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Austria's Chancellor Sebastian Kurz has called for fresh elections after his ruling coalition collapsed following an apparent video sting that forced his deputy to step down. In a
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Milan, Italy - On their way to the Piazza del Duomo, thousands of supporters of the League - the party led by Italy's far-right Interior Minister Matteo Salvini
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BEIRUT: Loud blasts echoed across Damascus late on Friday, residents said, as Syrian state media reported "enemy targets" coming from the direction of Israel, which has previously acknowledged
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KHARTOUM: Hundreds of demonstrators worked to clear away bricks and debris Friday, after military rulers demanded that roadblocks which have paralysed parts of Khartoum be dismantled before talks
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Manchester City, the UAE-owned megaclub who finished the season as champions of the Premier League and winners of the Carabao Cup, are closing in on their bid to
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A UN human rights expert has condemned reports of "excessive use of force" by Sudanese security forces against protesters demanding the country's military rulers cede power to a
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RAMALLAH: Israel hosts the Eurovision song contest this week and the thousands of visitors who come with it, but Palestinians are planning an alternative they hope draws attention
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AMMAN: For Um Nabil, a 46-year-old Syrian refugee living in Irbid in Jordan, preparing the iftar dinner on the first day of Ramadan was a challenge. With three
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Walmart Stores Inc. was a major gainer in the Dow Jones Industrial Average Thursday after it posted better-than-expected results at its United States division during the first quarter.
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Before travelling to Iran for a week-long tour of the country, Ivan Brezina, 39, from Slovakia avoided sharing his plans with people who haven't visited the country. If
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AMMAN: Radio producer Hadeel Al-Biss wanted to make her work make a difference. “We were asked to participate in a radio marathon for Nakba Day, and I figured that
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WASHINGTON: International worries that the Trump administration is sliding toward war with Iran flared into the open amid skepticism about its claims that the Islamic republic poses a growing
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China's e-commerce giant Alibaba Group reported better-than-expected fourth-quarter sales on Wednesday, suggesting still-solid consumer demand in the world's second-largest economy. But this announcement is overshadowed by a slowing
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The Kennedy Space Center's visitor-observation gantry is sold out. Wednesday evening, SpaceX is scheduled to launch a Falcon 9 rocket… again. But on this rocket's third launch, it
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DUBAI: Nakba Day is meant to remind the world of the tragedy of 1948, when more than 700,000 Palestinian Arabs were uprooted from their homes by the war
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DUBAI: Nakba Day is meant to remind the world of the tragedy of 1948, when more than 700,000 Palestinian Arabs were uprooted from their homes by the war
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Sudan's military leaders who seized power last month by overthrowing longtime ruler Omar al-Bashir have agreed with opposition groups to a three-year transition period, as the country slowly moves
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Melbourne, Australia - Australia, one of the world's oldest continuing democracies, goes to the polls on Saturday to choose the country's next parliament and prime minister. Australians have
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GAZA CITY: Ramadan has arrived under very harsh conditions in the Gaza Strip, the result of the 13-year siege and waves of Israeli military escalation, as well as
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DUBAI: Mental-health campaigners in the Middle East say it is high time for teachers, parents and policymakers to encourage young people to open up about their feelings and
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At least one protester and one army major have been killed in Sudan's capital, Khartoum, hours after protest leaders and the ruling generals reached a deal on transitional
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US President Donald Trump said on Monday that he will meet Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin at the G20 gathering in Japan next month.
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DAMASCUS: Fighters fired rockets into a regime-held town in northwestern Syria on Sunday, killing six people, including five children who were playing near a monastery and wounding several
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JERUSALEM: The US moved its Israel Embassy to Jerusalem nearly a year ago in the culmination of a diplomatic rupture that coincided with a bloodbath on the Gaza
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Filipinos are voting in midterm elections that are expected to strengthen President Rodrigo Duterte's grip on power, opening the way for him to deliver on promises to rewrite
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The United Nations has said the first full day of the Houthi withdrawal from three of Yemen's Red Sea ports went "in accordance with established plans", while an
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CAIRO: “Why are women and girls coming to church if they’re wearing revealing and inappropriate clothes?” That was the message of the sermon delivered by Father Daoud Lamei
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KHARTOUM: One month after ousting veteran President Omar Al-Bashir, Sudan’s military rulers show no sign of handing power to a civilian administration and talks with protest leaders remain
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A new political party led by British eurosceptic Nigel Farage appears to be on course to scoop more support in elections for the European Parliament than the United
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Every day, thousands of people risk their lives by crossing borders to escape wars and natural disasters. But many more have no choice but to stay in their
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