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Myanmar Child Servants Abused As Legal Protections Prove Elusive

Playing with a tiny kitten is the only thing that stops 13-year-old Myat Noe crying as she lies in a Yangon hospital,...

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Myanmar Scours Sea For 122 Missing After Plane Disappears

Myanmar's military was on Thursday scouring the waves for more than 120 people missing after their plane vanished...

International

Somalia ‘ready To Offer A Helping Hand’ To Solve Gulf Crisis

Other African countries have added their voice for a settlement of the crisis. Somalia has added its voice to the...

Business

Ghana’s Economic Transformation More Certain Than Before – Dzani

The President of Groupe Ideal Dr. Nii Kotei Dzani has stated that Ghana’s economic transformation is more certain now...

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Trump Calls Qatar Emir As Efforts Build To End Crisis

President Donald Trump called Qatar's emir Wednesday and offered his services as a mediator in a damaging feud between...

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Trump Offers To Mediate Qatar Crisis In Call With Emir

President Donald Trump spoke to Qatar's emir on Wednesday, offering US mediation in a crisis that has split...

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Turkish Parliament Approves Troop Deployment In Qatar

Turkey's parliament has approved a legislation allowing its troops to be deployed to a Turkish military base in Qatar....

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S&P Cuts Qatar’s Credit Rating One Notch To AA-

S&P Global Ratings on Wednesday cut Qatar's credit rating by one notch to AA- and put it on watch for further...

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Kuwait Emir Holds Talks In UAE Over Qatar Crisis

Kuwait's Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad Al-Sabah met Emirati officials in Dubai on Wednesday, a day after holding talks in...

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Turkey’s Parliament To Debate Troop Deployment To Qatar

Turkey's parliament will debate on Wednesday a bill that would allow its troops to be deployed to a Turkish base in...

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Student Death Sparks New Anti-India Demos In Kashmir

The death of a student killed by troops in Kashmir sparked new anti-India demonstrations on Wednesday. Hundreds of...

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Saudi FM Says ‘brother State’ Qatar Must Act To End Crisis

Saudi Arabia's top diplomat said Wednesday that Qatar is a "brother state" and that punitive steps against the emirate...

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US Coalition Strike On Pro-Assad Forces An ‘act of Aggression’

Moscow on Wednesday condemned a US-led coalition strike on pro-regime fighters in Syria as an "act of aggression" that...

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Gulf Rivals Not Seeking Qatar ‘regime Change’

A senior Emirati official insisted on Wednesday that Gulf Arab states were not seeking regime change in Doha, as...

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US Envoy Haley In Jerusalem Vows To Defend Israel At UN

US ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley hailed a "new day" for Israel at the global body Wednesday as she held...

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‘Myanmar Military Plane Carrying 116 Missing’

A Myanmar military plane carrying 116 people went missing on Wednesday between the southern city of Myeik and Yangon,...

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China Slams Pentagon Report On Overseas Military Bases

Beijing on Wednesday dismissed as "irresponsible" an annual US Defense Department report that predicted China would...

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Moscow Says ‘zero’ Proof Russian Hackers Involved In Qatar Crisis

Moscow on Wednesday dismissed allegations that Russian hackers helped spark the diplomatic crisis around Qatar, after...

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Gun Attacks and Suicide Bomb In Tehran, At Least Two Dead

Gunmen and a suicide bomber have carried out apparently coordinated attacks on Iran's parliament and the tomb of...