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Podolski Arrives With Promise To Boost Japan Game

German World Cup winner Lukas Podolski Thursday vowed to bolster enthusiasm for Japanese football after arriving to...

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Qatar Airways Says Flights Now Exempt From US Laptop Ban

Qatar Airways announced on Thursday that it had won exemption from a US ban on passengers taking laptops and tablet...

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US Retailer To Pay $3mn Fine, Return Iraqi Artifacts

US arts and crafts retailer Hobby Lobby has agreed to forfeit thousands of ancient Iraqi artifacts and pay $3 million...

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Tens of Thousands In Syria Protest Expected Turkey Attack

Tens of thousands of people protested on Wednesday in a town in northern Syria against Turkey, as speculation mounts it...

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Top US Diplomat Tillerson To Visit Ukraine

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will visit Ukraine following the G20 Summit in Hamburg, sending a message that...

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US Laptop Ban Lifted On Emirates and Turkish Airlines

Emirates has said the cabin ban on laptops no longer applies on its flights to the United States. In March, the US...

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US Laptop Ban Lifted On Emirates and Turkish Airlines

Emirates has said the cabin ban on laptops no longer applies on its flights to the United States. In March, the US...

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Key Powers Thrash Out Safe Zones Plan At Syria Talks

Powerbrokers Russia, Iran and Turkey sought Wednesday to hammer out a plan for four safe zones in Syria at a fifth...

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Singapore Repatriates ‘radicalised’ Indonesian Maids

Singapore has repatriated two Indonesian maids it said were radicalised online, one of whom wanted to travel to Syria...

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Emirates Says Flights Now Exempt From US Laptop Ban

Emirates airline announced Wednesday that it had won an exemption from a US ban on passengers taking laptops and tablet...

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US Lifts Laptop Ban On Flights From Istanbul

The United States lifted Wednesday a ban on carrying large electronic devices such as laptops in the cabin of US-bound...

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Saudi Arabia and Allies To Meet In Cairo

Bahrain, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates are to discuss the Qatar crisis, a month after they severed...

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Fifth Round of Kazakh Syria Talks Focuses On Safe Zones

Powerbrokers Russia, Iran and Turkey on Tuesday focused on shoring up a plan for safe zones in Syria at a fifth round...

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Migrant Influx To Europe Hits 100,000 In 2017

More than 100,000 migrants have made the perilous Mediterranean crossing to Europe this year, the UN said Tuesday, amid...

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Fifth Round of Syria Talks Begins In Kazakhstan

A fifth round of talks on ending the six-year Syrian conflict began in Kazakhstan on Tuesday, focused on shoring up a...

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Qatar Finds Way Round Embargo But ‘nightmare’ Continues

Nearly a month since Qatar was isolated by its Gulf neighbours, residents of the emirate have learned to adapt to the...

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Trump, Merkel Plan To Meet Thursday Ahead of G20

US President Donald Trump and German Chancellor Angela Merkel plan to meet in Hamburg on Thursday, the eve of a Group...

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Qatar Given New Deadline On Gulf Demands

Saudi Arabia and three other Arab states have extended the deadline for Qatar to accept a list of demands or face...

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US OKs Laptops For Etihad Airways Flights Leaving Abu Dhabi

The United States has granted permission to the UAE's Etihad Airways for personal electronic devices to be allowed in...