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Iraq Holding Qatar Hunting Party’s Ransom Money

Iraq is holding hundreds of millions of dollars Qatari negotiators had brought to Baghdad as ransom money for the...

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Countries Pledge $1.1bn To Avert Yemen Famine

Countries around the world Tuesday pledged more than one billion dollars to help prevent a looming famine in war-torn...

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Khamenei Urges Presidential Hopefuls To Focus On Iran

Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei called Tuesday on candidates for next month's presidential election not to...

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Empty Slopes At N.Korea’s Ski Resort

Outside a large stone tablet acclaims "the work of Dear Leader Kim Jong-Un who devoted hard work and heart and soul to...

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‘March For Bread’ Protestors Reach Key Yemen Port

Yemeni protestors reached the Red Sea city of Hodeida Tuesday, ending a weeklong march from the capital to demand the...

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Kim Jong-Un’s Ski Resort Is Empty

On the ski fields of Mount Taehwa, groomed pistes snake down wooded hillsides to a luxurious hotel and a giant screen...

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Iran Nuclear Deal Reviewed As Uncertainty Grows

Iran and major powers were set to review adherence to their 2015 nuclear agreement on Tuesday, as uncertainty grows...

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Empty Slopes At N.Korea’s Ski Resort

On the ski fields of Mount Taehwa, groomed pistes snake down wooded hillsides to a luxurious hotel and a giant screen...

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Jailed British-Iranian Loses Final Appeal In Tehran

A British-Iranian woman jailed in Tehran after being accused of sedition has seen her appeal rejected by the country's...

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Al Hilal and Al Ain Progress, Al-Rayyan Must Wait

Saudi giants Al Hilal progressed to the knockout phase of the AFC Champions League but Qatar's Al Rayyan must wait...

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Sirens and Silence As Israel Remembers Holocaust

Israelis stood silent and sirens rang out for two minutes on Monday as the country held its annual remembrance of the...

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Israel PM Issues Holocaust Day Warning

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday threatened to destroy those who call for the destruction of Israel, in a...

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Yemen Missile Seriously Wounds AFP Photographer

A local photographer who works with AFP was seriously wounded in a missile strike on Sunday in southwest Yemen, his...

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Iran’s Ahmadinejad Says Won’t Endorse Other Candidates

Iran's former hardline president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Sunday that he won't endorse other candidates in next month's...

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US Defence Secretary Visits Qatar To ‘reinforce’ Ties

The US defence secretary has met Qatar's leader during a visit to the Gulf state, home to the largest American airbase...

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Iran Elections Have History of Dark Horses

Election season is under way in Iran and the rumour mill is in overdrive as the public tries to divine the backroom...

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Police Block Farmers’ Protest Against Planned Nicaragua Canal

Police in Nicaragua blocked thousands of farmers and rural residents from holding a march against a government plan to...

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US Defence Secretary Visits Key Ally Qatar

US Defence Secretary Jim Mattis met Qatar's emir Saturday during a visit to the oil-rich Gulf state, home to the...

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US To Honour ‘dumb’ Australia Migrant Deal

The United States has confirmed it will be going through with a migrant resettlement plan made with Australia. US...