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Egypt Faces Uphill Battle Against Corruption

When Egyptian real estate developer Hassan tried building an apartment block without paying bribes, officials stalled...

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Rights Group Slams Yemen Journalist’s Death Sentence

Reporters Without Borders said Friday it was "appalled" at a death sentence handed to a veteran journalist by a court...

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Rights Group Slams Yemen Journalist’s Death Sentence

Reporters Without Borders said Friday it was "appalled" at a death sentence handed to a veteran journalist by a court...

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Vogue Arabia Replaces Saudi Princess Editor With Man

Vogue Arabia, the style bible that sought to put the Middle East on the international fashion map, has dismissed and...

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Vogue Arabia Replaces Saudi Princess Editor With Man

Vogue Arabia, the style bible that sought to put the Middle East on the international fashion map, has dismissed and...

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Pentagon Chief To Travel Next Week To Middle East, Africa

US Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis is heading to the Middle East and Africa next week for a series of meetings with...

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Trump Says ‘things Will Work Out Fine’ With Russia

US President Donald Trump expressed confidence Thursday that US-Russian relations will "work out fine" after icy...

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Syria’s Assad Says Chemical Attack ‘100% Fabrication’

Syria's President Bashar al-Assad has accused the West of fabricating a suspected chemical weapons attack that prompted...

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Filipino Catholics Perform Gruesome Religious Rituals On the Streets

Whipping their backs until they pour blood then nailing themselves to crosses, these are the Filipino Catholics who...

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Cathay Pacific Shares Rise After Management Shakeup

Shares in Hong Kong carrier Cathay Pacific were up Thursday, a day after the airline announced a management shakeup on...

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Arab Music’s Alternative Ambassadors Find Fans, and Bans

Their voices narrate the unofficial soundtrack of life as an Arab today. But for the artists leading the Arab world's...

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Trump and Putin Trade Barbs As Ministers Meet

The US and Russian presidents have revealed the wide gulf between them over Syria, even as their foreign ministers were...

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18 Fighters Killed In Raging Yemen Clashes

Intensified confrontations between government forces and Huthi rebels on Yemen's southwestern coast have killed 18...

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“Give Us Quality Service” -Akufo-Addo To British Airways

President Akufo-Addo, has urged British Airways, one of the world’s leading airlines, to upgrade the quality of the...

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Philippines Says Saudi Arabia Still Needs Its Workers

Saudi Arabia will still need even more Filipino workers despite its "Saudization" policy, Manila's labour secretary...

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Rawlings Jumps To the Defence of Syrian Govt; Lambasts US, Et Al.

Former President Jerry John Rawlings is convinced that report of chemical weapon attack on Syrians is a ploy to make...

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The Immorality of International Politics [Article]

The world has witnessed yet another display of the military might of the United States with the missile strikes on...

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Upgrade Quality of Services To Ghana – Akufo-Addo Admonishes British Airways

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has urged British Airways, one of the world’s leading airlines, to upgrade the...

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US-Russia War of Words Over Syria Clouds Moscow Talks

The United States and Russia were on a collision course over the alleged Syrian chemical attack on Wednesday as...