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US Justice Department Defends ‘lawful’ Trump Travel Ban

The US Department of Justice has defended President Donald Trump's travel ban and urged an appeals court to reinstate...

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Ghana’s former President John Dramani Mahama has condemned the decision by the new United States of America (USA)...

International

US Embassy Relocation To Jerusalem ‘a War Crime’

From the windows of the grey, cube-shaped building that houses the US embassy in Tel Aviv, staff enjoy an undisturbed...

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Trump Bars Door To Refugees, Visitors From Seven Nations

President Donald Trump on Friday put a four-month hold on allowing refugees into the United States and temporarily...

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Trump Closes Borders To Syria Refugees

President Donald Trump has banned the entry of Syrian refugees into the US until further notice. He has also halted the...

Politics

Trump Closes Borders To Syria Refugees

President Donald Trump has banned the entry of Syrian refugees into the US until further notice. He has also halted the...

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Trump Suspends US Refugee Programme and Bans Syrians Indefinitely

President Donald Trump has banned the entry of Syrian refugees into the US until further notice, as part of new...

International

Trump Signs ‘extreme Vetting’ Order To Limit Immigration

US President Donald Trump has announced new vetting measures to "keep radical Islamic terrorists out of the US". He...

International

Syrian Girl Reads Letter Asking Donald Trump To Save Her Friends

She's the 7-year-old Syrian girl who brought the plight of people living in eastern Aleppo to the world and now she's...

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Trump’s Embassy Move To Jerusalem ‘self-Destructive’

Newly inaugurated US President Donald Trump is about to reverse an historical course that has been in the making for...

Opinion

Letter To The President Of Russia

I want to praise you for your role in the Syrian issues especially the liberation of Aleppo. For the first time in four...

International

US Move To Ease Arms Sales To Rebels ‘a Hostile Act’

Russia has called a US decision to ease restrictions on arming Syrian opposition groups a "hostile act" that would...

International

Russian Plane ‘disappears From Radar’ Near Sochi

Unconfirmed reports said the plane was flying to Syria's Latakia province. A Russian military plane has disappeared...

International

Egypt Delays U.N. Vote On Settlements After Trump, Israel Urge U.S. Veto

Egypt postponed a U. N. Security Council vote on Thursday on a resolution it proposed demanding an end to Israeli...

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Traditions and Customs of the Gadangmes of Ghana

Book Review: Traditions and customs of the Gadangmes of Ghana By Gyau Kumi Adu Traditions and Customs of the Gadangmes...

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Bana Alabed, Aleppo’s Tweeting Girl, Meets Turkey’s President Erdogan

Bana Alabed - the seven-year-old Syrian who tweeted about life inside rebel-held east Aleppo - has met Turkey's...

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The Variety of ‘Oil City’

About a month ago, photographer Eugenio Grosso traveled a 70-mile stretch in northern Iraq, from the city of Kirkuk to...

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$600bn’ Lost During Arab Spring Protests

The Arab Spring protest movement has cost the region $614bn in lost growth since 2011, the UN says. The estimate is the...

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14 Militants Killed In Security Raids In Egypt’s Sinai

As many as 14 militant extremists were killed during military raids in Egypt's restive North Sinai province's two...