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Blast At Indian Firecracker Factory Kills 12

An explosion at a fireworks factory in central India on Wednesday killed 12 workers and injured 10 others, some with...

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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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No Korea Family Reunions Unless Citizens Returned

A senior North Korean official on Wednesday ruled out any more reunions for family members separated decades ago by war...

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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...

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Qatar Says Saudi-Led Move To Bar Citizens Breach of Rights

A Qatari official has said an ultimatum issued by Saudi Arabia and its allies for the emirate's citizens to leave is a...

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S. Korea To Freeze New THAAD Deployment Pending Probe

South Korea will suspend any further deployment of a controversial US missile defence system until an environmental...

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Drivers Bewildered By Twisting Chinese Interchange

Five suspended levels and cars going in all directions: a new highway interchange is driving motorists to tears, as...

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US Suspects Russian Hackers Planted Fake News Behind Qatar Crisis

US investigators believe Russian hackers breached Qatar's state news agency and planted a fake news report that...

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Trump Urges Arab Unity In Call To Saudi Arabia’s King Salman

US President Donald Trump has called the king of Saudi Arabia to urge Gulf unity amid an escalating dispute over...

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Trump Throws Ties With Key Ally Qatar Into Crisis

In a series of morning tweets, President Donald Trump threw Washington's relations with Doha into deep crisis on...

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Key Developments In Qatar-Gulf Crisis

Here are the main developments that led to the unprecedented crisis between Qatar and its Gulf neighbours: On May 20,...

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Israel ‘not Ready’ For Peace

Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas's office on Tuesday slammed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's pledge to...

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Mahama In Early Lead Despite Rawlings’ Tantrums

Even before the National Executives of the opposition National Democratic Congress gives the go-ahead for the election...

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Qatar Flight Ban Begins As Crisis Grows

Egypt is closing its airspace to Qatari planes in a growing diplomatic row, with Saudi Arabia and Bahrain expected to...

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Qatari Planes Banned From Egyptian and Saudi Air Space

Qatari planes are to be banned from Egyptian and Saudi air space, as a growing diplomatic row in the Gulf threatens...

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Qatar Faces Airspace Ban As Crisis With Neighbours Grows

Egypt is closing its airspace to Qatari planes in a growing diplomatic row, with Saudi Arabia and Bahrain expected to...

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Top Career US Diplomat In China Embassy Steps Down

The top career diplomat at the US embassy in China has stepped down, an American official in Beijing confirmed Tuesday,...

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JM In Early Lead Despite Rawlings’ Tantrums

Even before the National Executives of the opposition National Democratic Congress gives the go-ahead for the election...

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Saudi Shuts Al-Jazeera Office In Qatar Row

Saudi Arabia on Monday shut the local office of Qatar's Al-Jazeera global news channel after the kingdom and other Arab...