Hundreds rally in rare southern Syria protest
Beirut (AFP) – Hundreds took to the streets of a southern Syrian city on Friday to demand better living conditions
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Car bomb targeting Somalia election delegates kills six
Mogadishu (Reuters) – A suicide bomber targeting a minibus full of delegates involved in Somalia’s parliamentary elections killed at least
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Libyan parliament spokesman says Bashagha chosen as PM
Tobruk (Reuters) – Libya’s parliament spokesman said the chamber had selected a new prime minister on Thursday after one of
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Holocaust memorial says it’s unlikely purported ‘Auschwitz tattoo kit’ was used on Jews
Jerusalem (Reuters) – A partial tattoo kit offered at auction in Israel as an Auschwitz artefact is highly unlikely to
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Fighting in Ethiopia’s Afar region displaces 300,000, aid blocked to Tigray
Addis Ababa (Reuters) – The government of Ethiopia’s Afar region says more than 300,000 people have been displaced by warfare
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Israeli forces kill three Palestinian militants in West Bank
Nablus West Bank (Reuters) – Israeli forces killed three Palestinian gunmen travelling in a car in the occupied West Bank
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Moroccans say farewell to boy who died in well – “the son of us all”
Tamorot Morocco (Reuters) – Hundreds of mourners gathered to pay their final respects on Monday to the Moroccan boy who
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Bahrain introduces ‘golden’ permanent residency visas to lure talent
Dubai (Reuters) – Bahrain on Monday introduced a new permanent residency visa to attract talent and investment, part of a
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Saudi Arabia to become future exporter of military products and technologies: Investment Minister
Riyadh — Saudi Arabia is aiming to become a future exporter of military products and technologies to other countries, Minister
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Israeli, Palestinian figures propose 2-state confederation
Jerusalem (AP) — Israeli and Palestinian public figures have drawn up a new proposal for a two-state confederation that they
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