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Turkey FM In Doha As UN ‘alarmed’ By Gulf Crisis

The search for a diplomatic solution to the Gulf crisis intensified Wednesday as Turkey's foreign minister landed in...

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Syria Peace Talks May Resume In July

A new round of Syria peace talks could happen next month in Geneva, the United Nations envoy said Wednesday, following...

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Syria Peace Talks May Resume In July

A new round of Syria peace talks could happen next month in Geneva, the United Nations envoy said Wednesday, following...

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UN Chief Calls For Aid To Afghanistan As Conflict Spirals

Sitting cross-legged with war-displaced women in a mud-brick settlement on Kabul's outskirts, UN Secretary General...

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Asylum-Seekers In Australia Win Multimillion Dollar Payout

Detainees at a controversial Australian asylum-seeker camp in Papua New Guinea won Aus$70 million ($53 million) in...

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Late Blows Jolt China, Qatar Shock South Korea

Ahmad Al Salih's late strike dealt a body blow to China's faltering quest to reach a second World Cup on Tuesday, as...

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Mine Blast Kills Saudi Soldier On Yemen Border

A Saudi border guard died Tuesday in a landmine blast along the frontier with Yemen, the interior ministry said. The...

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Late Blows Jolt China, Japan In World Cup Qualifying

Ahmad Al Salih's late strike dealt a body blow to China's faltering quest to reach a second World Cup on Tuesday, as...

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Saudis Insist No Blockade On Qatar As Gulf Crisis Simmers

Saudi Arabia insisted on Tuesday that its neighbour Qatar was not under blockade as a Gulf diplomatic dispute escalated...

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Late Syria Strike Dims China’s World Cup Hopes

Ahmad Al Salih's injury-time free kick dealt China's already faint World Cup hopes another body blow as they were held...

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Cholera Leaves Yemen Hospitals In Constant Code Black

At Yemen's Sabaeen Hospital, code black is an understatement: patients sleep three to a bed, on the bare floor or...

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Qatar Crisis Turns Hostile On Social Media

The diplomatic crisis surrounding Qatar and other Gulf countries has remained a peaceful one for now, but open warfare...

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Iran Urges Gulf Peace Mechanism, Says Saudi Backing Militants

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Tuesday called for a permanent mechanism in the Gulf to resolve crises...

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Erdogan Calls Iraqi Kurdish Referendum ‘error and Threat’

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday strongly criticised the decision of the authorities in Iraq's...

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Trump ‘predicted’ Travel Ban Setback In Court

US President Donald Trump on Tuesday took a swipe at a federal court that upheld a block on his controversial travel...

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Turkey’s Erdogan Slams ‘inhumane’ Isolation of Qatar

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday slammed the economic and political isolation of Qatar as inhumane and...

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IS Praises Jihadist Attacks In Philippines, Iran

A spokesman for the Islamic State group praised jihadist attacks in the Philippines and Iran, in an audio recording...

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Journey To Statehood Still Long For Iraq Kurds

Many Iraqi Kurds hailed last week's announcement of a September referendum on independence as historic, but major...

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Korea’s Stielike Wary of Qatar Threat

South Korea's coach Uli Stielike admitted on Monday that he was concerned by the threat posed by Qatar ahead of a...