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China rejects economic espionage accusations from US, allies
China has strongly rejected accusations from the United States and a number of its allies criticising Beijing for economic espionage, urging Washington to withdraw its accusations. Britain, Australia and New Zealand on Thursday joined
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Pentagon chief Mattis quits, cites policy differences with Trump
US Defence Secretary Jim Mattis abruptly announced his resignation on Thursday, a day after President Donald Trump overruled his advice against pulling troops out of Syria and pressed forward on discussions to withdraw forces
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UK troops join drone hunt after Gatwick airport shutdown
The United Kingdom has sent troops to its second-busiest airport after an unprecedented attempt to cripple Christmas travel with unusually large drones forced all flights to be grounded. As tens of thousands of passengers
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US, allies slam China ‘for economic espionage’, hackers indicted
The United States and several allies have accused China of conducting economic espionage, escalating tensions as US prosecutors indicted two Chinese nationals linked to their country's spy agency on charges of stealing confidential data from
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Murder of Honduran teens highlight dangers for refugees at border
Tijuana, Mexico - The murder of two Honduran teens in the Mexican border city of Tijuana over the weekend represents a tragic example of how the delays in asylum processing are putting unaccompanied minors
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Australian PM Morrison visits troops in Iraq
MOGADISHU: Lawmakers in a volatile region of Somalia elected the federal government’s preferred candidate as its leader on Wednesday after a popular former Al-Shabab leader was barred from running in the vote seen as
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Mogadishu-backed candidate wins test-case regional election
MOGADISHU: Lawmakers in a volatile region of Somalia elected the federal government’s preferred candidate as its leader on Wednesday after a popular former Al-Shabab leader was barred from running in the vote seen as
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Israel begins destruction of Hezbollah tunnels
ROME: Before their lives ended in an underwater deathtrap, before they lined up 100 to a row on a Libyan beach to board a boat with no anchor, the young men from the parched
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US Defense Secretary Mattis to retire, Trump says
US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, a retired Marine Corps general who was known as a stabilising force in President Donald Trump's Cabinet, will leave his job at the end of February, Trump said in
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Has ISIL been defeated in Syria?
US President Donald Trump defended his decision to withdraw US troops from Syria, saying his that the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, also known as ISIS) group has been defeated. His


