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Decisive week for formation of government in Lebanon, says Saad Al-Hariri
TEHRAN: A double-bombing lightly wounded three police in the southeastern city of Zahedan on Tuesday.Gen. Mohammad Ghanbari, the provincial police chief, told the official IRNA news agency that the second bomb went off as police
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Southern Philippines mosque hit by deadly grenade attack
At least two people have been killed and four others wounded in a grenade attack on a mosque in the southern Philippines, say local officials. The attack in Zamboanga city took place in the early hours
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US spy chiefs break with Trump on several threats to the US
China and Russia pose the biggest risks to the United States, and are more aligned than they have been in decades as they target the 2020 presidential election and American institutions to expand their
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Ten years after end of war, Tamils still waiting to return home
Mullativu, Sri Lanka - On Saturday, dozens of members of Sri Lanka's Tamil minority marched towards a sprawling Keppapulavu army camp in the country's northern Mullativu district, determined to breach its perimeter and reclaim
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US-China trade talks: Technology theft may be biggest hurdle
For anyone likely to be hurt by rising trade tariffs between the world's top two economies, time is running out fast. There's just over a month to go before a truce in their dispute
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UK parliament backs new Irish backstop talks but EU stands firm
The UK parliament has authorised Prime Minister Theresa May to reopen negotiations with the European Union to replace a controversial Irish border guarantee within her Brexit deal, in a move that immediately received a
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Militant group admits attack on Iranian police station
QAMISHLI, SYRIA: Daesh fighters in eastern Syria are pinned down in a final tiny pocket with their wives and children, forcing a US-backed militia to slow its advance to protect civilians, the militia said on
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Daesh fighters pinned in tiny Syria enclave with families
QAMISHLI, SYRIA: Daesh fighters in eastern Syria are pinned down in a final tiny pocket with their wives and children, forcing a US-backed militia to slow its advance to protect civilians, the militia said on
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Macron calls for inter-religious dialogue at end of Egypt visit
KHARTOUM: Sudan’s security chief has ordered the release of people detained during weeks of anti-government protests, the Information Ministry said on Tuesday, as demonstrations continued in several cities. The ministry was confirming reports by activists
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UNHCR ‘deeply concerned’ over settler attack on Palestinians
The UN has said it is "deeply concerned about the protracted and extremely violent attack" on Palestinians in the village of al-Mugheir in the occupied West Bank. Hamdi Naasan, 38-year-old father of four, succumbed to


