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UN calls for ‘credible’ probe into Khashoggi murder
UN chief Antonio Guterres has called for a "credible" investigation into journalist Jamal Khashoggi's murder in Saudi Arabia's consulate in Istanbul. "It is absolutely essential to have a credible investigation and to have the
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Turkey says Trump working on extraditing wanted preacher Gulen
US President Donald Trump told his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan that Washington is working on extraditing a US-based Muslim preacher accused of orchestrating a failed Turkish coup in 2016, Turkey's foreign minister has said.
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US orders non-emergency staff out of DR Congo before vote
The US Department of State said on Saturday it has ordered non-emergency government staff and family members of government employees to leave the Democratic Republic of the Congo a week before a presidential election that it
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Israeli military finds 4th Hezbollah tunnel from Lebanon
DAMASCUS: Christmas decorations are going up for the first time in years in a Damascus neighbourhood that was a frontline in Syria's war until government forces wiped out the last rebel enclaves in the
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Damascus prepares for Christmas without mortar fire
DAMASCUS: Christmas decorations are going up for the first time in years in a Damascus neighbourhood that was a frontline in Syria's war until government forces wiped out the last rebel enclaves in the
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Yemeni army expels Houthis militia from Awaja district in Hajjah province
DUBAI: Driving down the number of expat workers in Oman’s private sector is “going to take a long time,” a senior official at the Ministry of Manpower said, highlighting infrastructure projects as areas where
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At Havana film festival, Cuban filmmakers fight censorship
This year's annual Havana International Film Festival has attracted movies from around the world. Domestic cinema continues to draw large audiences in Cuba because many viewers feel movies better mirror their problems and lives
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Qatar signs new UN partnerships at Doha Forum
Qatar has signed a host of United Nations partnerships on the sidelines of the Doha Forum in order to strengthen cooperation between the world body and the Gulf state, including the establishment of four
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Brexit fishing rights: Questions about North Sea ownership
The fishing industry has found itself at the heart of the Brexit battle, used as a symbol of everything that "taking back control" would be about during the 2016 campaign. But a few years
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Putin wants Kremlin to control rap music in Russia
Russia's rap artists have grown increasingly vocal about the country's social problems, and the Kremlin is not happy about it. President Vladimir Putin has called for tighter control of rap and other musical genres.


