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Explosion in north Syria targets Al-Qaeda gunmen, kills 11
NEW YORK: UN experts monitoring sanctions against Yemen are recommending that the Security Council urge the Houthis to respect the neutrality and independence of humanitarian workers. The Associated Press has obtained the nine recommendations
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Trump giving ‘new life’ to Daesh, former envoy says
NEW YORK: UN experts monitoring sanctions against Yemen are recommending that the Security Council urge the Houthis to respect the neutrality and independence of humanitarian workers. The Associated Press has obtained the nine recommendations
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Israeli fire wounds 14 as thousands of Palestinians protest at Gaza border
NEW YORK: UN experts monitoring sanctions against Yemen are recommending that the Security Council urge the Houthis to respect the neutrality and independence of humanitarian workers. The Associated Press has obtained the nine recommendations
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Why are so many Iranian minors seeking asylum in Europe?
The reports on the dramatic rise in the number of Iranians seeking asylum in Europe, especially unaccompanied children, are profoundly unsettling. Prominent human rights lawyer Shadi Sadr recently drew attention to this phenomenon through a
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Trump’s shutdown is a historic opportunity for real change
This week, the White House Council of Economic Advisers doubled its estimate of how much the shutdown - the longest in US history - will cost the economy. Others are warning that it could
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‘I was forced to leave’: Central American caravan enters Mexico
Tecun Uman, Guatemala - Zulma Rodriguez sat in the shade of a tree outside the Guatemalan immigration office, waiting on some paperwork before she can cross the bridge into Mexico with her kids. They are
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US government shutdown: Ripple effect on businesses
There are warnings the shutdown is slowing economic growth across the United States. Government workers who aren't getting paid are spending less, and that's having a ripple effect. Al Jazeera’s Gabriel Elizondo has
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South Africa: Shack-dwellers fear illegal evictions
In the eastern province of KwaZulu Natal, South Africa, millions have been forced to build makeshift shack homes to live in. A rights group in the province says hundreds of people are being thrown
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Syrian refugees wade through their worst Lebanese winter
DELHAMIYEH, Lebanon: Snowstorms and weeks of bad weather have turned Lebanon’s lush Bekaa Valley into an unliveable swamp for tens of thousands of Syrian refugees. The Litani River flooded many of the fields stretching across
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Farmer turns ferryman as river engulfs Syrian hometown
MANBIJ: Charred walls, shattered windows, uncooked kebabs still on the counter — the blast that hit US forces at this small restaurant in northern Syria has left residents fearful for the future. Wednesday’s suicide


