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‘Moonlight’ Director To Film Slavery Drama For Amazon

Director Barry Jenkins, whose movie "Moonlight" won this year's best picture Oscar, is to write and direct a drama for...

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US Probes Mosul Bombing Amid Worries of Rising Civilian Deaths

The Pentagon said Monday it was reviewing more than 700 video feeds of coalition air strikes on west Mosul, Iraq after...

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Mystery Buyer Snaps Up Trump’s Childhood Home For $2 Mn

President Donald Trump's childhood home in the New York borough of Queens has sold for $2.14 million -- a premium price...

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Film Festival Opens In Cinema-Less Saudi Arabia

The Saudi Film Festival opened Monday with 58 homegrown cinematic works to be screened in the ultra-conservative...

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Owners Approve Moving Raiders To Las Vegas

NFL team owners granted conditional approval on Monday to allow the Oakland Raiders to move to Las Vegas, the league...

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Gross, Pimco Settle Breach-of-Contract Suit

Former Pimco co-founder and bond guru Bill Gross settled a wrongful termination and breach-of-contract suit against his...

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Trump Poised To Roll Back Climate Protections

US President Donald Trump will on Tuesday roll back a slew of environmental protections enacted by Barack Obama, in a...

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Bears, Packers Defenders Arrested After Bar Fracas

Chicago Bears cornerback Deiondre Hall and Green Bay Packers cornerback Makinton Dorleant were arrested after an...

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Backgammon, Football After War Reaches Damascus District

When Syria's war came to 73-year-old Joseph Mghazi's street in the Abbasiyeen neighbourhood of Damascus, he ignored his...

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More Than 10,000 Attacks On Yemeni Women In 2016

The conflict in Yemen has made women and girls more vulnerable to gender-based violence, with more than 10,000 cases...

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The Pentagon ‘has Been Let Off the Leash’ Under Trump

The Pentagon under President Donald Trump is experiencing greater freedom to run wars without seeking White House...

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‘Humbling’ Experience For Family of London Attack Victim

The family of Kurt Cochran, the US tourist killed during a terror attack while in London with his wife to celebrate...

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10 Jihadists Among 20 Dead In Yemen Attack

Ten people were killed Monday in a jihadist attack on a government building in southern Yemen that also saw 10...

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NATO Confirms Rex Tillerson Meeting Friday

NATO said it has rescheduled a key meeting of foreign ministers for Friday after US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson...

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Qatar Set To Invest GBP5bn In UK Over Next Five Years

Qatar will invest £5 billion in Britain within five years in a boost for the post-Brexit economy, Prime Minister...

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Top Trump Aide Kushner To Face Russia Investigation Panel

Donald Trump's son-in-law and top aide Jared Kushner will appear before a Senate panel investigating Russian...

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Saudi Cuts Taxes On Oil Firms Ahead of Aramco Sale

Saudi Arabia on Monday cut taxes on oil companies in a major move that could attract investments in its energy giant...

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US Stocks Slump As Market Digests Trump Health Setback

Wall Street stocks fell early Monday in the first full session since Republican leaders withdrew a US health care...

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Mali Peace Conference Hit By Boycott

Former rebels and Mali's opposition parties Monday boycotted a national summit enshrined in the country's 2015 peace...