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October 23, 2016

Battle for Aleppo intensifies after ceasefire ends

The battle for control of the northern Syrian city of Aleppo intensified on Sunday with air strikes, ground offensives and shelling, the morning after a resurgence in fighting ended...

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October 23, 2016

Worker dies in 'work-related fatality' at World Cup stadium in Qatar

About 5,100 construction workers from Nepal, India and Bangladesh are currently building stadiums for the FIFA World Cup 2022 in Qatar...

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October 23, 2016

Two police killed, 19 people wounded in bomb in east Turkey

Two police officers were killed and 19 people were wounded when a car bomb exploded near a passing police vehicle in the eastern Turkish province of Bingol on Sunday,...

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October 23, 2016

Sanaa air raids resume as Yemen truce expires

Warplanes from a Saudi-led coalition attacked targets in Sanaa at dawn on Sunday, hours after a three-day truce in Yemen’s war expired, residents in the capital said. The ceasefire,...

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October 23, 2016

Analysis: Egyptians losing patience with Sisi as economy deteriorates

Sugar shortage increases fears about food security, while the double-digit inflation rate squeezes poor Egyptians...

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October 23, 2016

Algeria's ruling FLN party chief steps down

The long-standing chief of Algeria’s ruling FLN party Amar Saadani has resigned just weeks after making accusations that a retired spy chief and a former prime minister had been...

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October 23, 2016

Iran's president says US election offers only bad or worse choice

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Sunday the choice offered to voters in the US presidential election was between “bad and worse” and that harsh exchanges in the debates...

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October 23, 2016

The battle for Mosul: Day Six

Kurdish fighters said they had taken the town of Bashiqa near Mosul from Daesh on Sunday as coalition forces pressed their offensive against the jihadists’ last stronghold in Iraq....

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October 22, 2016

How does Israel work to prevent the fall of the Sisi regime?

Previously, many prominent Israelis expressed delight that Israel had been very fortunate because Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi was able to seize power in Egypt. They even described him...

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October 22, 2016

Turkey ‘obliged’ to press on to Syria’s Al-Bab

Turkish-backed forces will press on to the Daesh-held town of Al-Bab in Syria, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said today, emphasising Ankara’s drive to sweep militants and Syrian Kurdish...

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