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Iran Parliament Vows To Fight US ‘adventurism’

Iran's parliament voted Tuesday to urgently work towards increasing funds for the country's missile programme and...

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Suicide Car Bomb Kills 4 At Kurdish Checkpoint In Syria

A suicide car bomb attack killed four people overnight at a Kurdish security checkpoint in northeast Syria, the Syrian...

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Trump Keeps Iran Deal, But Threatens More Sanctions

Donald Trump backed away from a campaign promise to scrap a major nuclear security deal with Iran on Tuesday, with...

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‘Happy’ Afghan Girls Compete At Robotics Meet After US Visa Woes

Huddled around a small table in the halls of a cavernous Washington concert hall, a group of Afghan teenage girls tweak...

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Israel Opposes Syria Truce Deal Over Iran Presence

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu opposes the southwest Syria ceasefire agreed by Russia and the US since it...

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Air Strikes Pummel Syria’s Raqa As US-Backed Forces Advance On IS

Heavy bombardment and fierce fighting shook the Islamic State group's Syrian stronghold Raqa on Monday, as US-backed...

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Kremlin Says ‘contradictory’ Reports On Baghdadi Death

Moscow on Monday said it was struggling to confirm if the leader of the Islamic State group Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is...

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Jordan Soldier Who Killed US Trainers Jailed For Life

A Jordanian soldier has been sentenced to life in prison with hard labour for killing three US military trainers last...

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EU Sanctions 16 More Syrians Over Chemical Attacks

The European Union on Monday imposed sanctions against 16 more high-ranking military Syrian officials and scientists...

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Saving the Grapes of Raqa

Since she fled her home near the jihadist stronghold of Raqa in northern Syria more than a month ago, Warda al-Jassem...

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US-Backed Forces Say Advancing Against IS In Syria’s Raqa

US-backed forces said Monday they had seized a new neighbourhood from the Islamic State group in the jihadist...

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Macron Chides Netanyahu On Settlements, Urges New Mideast Talks

French President Emmanuel Macron told Israel's visiting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday that Paris opposes...

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Syria War Has Killed More Than 330,000

More than 330,000 people have been killed in the Syrian conflict since it started six years ago, around a third of them...

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Egypt Says 9 Militants Killed In Sinai

Security forces have killed nine militants in the Sinai Peninsula and also destroyed 15 vehicles transporting weapons...

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Row Over Netanyahu Invite To Paris Vel d’Hiv Ceremony

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will be in Paris Sunday to mark the 75th anniversary of a notorious roundup...

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US Backs Ghana To Convert Her Nuclear Research Reactor

Ghana has again made history by being the first African country to successfully undergo a nuclear research reactor...

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Tragic End To Raqa Family’s Hopes of Burying Loved Ones

While thousands of people scramble to flee Syria's battle-torn Raqa, members of the Sheikh Wais family bravely headed...

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Leader of Afghan IS Branch Killed In US Raid

US forces killed the leader of the Islamic State group's Afghanistan branch in a raid earlier this week in the...

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Round of UN Syria Talks Closes With Rivals Trading Blame

The latest round of Syria peace talks wound down Friday with rival sides trading familiar soundbites as the UN envoy...