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Kenyans mourn victims of the Ethiopian Airline plane crash
A priest, a mother, her daughter, three grandchildren and a pilot were some of 32 Kenyan victims killed in Sunday's Ethiopian Airlines crash. Though the 157 people on board were from 35 nations, Kenya
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White House opposes resolution to end Washington support for Yemen military campaign
WASHINGTON: White House advisers recommended on Wednesday that President Donald Trump veto a resolution to end Washington's support for the military campaign in Yemen.The White House statement of administration policy came as the US
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Algeria’s government ready for dialogue with opposition -Deputy PM
ALGIERS: Algeria’s government is ready for dialogue with the opposition, its Deputy Prime Minister said on Wednesday, after President Abdelaziz Bouteflika reversed a decision to seek a fifth term in the face of mass
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Karen Pence, wife of US vice president, visits the UAE
DUBAI: Karen Pence, the wife of Vice President Mike Pence, is in the UAE for the Special Olympics.She traveled to Abu Dhabi for the start of the Special Olympics World Games. On Wednesday, she
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Syria’s war: Who controls what?
Since March 2011, fighting in Syria has killed an estimated 465,000 people, injured more than one million, and forced about 12 million people - or half the country's pre-war population - from their homes. Forces
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Deaths reported in Nigeria school building collapse
As many as 100 children and many others are feared trapped after a three-storey building, home to a primary school and kindergarten, collapsed in Nigeria's commercial capital, Lagos. The governor of Lagos state said
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Venezuela in crisis: All the latest updates
Venezuela has plunged into a major political crisis amid a growing row over President Nicolas Maduro's future as the country's leader. Maduro started a second term on January 10, following a widely boycotted election
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Ethiopian Airlines to send plane’s black boxes to Europe
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia - The black boxes recovered from the Ethiopian Airlines crash site will be sent to Europe for further analysis, the airlines announced. Flight ET 302, heading to Nairobi from Addis Ababa, crashed
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Hamid Karzai: Taliban and the Afghan government should talk
US officials and Taliban representatives have wrapped up their longest round of talks - lasting 16 days - in Qatar's capital. While both sides hailed progress on key issues in Doha, there was no
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Daesh suicide bombers thwarted in last-stand battle for Baghouz: SDF
DEIR EZZOR, Syria: The US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces said it thwarted an attempted Daesh group suicide bomb attack early on Wednesday during a last-stand battle for the militant group’s final enclave.The SDF on Tuesday


