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Indonesian Island struck by three earthquakes in little over a week

August 12th, 20180 TANJUNG, Indonesia— An Indonesian Island in Lombok was hit with its third significant earthquake in just over a week on Thursday. The official death toll from one of...

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Yemen: Saudi-led coalition air strikes kill dozens of civilians, mainly children

August 11th, 20180 ADEN — Saudi-led coalition air strikes on Thursday killed dozens of people, including children traveling on a bus through a market, in Yemen’s Saada province, a...

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Rouhani dismisses Trump call for talks on eve of new sanctions

August 6th, 20180 Iranian President Hassan Rouhani dismissed a U.S. call for talks on Tuesday, the eve of the imposition of new sanctions that follows Washington’s decision to pull out...

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Seventy U.S. lawmakers urge for immediate humanitarian aid for Gaza

August 4th, 20180 GAZA — Seventy members of the U.S. Congress are urging the Trump administration to immediately reinstate U.S. aid in order to alleviate the growing humanitarian crisis...

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Russia to deploy military police on Golan Heights frontier

August 4th, 20180 MOSCOW — Russia will deploy its military police on the Golan Heights frontier between Syria and Israel, its defense ministry said on Thursday, after weeks of mounting...

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SANA: Syrian air defenses destroy hostile target near Damascus

August 2nd, 20180 BEIRUT - Syrian state media said late on Thursday that air defenses had destroyed a “hostile target” west of the capital Damascus. “Our air defenses confronted...

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Saudi Arabia arrests two women’s rights activists

August 1st, 20181 Saudi Arabia has arrested two more women’s rights activists, the latest to be swept up in a government crackdown on activists, clerics and journalists, an...

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Head of Revolutionary Guards says Iranian president will never meet Trump

July 31st, 20180 TEHRAN - The head of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards on Tuesday dismissed President Trump’s tentative offer of talks with Tehran, saying the Islamic Republic was not...

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Trump says he is willing to talk to Iran’s leader without preconditions

July 30th, 20181 WASHINGTON - President Trump said on Monday he would be willing to meet Iran’s leader without preconditions to discuss how to improve ties after he pulled the United...

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Ahed Tamimi freed from Israeli prison pledge to continue resistance

July 30th, 20180 WEST BANK - Ahed Tamimi, a Palestinian teenager released by Israel on Sunday after completing a prison term for kicking and slapping an Israeli soldier said she wanted...

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Syrian Druze bury dead as anger over ISIS attacks grows

July 29th, 20180 On Thursday, the Syrian city of Sweida buried dozens of its Druze inhabitants who were killed the day before in coordinated massacres carried out by ISIS terrorists....

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Soleimani warns Trump: ‘If you begin the war, we will end it’

July 29th, 20181 Major-General Qassem Soleimani, a powerful commander of Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards, said on Thursday, July 26, that Donald Trump should address any threats...

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World class medical facility to open in south Lebanon

July 28th, 20181 DEARBORN – One of the most prestigious and one-of-a-kind healthcare institutions in the Middle East is in the process of being built in the south of Lebanon. The...

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Syria set to recover Golan frontier as surrender deal with rebels reached

July 22nd, 20180 BEIRUT/AMMAN — President Bashar al-Assad is set to recover control of the Syrian frontier with the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights in a major victory over rebels who...

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The Trump-Putin summit uncovers the depth of divisions in America

July 22nd, 20180 For nearly 80 years the U.S. and Russia (or the former Soviet Union) have held summits. In each case, it has been a forum for domestic political debate. The...

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Israel adopts divisive Jewish nation-state law, entrenches apartheid

July 21st, 20180 Israel passed a law on Thursday declaring that only Jews have the right of self-determination in the country, something members of the Arab minority called racist...

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Local Iraqis support protests for reform in homeland, but fear ‘chaos’

July 21st, 20183 DEARBORN – After a successful ousting of ISIS insurgents and a democratically-held election, Iraq’s situation seemed to be on an uptick. But in the midst of a...

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Palestinians in Jerusalem demolish own homes rather than see Israelis move in

July 19th, 20182 JERUSALEM — Two Palestinian families on Thursday demolished the homes they had lived in for nearly two decades, saying they would rather destroy them than face the...

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Lebanon to consider legalizing cannabis growing

July 18th, 20180 BEIRUT — Lebanon’s parliament is considering legalizing the cultivation of cannabis for medical purposes, Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri said on Wednesday, in an...

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Iran files suit in international court against U.S. over sanctions

July 17th, 20180 AMSTERDAM — Iran has filed a lawsuit against the United States alleging that Washington’s decision in May to impose sanctions after pulling out of a nuclear deal...

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Iraqi police disperse protesters outside Zubair oilfield as unrest grows

July 17th, 20180 BASRA, Iraq — Iraqi police wielded batons and rubber hoses to disperse about 250 protesters gathered at the main entrance to the Zubair oilfield near Basra on Tuesday...

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Russia hands over World Cup hosting duties to Qatar

July 15th, 20180 MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday handed over the mantle of World Cup host to the emir of Qatar, whose country will stage the 2022 edition of the...

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Syrian government seizes control in birthplace of rebellion

July 14th, 20180 AMMAN/BEIRUT — The Syrian government raised the national flag on Thursday over areas of Deraa city that have been in rebel hands for years, a major victory for...

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Angry Iraqi protesters at oilfields demanding jobs and basic services

July 13th, 20180 BASRA, Iraq — Iraqi police fired into the air to disperse protesters demanding jobs and better public services at one of three demonstrations outside major oilfields...

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Israeli police question Netanyahu again over alleged corruption

July 10th, 20180 TEL AVIV - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who faces three investigations over alleged corruption, was questioned again by police over a case involving...

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Survey: Most people think world is more dangerous than two years ago

July 10th, 20180 LONDON - Most people think the world is more dangerous today than it was two years ago as concerns rise over politically motivated violence and weapons of mass...

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Syria: Air defenses hit Israeli plane, thwart missile strike

July 8th, 20181 BEIRUT - Syrian military air defenses struck an Israeli warplane and shot down Israeli missiles targeting the T4 air base in Homs province in response to an act of...

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