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JEDDAH: Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas told a group of Israeli lawmakers and activists on Sunday that US President Donald Trump’s negotiating team had asked whether he would
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DUBAI: Yemen’s warring parties meet in Geneva Thursday for a new round of peace talks with little hope of a breakthrough in an “ugly war” between the government
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Some people have taken to social media, posting videos of them burning Nike trainers and clothing, to protest former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick being the face of the
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Deadly clashes continued in Iraq's southern oil hub of Basra after hundreds gathered to mourn the death of a protester killed a day earlier. At least six people
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International donors and member states have pledged more than $2bn in financial assistance for the Lake Chad Basin to address a crisis described as "one of the greatest
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World
China's biggest ride-hailing company is introducing a host of new safety features after two female passengers were murdered in less than four months. Didi Chuxing is making it
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Wall Street seems to think Nike just blew it with its new ad campaign featuring controversial quarterback Colin Kaepernick. Shares of Nike (NKE) fell nearly 3% in midday
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The prospective CEOs for a health care company that Warren Buffett is launching with fellow billionaires Jeff Bezos and Jamie Dimon all agreed on one thing, Buffett said
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WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump wanted to have Syrian President Bashar Assad assassinated last year after a chemical attack on civilians, according to a new book. The revelation appears
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WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump wanted to have Syrian President Bashar Assad assassinated last year after a chemical attack on civilians, according to a new book. The revelation appears
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JERUSALEM: Al Qaeda is trying to regain its primacy over international militancy as Daesh loses ground, a senior NATO official said on Tuesday, seeing a potentially increased risk
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Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho has accepted a one-year prison sentence as part of a deal to settle a Spanish tax evasion case, El Mundo newspaper reported on
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Britain's main opposition Labour Party has announced it will fully adopt an internationally recognised definition of anti-Semitism as it tries to end a long-running internal debate that engulfed senior
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China is Africa's largest trading partner and has already spent tens of billions of dollars in investment and loans - with the promise of much more to come.
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World
(CNN)Here's some background information about the September 11, 2012, attack on the US mission in Benghazi, Libya.Facts:September 11, 2012 - The US mission in Benghazi is attacked and
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DUBAI: Yemen’s warring parties meet in Geneva Thursday for a new round of peace talks with little hope of a breakthrough in an “ugly war” between the government
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BEIRUT: A Lebanese man demonstrating outside the Lebanese Ministry of Social Affairs in Beirut inflicted cuts on his body in protest against his “bad living situation.” The man, in
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BAGHDAD: Six demonstrators were shot dead and many others wounded when armed protesters stormed a local government building in Basra on Tuesday. Security forces responded by firing live bullets and
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Two Armenian children, who have spent a decade growing up in the Netherlands, are set to be deported to Armenia after they came out of their hiding and reported to
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Argentine officials arrived in Washington, DC on Tuesday for crisis talks with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to renegotiate conditions of a $50bn loan to help its ailing
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Mutuati, Kenya - On a bitterly cold night in July 2014, Morris Nkonja grabbed his machete and set out along a muddy path off the main road in Mutuati,
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CAIRO: Egyptian police on Tuesday arrested a man after an explosive device detonated near the US embassy in Cairo. Dramatic video footage showed the man walking near the
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Iraq lawmakers agree to delay next meeting and speaker’s election to mid-September BAGHDAD: Iraqi lawmakers agreed on Tuesday to delay their next meeting, where they are expected to
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Iraq lawmakers agree to delay next meeting and speaker’s election to mid-September BAGHDAD: Iraqi lawmakers agreed on Tuesday to delay their next meeting, where they are expected to
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Chinese and African officials have rejected criticism of Beijing's development projects on the continent as they ended a summit that included a $60bn pledge for more aid to
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The confirmation hearing for US President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee quickly descended into chaos on Tuesday with Democrats demanding a postponement and protesters shouting loudly. Several Democrats
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Typhoon Jebi is the latest extreme weather event to besiege Japan this summer following heavy rains, landslides, floods and a record-breaking heatwave that cumulatively killed hundreds of people. Japan issued evacuation
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