Iraqi parliament fails to choose speaker as federal court to decide winning coalition BAGHDAD: Iraq’s parliament held its first session on Monday since May elections but failed to elect a speaker as the two
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Israeli forces have shot dead a Palestinian man after he allegedly attempted to stab a soldier at a checkpoint near the entrance of an illegal settlement in the occupied West Bank city of Hebron,
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At least eight people have been killed in an explosion at a South African munitions depot near Cape Town, authorities said. The blast on Monday occurred at the Somerset West-based Rheinmetall Denel Munition (RDM) depot, a joint
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Argentina's President Mauricio Macri had announced emergency measures to control to slide of the country's currency, including new taxes on exports and cutting government ministries by half. The 59-year-old, who was elected in December
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Rotting carcasses of livestock contaminating water in the aftermath of devastating floods in India's Kerala state have given way to a new challenge - battling an infectious disease such as leptospirosis or "rat fever".
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Germany and Norway have pledged more than $150m of additional aid for Africa's Lake Chad region, where millions of people are facing a humanitarian crisis driven by violence, poverty and climate change. The promises
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DUBAI: A British tourist has died when the banana boat she was riding flipped over at the Red Sea resort, Steigenberger Aqua Magic Hotel, the same venue where a couple died last month, London
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DUBAI: A British tourist has died when the banana boat she was riding flipped over at the Red Sea resort, Steigenberger Aqua Magic Hotel, the same venue where a couple died last month, London
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DUBAI: A British tourist has died when the banana boat she was riding flipped over at the Red Sea resort, Steigenberger Aqua Magic Hotel, the same venue where a couple died last month, London
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Al Jazeera Media Network has condemned prison sentences of seven years handed down by a Myanmar court to two Reuters news agency reporters and called for their immediate release. Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe
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