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‘No war’ happening in South Sudan, says govt, despite 180,000 displaced
South Sudan’s government insisted it was “not at war” on Tuesday after days of heavy fighting against rebel forces that…
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Iraq’s parliament delays presidential vote
Iraq’s parliament postponed the election of the country’s president on Tuesday to allow Kurdish rivals time to agree on a candidate.…
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School materials enter Gaza after being blocked for two years, UN agency says
The UN children’s agency said on Tuesday it had for the first time in two-and-a-half years been able to deliver…
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Hamas seeks role for its police in Gaza ahead of disarmament talks: Sources
Hamas is seeking to incorporate its 10,000 police officers into a new US-backed Palestinian administration for Gaza, sources say, a…
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EU set to sanction senior IRGC members over crackdown
The European Union is set to target senior members of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in a first volley of…
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US planning CIA foothold in post-Maduro Venezuela: Report
The United States is working to establish a permanent CIA presence in Venezuela after ousting former President Nicolas Maduro, reported…
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Trump says Iran wants talks, intelligence reports imply Tehran at ‘weakest point’
President Donald Trump said he believed the Islamic Republic still wanted talks amid reports that the US president received intelligence suggesting that…
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German minister says NATO well on way to joining up with the US in Arctic mission
NATO partners are well on the way to joining forces with the US on a proposed mission in the Arctic,…
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Several die in fire at unlicensed hostel near Moscow: State media
A fire broke out at an unlicensed migrant hostel in Moscow’s eastern suburbs early Tuesday, killing four people believed to…
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Making sense of Bangladesh’s ‘Hadi effect’ shaping the vote
After the killing of Sharif Osman Hadi in December and the funeral that drew hundreds of thousands of people into…
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