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FBI investigated Trump’s Russia ties after Comey firing: NYT
FBI agents were so concerned about Donald Trump's behaviour that they investigated whether the US president was working on behalf of the Kremlin, a report in the New York Times has said, citing former
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Arrest ordered after Emirati forced caged Asian workers to cheer for UAE football team
Arrest ordered after Emirati forced caged Asian workers to cheer for UAE football team ABU DHABI: The UAE’s Attorney General ordered the arrest of a man who posted a video on social media showing
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Houthi drone control center destroyed in Yemen as US condemns Lahaj attack
JEDDAH: A Houthi communications center controlling drones has been destroyed, the Arab coalition supporting the legitimate government in Yemen said Friday. The location of the drone control center was formerly occupied by a Yemeni communications
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Egypt deports German citizen over alleged terror suspicions
CAIRO: Two German-Egyptians have been detained as they entered Egypt on suspicion of links to extremist groups fighting an insurgency in Northern Sinai. The men were stopped at separate airports last month, Egyptians security
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US shutdown: Thousands of federal workers miss paycheques
Thousands of federal workers won't receive a paycheque on Friday as the partial US government shutdown stretches into its 21st day, rivalling the longest on record. More than half of the 800,000 federal employees
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Jayme Closs, missing US teen, found alive after 87-day search
A 13-year-old girl from the US state of Wisconsin, missing since her parents were discovered fatally shot in October, will be reunited with other family members on Friday, the day after she was found
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Syria’s war: Life in al-Bab after ISIL
Al-Bab, a town in Syria's northeast less than 50 kilometres south of Turkey, was freed from ISIL control two years ago, and life is almost normal here again. But the city is growing very
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Debate growing over German ‘mosque tax’
The founder of a liberal mosque in the German capital, Berlin, is pushing for the country's Muslims to pay a worship tax, similar to that paid by German Jews, Catholics and Protestants, saying communities
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Inside the Yemeni school where childhood doesn’t exist
Nine-year-old Ahmad spends most of his time on his own, kicking away at bits of dirt and trying to get a deflated football to rebound off an old brick wall just metres away from
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Explosion sparks fire at Aden refinery in Yemen
ISTANBUL: Turkey’s defense minister on Friday pledged to wage a campaign against a US-backed Syrian Kurdish militia, sharpening focus on a potential conflict the US has sought to prevent. The comments from Hulusi Akar,


