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Fire at electricity substation sparks nationwide power outage in Iraq
A fire at an electricity substation in southern Iraq triggered a nationwide power outage Saturday, authorities said, just as demand peaks amid…
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President Abbas, Palestinian factions arrive in Egypt for unity talks
Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas arrived in El Alamein in Egypt Saturday, the news agency Wafa said, ahead of unity talks…
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Turkey urges Denmark to take urgent action to prevent Quran burnings
Turkey’s Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan on Saturday urged Denmark to take urgent action to prevent burnings of the Quran, a…
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Man kills himself after shooting women dead for rejecting him in Lebanon: Report
A Lebanese man shot a woman dead in Zahle on Friday because she rejected his love proposal, according to media…
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Hezbollah: Muslims should ‘punish’ Quran desecrators if governments fail to do so
The leader of Lebanon’s Shia militant group Hezbollah said Saturday that if governments of Muslim-majority nations do not act against…
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Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister receives phone call from Swedish counterpart
Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Friday received a phone call from Sweden’s Foreign Minister Tobias Billström, the Saudi Press…
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Fire kills four in Iraq’s Karbala as pilgrims gather
A fire killed four people in the Iraqi shrine city of Karbala Friday as hundreds of thousands of Shia pilgrims…
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ISIS claims responsibility for attack on shrine near Damascus
ISIS said Friday it was behind a bombing south of the Syrian capital Damascus the day before that killed at…
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Sudan’s paramilitary chief demands army staff to step down
The head of Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces demanded Friday that his foes in the army general staff step down…
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UAE bans rice exports for next four months
The United Arab Emirates has banned rice exports and re-exports for four months, including rice of Indian origin, the state news agency…
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