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The European Union's anti-fraud body is investigating Syria aid projects, officials said, after a similar US probe exposed bribery and fraud in some of its humanitarian assistance in the...
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Russia is sending more warplanes to Syria to ramp up its campaign of airstrikes, a Russian newspaper reported today, as Moscow defied global censure over an escalation that Western...
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Moments before her wedding was due to start the zip on Jo Du's dress broke. It was a Sunday and Du didn't know where to find a tailor so...
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US lawmakers expressed doubts yesterday about legislation they forced on President Barack Obama, saying the new law allowing lawsuits against Saudi Arabia could be narrowed to ease concerns about...
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United States President Barack Obama will extend the US air campaign in Libya against Daesh militants for a third consecutive month. Initially supposed to last a few weeks, AFRICOM,...
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Airstrikes by the international coalition against Daesh have killed 18 of the militant organisation's commanders over the past 30 days, 13 of them in Mosul, a US military spokesman...
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The US warns that talks with Russia over Syria are near breaking point. John Kerry, US Secretary of State told reporters on Thursday that Moscow's continued support for the...
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A new demand by the UN has been made to end the on-going bombardment of Aleppo by pro-Syrian regime forces. Ambassador Ramzy Ezzeldin Ramzy, The UN's Deputy Special Envoy...
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Two senior members of Al-Qaeda's Yemen branch were killed in a suspected US drone strike in the central province of Bayda, local officials told Reuters today. The strike, which...
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Thirteen Daesh leaders have been killed by the US-led coalition in the past month in Iraq and Syria, Operation Inherent Resolve spokesman John Dorrian told reporters today. "By taking...
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The Syrian government today criticised the US-led coalition for destroying two bridges on the Euphrates river this week in areas held by Daesh hold in the east of the...
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The Obama administration is contemplating a wide range of military responses in Syria following the high-profile diplomatic failure to bring about a ceasefire. According to Reuters, new discussions were...
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A number of American human rights organisations have urged President Barack Obama to investigate the killing of a US citizen at the hands of Israeli occupation forces, warning that...
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Dunkin' Donuts Egypt released a picture of a doughnut covered in chocolate and one covered in sugar frosting with the following caption: "Blackness equals a half beauty. Whiteness equals...
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Russia is outraged by the allegedly threatening tone of the latest US statement on Russia's involvement in Syria, viewing it as tantamount to supporting terrorism, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister...
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Saudi Arabia and its allies are warning that U.S. legislation allowing the kingdom to be sued for the 9/11 attacks will have negative repercussions. The kingdom maintains an arsenal...
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Russia, and/or its interests, could be at risk from extremist attacks as a result of its support for the Syrian regime, the US State Department has warned. John Kirby,...
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At least 22 soldiers were killed in an alleged US airstrike on Somali army base Wednesday according to a local minister. The strike hit Galmudug army base in Jehdin...
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The US will send 615 new troops to Iraq to assist local forces in the battle to retake Mosul from Daesh, US and Iraqi officials revealed today. The new...
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The White House today slammed the Senate's nearly unanimous vote to reject President Barack Obama's veto of legislation allowing relatives of the victims of the September 11 2001 attacks...
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Students at one of Latin America's top-ranked universities have voted to back the Palestinian call for boycott, divestment and sanction, the Electronic Intifada reported yesterday. The decision at the...
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The US Senate today overwhelmingly rejected President Barack Obama's veto of legislation allowing relatives of the victims of the September 11 attacks to sue Saudi Arabia's government. The house...
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The offending munition landed on Qayyara Air Base, which is being used as a staging area for the expected Mosul operation later this year
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The Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Movement (BDS) strongly condemned on Tuesday Arab participation in a Zionist conference held in New York about the threat posed by Iran, Arab48.com has...
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Around 100 Bangladeshi workers hired by a Kuwaiti company to guard supermarkets and various stores in the country staged a sit-in protest yesterday at the Bangladesh Embassy. The company...
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Gulf states may supply opposition groups in Syria with anti-aircraft missiles to defend themselves against Syrian and Russian warplanes, Reuters reported. An official, who was speaking on the condition...
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In the most watched presidential debate in US history since Jimmy Carter opposed Ronald Reagan in the eighties, Donald Trump told Hillary Clinton that she was responsible for the...
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A Spokesman for the US military has said that they expect that their forces will be exposed to chemical weapons as in the run up to a possible attack...
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Oil jumped as much as four per cent today as the world's largest producers gathered in Algeria to discuss ways to support prices, with nervous trade driving volatility to...
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Israel should exploit the US elections and annex parts of the occupied West Bank and impose its full sovereignty over them, Education Minister Naftali Bennett urged today. Speaking on...
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Greek authorities sent 70 illegal immigrants from the island of Lesbos to Turkey under an agreement between Turkey and the European Union, Greek officials revealed today. The Anadolu Agency...