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Christmas Eve transport disrupted as French strikers vow to keep up pressure
As most people wind down to Christmas, French strikers have vowed to keep up the pressure in their protest over…
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Iraq passes electoral reforms but deadlock remains
Iraq parliament approved on Tuesday a new electoral law, a key demand of protesters to make elections fairer, but political…
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Defense ministry: Checkpoint attack kills seven Afghan soldiers
Defense ministry: Checkpoint attack kills seven Afghan soldiers, an early morning attack on an army checkpoint in northern Afghanistan on…
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Saudi court sentences five to death, over Khashoggi killing case
Saudi Arabia on Monday sentenced five people to death and three more to jail over the murder of Saudi journalist…
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Constitutional vacuum after failure to choose prime minister : Iraq
Constitutional vacuum started in Iraq after the deadline set for political parties to agree on the next prime minister passed…
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Algerian army chief Ahmed Qaid Saleh dies
Algerian army chief Lieutenant Ahmed Gaed Salah has died, private Ennahar television reported on Monday. Gaed Salah was instrumental in…
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Libyan National Army : Misrata militias’ deadline to withdraw will not be extended
Libyan force fighting to capture the country’s capital from the U.N.-supported government based in Tripoli on Friday gave the militias…
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Iraqis step up protests as deadline for new PM looms
Iraqis step up protests as deadline for new PM looms and thousands took to the streets in Iraq’s capital and…
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US soldier killed in Afghanistan attack, Taliban claim responsibility
Taliban on Monday claimed responsibility for an attack on an American convoy that killed one US soldier and, according to…
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Greek foreign minister makes whirlwind regional tour amid tensions with Turkey following Ankara’s contentious maritime deal with the Tripoli government
Greek foreign minister was on a whirlwind tour of eastern Libya, Egypt and Cyprus Sunday amid tensions with Turkey following…
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