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Benjamin Netanyahu hands opportunity to rival Gantz after failing to form government

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Russian hackers used Iranian cover to attack UK

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Tornado Touches Down in Dallas

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Trump Weighs Leaving Small Number of Troops in Syria

Trump earlier this month ordered the bulk of the approximately 1,000 USA troops in Syria to withdraw after officials said Turkish President Recep Tayyip ...

Thailand's King Strips His Consort of Royal Titles for 'Misbehavior and Disloyalty'

In late August, a series of photos of Ms Sineenat, bestowed with the rank of Major-General, and the king in various places and outfits were published by the pal...

Lebanon announces sweeping economic reforms after days of protests

After days of nationwide protests, Lebanese Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri and his government partners on Sunday agreed on a package of reforms to ease an econom...

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International Monetary Fund chief pushes for 'peer pressure' to follow, fix global trade rules

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Hillary Clinton posts parody Kennedy letter mocking Trump

Get your missiles out of Cuba. Last week, a letter Donald Trump sent to the Turkish president was released by reporters; it made the rounds on social media ...

WikiLeaks founder Assange denied delay to extradition hearing by London judge

Assange, dressed in a navy suit and light blue jumper, raised his fist to supporters in the public gallery. In a statement before the hearing, Massimo Moratti...

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Lebanon braced for massive anti-government protests

In Lebanon the president is a Maronite Christian, the parliament speaker a Shiite while the prime minister is a Sunni. A new cabinet would also likely see Ira...

Drugs firms reach $260m opioid settlement

It had been closely watched as the first of thousands of similar cases to go forward. The settlement ends only the suits brought by the OH counties of Cuyahog...

Man sprays bear repellent during California Trump protest

A video posted online shows a man wearing a "Make America Great Again" hat circling the crowd and then unleashing a torrent of spray from a canister. The man ...

USA troops cross into Iraq from Syria

Scenes broadcast by the Kurdish ANHA news agency show potatoes, tomatoes and other rubbish raining down on the hoods and windows of vehicles moving through Qami...

Mick Mulvaney missteps draw scrutiny from Trump allies

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Indonesia's losing presidential candidate to join Cabinet

At that early stage, everything was done manually - employees called motorbike drivers one by one until someone accepted an order - and Mr Makarim had to work a...

Jacob Rees-Mogg booed as he leaves parliament after Brexit blow

Britain's opposition Labour Party said on Sunday that Prime Minister Boris Johnson was behaving in a childish way by sending two letters to the European Uni...

Abortion to become legal in the North from midnight

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Canada election: Canadians head to the polls in tight race

The 40-day campaign, described by Trudeau as "one of the dirtiest, nastiest" in Canadian history, has been "a desert from a public-policy point of view", accord...

GOP Rep. Who Wouldn't Rule Out Impeaching Trump Announces Retirement

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Hotel collapse: Explosions demolish cranes

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Thousands flood Lebanon’s streets in third day of anti-government protests

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Hillary Mocks Trump's Letter to Erdogan

Kennedy to Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev dated 16 October 1962 in the wake of the Cuban Missile Crisis. She shared the spoof letter, that first appeared on...

President leaves for Japan to attend the Enthronement ceremony of Japanese Emperor

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USA troops, Kurdish fighters to leave Syrian border region

AFP: " Kurdish fighters withdraw from besieged Syria town " - "The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces fully withdrew from a Turkish-encircled town in north...

Hong Kong once again erupts into violence

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