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Russia used all major social media platforms to aid Trump: report
Russian interference in the 2016 US presidential election on social media was more widespread than previously thought and included attempts to divide Americans by race and extreme ideology, according to reports by private experts
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UN force says Israel-Lebanon border tunnels violate 2006 truce
United Nations' peacekeepers in Lebanon have said two of the four tunnels allegedly discovered by Israel cross the border between the two countries, violating a ceasefire agreement that ended a 2006 war. In a statement on
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Why are Hungarian workers angry?
The right-wing prime minister of Hungary is at the centre of yet another controversy. Viktor Orban faced unprecedented disciplinary action from the European Parliament a few months ago for breaching core democratic values of
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Flynn ex-business partner charged with secret lobbying for Turkey
Two men involved in a Turkish lobbying campaign led by former National Security adviser Michael Flynn have been charged with illegally lobbying in a case related to special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation. The case
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Everything you need to know about the Hodeidah ceasefire
Yemen's warring parties agreed to a ceasefire in the Red Sea city of Hodeidah last week, a major breakthrough that was expected to end violence in the flashpoint city. After a week of consultations
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French court rules against former students in discrimination case
A French court has ruled against three former high school students who accused the state of racial discrimination. The men, all of African descent, said they were stopped and searched by police on a
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62 al-Shabab fighters killed in Somalia air raids: US army
The US military said it killed 62 al-Shabab fighters in six air raids last weekend in the vicinity of Gandarsh in Somalia's south-central Banaadir province. The military's Africa Command (Africom) said on Monday that
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Turkey says it will not let the US hold it back in Syria
ISTANBUL: Turkey pledged on Monday to press ahead with plans to target a Kurdish militia in northern Syria, brushing off what it said were American efforts to stymie Turkish military operations east of the
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Israel army destroys Palestinian attacker’s West Bank home
JERUSALEM: The United Nations and the Palestinian Authority on Monday appealed for $350 million in humanitarian relief for Palestinians next year, saying that they needed more but had to be realistic in the face
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How many more ways can Israel sentence Palestinians to death?
Fifty-seven years ago, Adolf Eichmann, the infamous Nazi SS leader and the "architect" of the Holocaust was sentenced to death by the Jerusalem District Court. He was convicted on 15 counts of crimes against


