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Trump To Sign New Immigration Order

Donald Trump is to sign a new executive order on immigration later on Monday, his aide Kellyanne Conway has said. A...

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Trump To Sign Revised Executive Order On Immigration Monday

US President Donald Trump is to sign a revised executive order on immigration Monday, after his first version was...

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Life In A Basement On Mosul’s Front Line

Abu Mariam's spacious villa sits in an upscale Mosul district, but when Iraq's second city became a war zone, the...

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North Korean Envoy Flies Out After Expulsion From Malaysia

This is the moment a North Korean ambassador was squashed between other passengers as he was made to fly home from...

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Lawyer For Kim Jong-Nam Murder Suspect Calls For Second Autopsy

The lawyer of a Vietnamese woman accused of murdering the half-brother of North Korea's leader questioned Malaysia's...

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US-Backed Forces Cut Key Supply Route To IS-Held Raqa

US-backed forces in Syria on Monday cut off a key supply route between the Islamic State group's stronghold Raqa and...

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Ould Khelifa To Represent Algerian President At Ghana@60 Celebrations

The president of Algeria Abdelaziz Bouteflika has designated the Speaker of the People’s National Assembly (Lower...

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Family In Tears As They Flee ISIS-Held Street In Mosul

A mother-of-two sobs as she carries her young son down a street in war-torn Mosul following heavy clashes today between...

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Syrian Farmers Fear IS To Flood Villages Near Euphrates

Syrian farmers near the Euphrates river are terrified the Islamic State group will literally open the floodgates to...

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Iran Blows US Fifth Fleet Out of the Water In Animated Film

A new animated film from Iran shows the US Navy's Fifth Fleet being blown out of the water in the latest effort to...

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Blair Denies Trump Mideast Job Talks Report

Tony Blair has had no discussions about working for US President Donald Trump, his spokesman said Sunday after reports...

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China To Strengthen Defenses, No Word On Budget

China pledged more support for its military on Sunday including strengthening maritime and air defenses as it takes...

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US-Led Strikes Claim Another 21 Civilian Lives

Twenty-one civilians were killed in US-led coalition air strikes against Islamic State group targets in Iraq and Syria...

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Bahrain Says 25 Arrested Over Jailbreak, Unrest

Bahrain said Saturday that it had arrested 25 suspects accused of involvement in unrest in the Sunni-ruled kingdom,...

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Iraq Minister Criticises UN Efforts For Mosul Displaced

An Iraqi minister on Saturday sharply criticised UN efforts to aid civilians fleeing fighting in west Mosul, even as...

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Twelve Treated For Chemical Weapons Agents In Mosul Since March 1

Twelve people, including women and children, are being treated for possible exposure to chemical weapons agents in...

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Jordan Hangs 15 Convicts At Dawn, Most In Years

Jordan hanged 15 death row prisoners at dawn on Saturday, its information minister said, in a further break with the...

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Chemical Weapons Injure Seven In Mosul Area

Seven people, among them five children, have been hospitalised over the past two days near Iraq's Mosul with injuries...

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Trapped Syrians Tell of Misery In No Man’s Land

A Jordanian army ambulance pulled up at a makeshift clinic a few hundred metres from a desert border camp where tens of...