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Lebanese student protesters say it is their duty to carry on
BEIRUT: Lebanese students Lail Al-Durzi, 29, Firas Harb, 23, and Ghiwa Nasr, 22, insist they will not quit the protests that have paralyzed Beirut despite spending more than 11 days on the streets of
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Gantz meets Netanyahu for Israeli coalition talks
MOSUL: Five years after he made their hometown infamous as the heart of his “caliphate,” residents of Iraq’s Mosul said Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi’s death should be marked only one way — with “a huge
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Chile protests: President to lift state of emergency at midnight
Santiago - Chile's state of emergency will end at midnight on Sunday, the president's office has confirmed, after more than a week of military presence and widespread unrest across the country. President Sebastian Pinera's
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Israel: Gantz meets Netanyahu for coalition government talks
Israel's prime minister and his main rival have opened a new round of unity talks in the latest effort to avoid an unprecedented third parliamentary election in less than a year. Sunday's meeting was
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Brazil’s Bolsonaro arrives in UAE for first Arab world visit
ZURICH: Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan should be investigated and indicted for war crimes over his country’s military offensive in Syria, former prosecutor and UN investigator Carla del Ponte said in an interview published on
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Erdogan should be prosecuted over Syrian offensive: former UN investigator
BAGHDAD: Several hundred demonstrators gathered in central Baghdad on Saturday, brandishing Iraqi flags and calling Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi a "worm", after a day of violent protests in which at least 46 people were killed.
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Challenges ahead for Morales after divisive election win
La Paz, Bolivia - Bolivian President Evo Morales will likely face difficulty governing, analysts say, after a heavily contested election that included accusations of widespread fraud. The official count gave Morales 47.08 percent of the
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Chile protests: More than one million bring Santiago to a halt
Correction, 26/10/2019: This article previously misstated the length of the Pinochet dictatorship. It has been corrected. Pinochet's military rule lasted from 1973-1990. Santiago, Chile - More than one million people took to streets in
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Defense chief Esper: US troops, armored vehicles going to Syria oil fields
BEIRUT: Young activist Duha Sabbagh, a protester in the Lebanese city Nabatieh, had strong words when asked why she has taken to the streets to protest. “Nabatieh rose up because its citizens have to
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Yemen government strikes power-sharing deal with southern rebels
BRUSSELS: Pentagon chief Mark Esper said Friday that the United States will leave more American troops and armored vehicles in eastern Syria to help prevent Daesh militants from gaining access to oil fields controlled


