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UN may push back Libya election conference
DUBAI: Better known for his role as the CEO of Dubai Airports, Paul Griffiths, will playing the organ at the mass lead by Pope Francis on Tuesday, Feb. 5, before a congregation of 135,000
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Myanmar using ‘oppressive laws’ against peaceful critics: HRW
The Myanmar government under Aung San Suu Kyi has continued using oppressive, military rule-era laws to prosecute peaceful critics, quashing hopes the country's first democratic leader in decades would safeguard free speech, according to a damning new report
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S Korea mourners gather at Japan embassy for sex slave’s funeral
Hundreds of mourners have gathered near the Japanese embassy in South Korean capital, Seoul, for the funeral of a woman forced as a girl into prostitution and sexually enslaved by Japan's military in World
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US Senate rebukes Trump over Syria, Afghanistan troop withdrawals
Washington, DC - The US Senate has voted to advance an amendment seeking to rein in President Donald Trump's announced withdrawal of American special forces from Syria and put parameters around plans to reduce
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Mongolia speaker expelled amid ongoing battle against corruption
The Mongolian parliament this week voted to expel House Speaker Miyegombyn Enkhbold in an unprecedented move capping a tumultuous two months in the country's politics involving multiple corruption scandals, protests and party infighting. At
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Uganda seizes 750 pieces of ivory being smuggled from South Sudan
Ugandan authorities have seized 750 pieces of ivory and thousands of pangolin scales being smuggled from neighbouring South Sudan in one of the largest seizures of wildlife contraband in the East African country. The ivory
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UAE senior diplomat denies hacking ‘friendly countries’
DUBAI: Pope Francis said he was looking to write a new page in the history of relations between religions with his visit to the UAE from Sunday. “I am happy ... to write on
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Facebook removes 783 fake pages, accounts tied to Iran
DUBAI: Pope Francis said he was looking to write a new page in the history of relations between religions with his visit to the UAE from Sunday. “I am happy ... to write on
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UN envoy ‘deeply concerned’ about Yemen hostilities
DUBAI: Pope Francis said he was looking to write a new page in the history of relations between religions with his visit to the UAE from Sunday. “I am happy ... to write on
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Attacks undermine peace hopes in Philippines after historic vote
Manila, Philippines - Back-to-back explosions at a Roman Catholic cathedral followed by a grenade attack on a mosque last week have swiftly ended the honeymoon for Filipinos celebrating the ratification of the Bangsamoro, a political agreement designed


