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As Brexit vote looms, protests held outside UK parliament
Hundreds of pro- and anti-Brexit campaigners are gathered outside the UK Parliament. There is no sign that Theresa May has done enough to muster the support she needs to win the closing vote on
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Rival groups refuse to meet in Yemen’s Hodeidah, UN says
United Nations, New York - Houthi rebel and Yemeni government representatives did not meet face-to-face in the port city of Hodeidah over the past week despite a recently-inked peace plan, United Nations spokesman Stephane Dujarric
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Major al-Shabab attacks targeting Kenya
Al-Shabab is an armed group based in Somalia, fighting to topple the Western-backed Somali government. It wants to impose a strict version of Islamic law in the Horn of Africa country. The armed group has carried
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Honduran family reach US after crossing three countries
Last October, thousands of people left Honduras trying to reach the United States, including the Reyes Zelaya family. Al Jazeera first met them on the Mexico-Guatemala border, where eight months pregnant Erly was struggling
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Houthis reneged on Sweden agreement: Yemeni FM
Houthi militants involved in Al-Anad drone attack captured: Yemen Ministry of Interior DUBAI: Yemen’s interior ministry on Tuesday said they had captured members of a Houthi cell involved in last Thursday’s attack on Al-Anad
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Yemeni army liberates strategic mountain range in southern Saada province from Houthis
Yemeni army liberates strategic mountain range in southern Saada province from Houthis DUBAI: Several Yemeni children were wounded by Houthi militia shelling on a displaced persons camp in Al-Khokha district in Hodeidah. This happened
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Iran admits launching satellite, but say it didn’t reach orbit
ISTANBUL: Turkey ordered the arrest of 192 people over suspected links to the network of the US-based Muslim cleric accused of orchestrating an attempted coup in 2016, the Hurriyet newspaper reported on Tuesday.Police operations
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Northern Ireland prepares for worst-case Brexit scenario
Northern Ireland is expected to be among the United Kingdom's regions that could be worst affected by a no-deal Brexit. Many fear the return of a hard border between Northern Ireland, which is part
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Explosions and gunfire heard in Kenyan capital Nairobi
Two explosions and gunfire were heard at an upscale hotel and office complex in Kenya's capital on Wednesday afternoon, said a woman working in a neighbouring building. "We are under attack," another person in
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What the US needs to heal is MLK’s radical revolution of values
This month marks the 90th birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr the iconic American civil rights and human rights leader who forced America to live up to its rhetorical ideals of freedom, democracy and


