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Car bomb blast at Colombia police academy kills 10, wounds dozens
At least 10 people have been killed and dozens wounded after a car bomb exploded at a police academy in the Colombian capital, Bogota, according to officials. The scene outside the General Santander Police
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Lebanon summit reveals Arab divisions over Syria, Iran
Beirut, Lebanon - As Lebanon prepares to host a regional economic summit this weekend, the meeting has been overshadowed by divisions over Syria's future and efforts to contain Iran. Having previously confirmed their attendance at the Arab Economic and
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Who is William Barr? Trump’s attorney general pick on key issues
As confirmation hearings for Donald Trump's pick for attorney general, William Barr, got under way earlier this week, the nominee promised political independence from the US president. Trump announced he would nominate Barr last month, after
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French military to continue fight against Daesh in Levant: Macron
CAIRO: Extremist militants on Thursday kidnapped a Christian man traveling in a taxi in the turbulent north of Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula, according to security officials, an incident that raises the specter of renewed attacks
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Yemen talks start in Jordan on prisoner swap deal
AMMAN: Yemen’s warring sides started talks in Amman on Wednesday on how to implement a prisoner exchange that will allow thousands of families to be reunited as part of UN-led peace efforts, UN officials
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Libya strongman’s forces launch operation to ‘purge’ south
CAIRO: Extremist militants on Thursday kidnapped a Christian man traveling in a taxi in the turbulent north of Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula, according to security officials, an incident that raises the specter of renewed attacks
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N Korea envoy ‘arrives in US’ to hold talks on Kim-Trump summit
North Korea's top envoy, Kim Yong-chol, has arrived in Washington, DC, according to South Korean news agency Yonhap, in a visit aimed at laying the groundwork for a second summit between US President Donald
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Honduran refugees await papers in Mexico as new caravan arrives
Tapachula, Mexico - Luis Jose Carbajal was 19 years old when he was shot. It was two months after the June 2009 coup d'etat in Honduras, and people all over the country were continuing
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Arizona police shoot dead teenager carrying airsoft gun
Police in a Phoenix suburb have said that an officer shot dead a 14-year-old boy whose airsoft gun was mistaken as a real firearm during a suspected burglary. In a press release, the Tempe
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Undeterred by tightened borders, Honduran caravan continues to US
Esquipulas, Guatemala - Isabel Flores and her husband, Eric Laynez, see fleeing their home in Honduras to the United States as their only option. "There is no work in Honduras," Flores told Al Jazeera


