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A Crisis Without End? Gulf States Settle In For Long-Haul

More than a month since the start of the diplomatic crisis gripping the Gulf, hopes of a swift resolution seem as...

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US and North Korea Need To Talk — But How?

After North Korea's shock demonstration that it can strike the American mainland with an intercontinental missile, US...

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Syria Ceasefire Zone A US ‘priority’

A ceasefire set to take effect in southwest Syria on Sunday is a US priority and an important step toward eventual...

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KKK Holds March In Virginia Town

Supporters of the white supremacist Ku Klux Klan marched in Charlottesville, Virginia on Saturday to protest the...

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Ivanka Sits In For Trump At G20

For a moment Saturday the United States was represented by another Trump on the world stage, when the president's...

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Stormy G20 Ends With Opt-Outs For Trump On Climate, Trade

World leaders made concessions on trade and climate language to Donald Trump Saturday at the end of the most fractious...

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Erdogan Warns Syrian Kurds of Turkey’s Right To Defence

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday said Turkey would never allow a Kurdish state in Syria near its border, and...

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US Envoy Haley Says Trump Confronted Putin Head-On Over Meddling

The US ambassador to the United Nations insisted Saturday that President Donald Trump had confronted Russian...

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Power Hit In Hamas-Run Gaza As Rivals ‘stop’ Payments

Power supplies haven taken a fresh hit in the Hamas-run Gaza Strip, with authorities Saturday accusing the rival...

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Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapons Approved At UN

More than 70 years after the world witnessed the devastating power of nuclear weapons, a global treaty has been...

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Israel Envoy Urges Hungary To Halt Anti-Soros Campaign

Israel's ambassador in Budapest called on Hungary on Saturday to halt a nationwide poster campaign targeting US...

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Martial Arts Expert Clinches Mongolian Presidential Election

A brash businessman with martial arts skills clinched Mongolia's first-ever presidential runoff election Saturday after...

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MP To Petition Parliament To Probe EC’s Missing 480, 000 Cash

The Member of Parliament for Kumawu, Philip Basoah has said that he intends to petition the leadership of Parliament...

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UK Foreign Minister Urges Arab States To End Qatar Boycott

British Foreign Minister Boris Johnson on Saturday urged Arab states to end their Qatar boycott, downplaying the odds...

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Egypt Holds Funerals For At Least 21 Soldiers Killed In Sinai

Egypt held funerals on Saturday for at least 21 soldiers killed in an attack by the Islamic State group in the restive...

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Kofi Buah Chides ‘hypocritical’ NPP Over FPSO Kufour

Former Energy Minister, Emmanuel Armah Kofi Buah says the NPP in opposition nearly thwarted efforts for the commercial...

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Trump Eyes Swift UK Trade Deal, Says State Visit To Go Ahead

US President Donald Trump said Saturday his controversial state visit to Britain will go ahead, adding that he was...

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Final Day of ‘difficult’ Talks

Leaders have begun a final day of talks at the G20 meeting in Hamburg as officials try to bridge the gap with the US on...

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ICU Upset By Confirmation of Ofosu Asamoah As Labour C’ssion Boss

The industrial and Commercial Workers Union (ICU) says it is disappointed that government ignored their concerns,...