ana Moreno stared at her four-month-old daughter, Deivismar, in a hospital bed in the Colombian border city of Cucuta. Just two weeks ago, Deivismar was near death. "It was my diet when
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India-Pakistan tensions: All the latest updates
Tensions are running high between India and Pakistan following a suicide attack on an Indian paramilitary convoy last month, which killed 42 soldiers in Indian-administered Kashmir. The suicide attack, the deadliest in 30 years of Kashmir
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Nobel prize in literature to be awarded twice this year
Two Nobel Prizes in Literature will be presented this year after the scandal-hit awarding body was blocked from naming a winner in 2018 The Nobel Foundation banned the Swedish Academy from awarding last year's
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UK ex-soldiers aim to create first all-disabled motor racing team
A group of former British soldiers are aiming to become the first all-disabled team to compete at the Le Mans 24 hours motor race. They are called Team BRIT - which stands for British
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US awards Lockheed Martin $1bn contract for Saudi missile sale
The US government says it has awarded arms manufacturer Lockheed Martin a $946m payment on behalf of Saudi Arabia for an advance missile defence system. The contract, announced by the Pentagon in a statement on Monday, is
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Activists cause upset for Qatar’s Sheikha Moza at conference
DUBAI: Qatari officials have complained about a protest by Al-Ghufran tribe activists outside Geneva’s UN Building hosting the Silatech conference Staff at the Geneva International Conference Center said Sheikha Moza Al-Missned insisted on staying inside


