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Idlib Hospitals Overwhelmed After Suspected Gas Attack

Hospitals across Syria's rebel-held Idlib province are overwhelmed with casualties from a suspected chemical attack...

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Remembering the Anti-Apartheid Giant Ahmed Kathrada

Flags were lowered to half-mast and mourners lined the streets outside Westpark Cemetery on Wednesday morning. Many...

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Israel-Lebanon Maritime Dispute Explained

Earlier this month, the new Lebanese government, led by President Michel Aoun, published a tender to explore untapped...

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Zimbabwe Floods Leave Villagers Stranded

More than 250 people have been killed so far in this rainy season as floods have left remote communities isolated....

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Uganda At ‘breaking Point’ From S Sudan Refugee Crisis

The United Nations has warned that Uganda is at a "breaking point" as almost 3,000 refugees pour into the country every...

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Israeli Officer Beats Palestinian In Jerusalem

Jerusalem - An Israeli policeman was caught on video on Thursday physically assaulting a Palestinian in the occupied...

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Five Dead After Rampage Outside UK Parliament

London police say five people, including the attacker, were killed after a car ploughed into pedestrians and a man went...

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Clashes In Syria’s Damascus After Surprise Rebel Attack

Heavy clashes rocked eastern districts of the Syrian capital on Sunday after rebel fighters launched a surprise assault...

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Police Displace Thousands In Nigeria’s Otodo-Gbame Slum

Thousands of people fled Nigeria's largest informal fishing settlement on Friday as security forces used gunfire and...

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Celebrity Social Media Push To Help Somalia Goes Viral

UN says 2.9 million people in Somalia need urgent help "to save or sustain their lives". Campaign to raise $1m to...

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UN Official Resigns Over Israel Apartheid Report

The head of the United Nations' West Asia commission, Rima Khalaf, has resigned over what she described as the pressure...

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UN Sounds Alarm Over Foreign Aid Cuts

US President Donald Trump is seeking to reduce his country's contribution to UN programmes, as part of cuts to funding...

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Employers Allowed To Ban the Hijab

Employers are entitled to ban staff from wearing visible religious symbols, the European Union's top law court ruled on...

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‘Why Are You Hiding Terrorists’

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan continued his rhetorical attacks on European leaders on Monday by accusing...

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Nigerians In South Africa ‘living In Fear’ After Attacks

Members of Nigeria's community in South Africa have raised concerns over renewed anti-immigrant violence, appealing to...

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WTC Bombing ‘plotter’ Omar Abdel Rahman Dies In US Jail

Omar Abdel Rahman, who was convicted of conspiracy in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing and of planning more attacks...

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Altice To Launch US Cable News Channel

European-based media and telecom group Altice is launching its i24news channel next week in the United States,...

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‘Witch Hunt’ Fears As US May Ban Muslim Brotherhood

US civil liberties groups have slammed plans by members of Congress to proscribe the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist...

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Inside the African Union Race

It is the morning after the night before and the cold chill of the night have lifted. At the African Union headquarters...