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Trump: ‘US is not the Middle East’s policeman’
JEDDAH: The US will not police the Middle East and it was time for Russia, Iran and the Assad regime in Syria to play a greater role in fighting Daesh, Donald Trump said on Thursday
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UN monitor en route as Hodeidah truce hangs on knife edge
JEDDAH: The US will not police the Middle East and it was time for Russia, Iran and the Assad regime in Syria to play a greater role in fighting Daesh, Donald Trump said on Thursday
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After Syria, Trump planning ‘troop withdrawal from Afghanistan’
Donald Trump is planning to pull thousands of US troops out of Afghanistan, reports have said, a day after the Republican president rebuffed top advisers and announced the withdrawal of all US soldiers from
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Saudi Arabia modifies intelligence service after Khashoggi murder
Saudi Arabia has said it is creating government bodies to boost oversight of its intelligence operations, in the wake of international outrage over journalist Jamal Khashoggi's murder. The kingdom has said Khashoggi was killed
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Nissan’s Carlos Ghosn re-arrested, chances of posting bail dashed
Prosecutors in Japan have re-arrested former Nissan chief Carlos Ghosn on new allegations of making the car giant shoulder millions of dollars in personal investment losses, dashing chances he would soon be released on
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Japan government approves record defence budget
Japan's government has announced that its defence budget will rise to a record $47bn for the next fiscal year, as Tokyo beefs up its missile defence and deploys stealth jets in a bid to
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Syria battle against ISIL far from over, despite US pull-out plan
Despite assurances from US President Donald Trump that ISIL in Syria is no more, the US-led battle to oust the armed group from its last stronghold the county's east has intensified in recent weeks,
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At least six killed as thousands protest against price rises in Sudan
The US will not police the Middle East and it was time for Russia, Iran and the Assad regime in Syria to play a greater role in fighting Daesh, Donald Trump said on Thursday.
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Suspects in murder of Scandinavian women in Morocco pledged allegiance to Daesh
JEDDAH: The US will not police the Middle East and it was time for Russia, Iran and the Assad regime in Syria to play a greater role in fighting Daesh, Donald Trump said on Thursday
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Fears US pullout of Syria will aid Daesh
ANKARA: President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw US troops from Syria could result in a deadly resurgence of the terror group Daesh, allies fear. However, Russian President Vladimir Putin welcomed Trump’s announcement, saying a


