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Several killed in Sudan as protests over rising prices continue
At least eight people have been killed in protests that have swept across Sudan on Thursday over the rising costs of bread and fuel, officials said. According to Gadarif's city's commissioner who spoke to Sudania
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Syria constitutional committee ‘will not be formed’ in 2018
The outgoing United Nations envoy to Syria, Staffan de Mistura, acknowledged that a committee tasked with writing a new constitution for the war-torn country would not be in place by year's end as was hoped. "We
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US to send asylum seekers back to Mexico to wait out requests
The United States will soon send non-Mexican asylum seekers who cross the US southern border back to wait in Mexico while their requests are processed, the Trump administration announced on Thursday. Immigrant advocates and
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One dead in Sudanese protests
KHARTOUM: At least two people were killed in eastern Sudan as thousands took to the streets across the country on Thursday protesting against soaring prices, with some calling for the overthrow of President Omar
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Egypt acquits 43 in NGO foreign funding retrial
SYDNEY: Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison made a pre-Christmas visit to hundreds of troops in Iraq, telling them he wanted to say thank you from “one Australian to another.” But Morrison canceled a planned
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‘Uneasy’ calm in Yemen’s Hodeidah after overnight fire: govt source
DUBAI: The battleground of Hodeidah was calm on Thursday after a minor exchange of fire between the warring parties overnight, a pro-government official said. Military officials and residents have said that there has been
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Trump rejects compromise to avoid US government shutdown: Ryan
US President Donald Trump "will not sign" a spending bill to keep the government open, Speaker of the House Paul Ryan said on Thursday. Ryan cited Trump's dispute with Democrats over funding for his
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US indicts hackers ‘working for Chinese spy agency’
US officials say two Chinese citizens acting on behalf of their country's main intelligence agency carried out an extensive hacking campaign to steal data from government agencies and companies in the United States and
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Denmark approves plan to send unwanted migrants to ‘virus’ island
A plan to send migrants sentenced to deportation, but unable to return home due to risk of torture or execution to a tiny island is set to be approved by the Danish parliament. The
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UN report: Majority of female migrants faced gang rape in Libya
The "overwhelming majority" of women and older girls who passed through Libya as migrants reported being gang-raped by traffickers or witnessed others taken away to be abused, according to a UN report based on hundreds


