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‘Huge mistake’: Fears of arms race as US, Russia suspend INF pact
In an escalating standoff over nuclear weapons, Russia and the United States have suspended compliance with the Cold War-era Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty, prompting fears of a new arms race that analysts and
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Yemen government, Houthi rebels meet on UN ship to discuss truce
The representatives of Yemen's warring parties have met on a ship in the Red Sea to discuss the stalled truce agreement for the contested port city of Hodeidah. Retired Dutch General Patrick Cammaert chaired
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UAE ministry sends out weather warning ahead of papal visit
DUBAI: The United Arab Emirates’ Ministry of Interior warned motorists on Sunday to be cautious on the roads due to unstable weather conditions. Thunderstorms and heavy rainfall swept across the UAE on Sunday morning,
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Iraqi novelist gunned down in Kerbala
KERBALA: A motorcycle gunman shot dead an Iraqi novelist close to his house in the Shiite holy city of Kerbala on Saturday, police and eyewitnesses said.Alaa Mashzoub, 50, was on his way home when
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Sudan’s Bashir vows rural development as new protests loom
TEL AVIV: A giant billboard of a smiling Donald Trump shaking hands with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu loomed over a main entrance to Tel Aviv on Sunday, part of the Israeli leader’s re-election campaign.Trump
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Israel begins construction of new Gaza barrier
Israel said work to strengthen its fence along the Gaza Strip had entered a new phase with construction starting on a massive new barrier along the frontier. "Over the weekend we began building the
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Salvadorans head to polls to elect new president
San Salvador, El Salvador - Salvadorans headed to the polls on Sunday to elect a new president in the small Central American country where insecurity, a poor economic outlook, and high-profile corruption scandals top voters'
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Venezuela crisis: Mass rallies for Maduro and Guaido
Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro is proposing early parliamentary elections as pressure grows on him to resign. But opposition leader Juan Guaido sees that as a ploy by Maduro to stay in power - and
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Brexit: Nissan cancels plans to make X-Trail in UK
Nissan announced it cancelled plans to make its X-Trail SUV in the United Kingdom - a sharp blow to British Prime Minister Theresa May who fought to have the model built in northern England
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Politics of fear is the real threat Canada is facing
Visiting my Syrian family, who I co-sponsored with nine other families in early 2017 and helped them settle in Canada, is always fun. I get to indulge in some shockingly sweet black Arab shay (shocking because I only


