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Erdogan: PKK suffering heaviest blows in its history
GENEVA: Turkey’s president said yesterday that the PKK terror group is suffering the heaviest blows in its history, Anadolu Agency reported. Speaking in Geneva while receiving European representatives of the International Democrat Union, Recep Tayyip Erdogan praised Turkey’s anti-terror operations
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UN Security Council to meet on Kashmir at China’s request again
UNITED NATIONS: The United Nations Security Council will meet at China’s request today to discuss the situation in the disputed Indian territory of Jammu and Kashmir, diplomats said. The council will meet behind closed doors for the first time since
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Lebanon delays nomination of new PM
The nomination of Lebanon’s next prime minister has been postponed after major Christian parties said they would not support the candidacy of caretaker Prime Minister Saad Hariri, presenting a new impasse after weeks of political wrangling. Hariri resigned on October
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US man arrested as he tried to take ship to join Islamic State
WASHINGTON: A Connecticut man was arrested as he tried to reach a ship to travel to the Middle East to fight alongside the Islamic State, federal prosecutors said yesterday. Federal prosecutors in Connecticut said they arrested Ahmad Khalil Elshazly, 22,
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Trump: US is watching North Korea closely
President Donald Trump yesterday said he would be disappointed if something is “in the works” in North Korea and the United States is watching activities in the Asian nation closely. “I’d be disappointed if something would be in the works,
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Lebanese army clashes with supporters of Hezbollah, Amal in Beirut
Lebanese troops lobbed tear gas today to disperse supporters of Shi’ite groups Hezbollah and Amal who tried to storm a square in Beirut in response to a video that purportedly offended Shi’ite figures, witnesses and media reports said. Hundreds of
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Trump on track to become third US president to be impeached
Republican Donald Trump is this week likely to become the third US president to be impeached when the Democratic-led House of Representatives votes on charges stemming from his effort to pressure Ukraine to investigate political rival Joe Biden. Trump faces
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Australia firefighters accidentally spread blaze ahead of a heatwave
A backburning operation intended to contain a massive wildfire in eastern Australia sparked out of control, damaging buildings and cutting off major roads, authorities said, as the country heads into another heatwave that may topple temperature records. The accident occurred
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Clashes rock Beirut as security forces fire tear gas at a protest
Tear gas engulfed central Beirut as security forces chased protesters near Lebanon’s parliament yesterday in a second night of street clashes that wounded dozens of people. Protesters had returned despite a fierce crackdown by security forces the night before when
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Thousands protest against the crackdown in Lebanon’s capital
Thousands of Lebanese people took to the streets in Beirut yesterday to protest against the potential nomination of Saad Hariri as prime minister and in defiance of the violent crackdown on demonstrators by security forces the previous night. Riot police had used tear gas
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