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Syria army intercepts Israel missiles near Damascus
The two countries remain technically at war
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US Senate approves major tax cuts in victory for Trump
Democratic Senator Richard Blumenthal said Trump controls more than 500 companies that will directly benefit
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North Korea holds mass celebrations for latest missile test
'Now no one can infringe our sovereignty and rights to survive and develop'
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Pakistan ranks fifth on Global Terrorism Index: report
Second year in a row report shows global decline in number of deaths from terrorist attacks
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Lebanon will only survive if Hezbollah disarms: Saudi minister
Jubeir said the situation in Lebanon was 'tragic'
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Natural tremor near N. Korea nuclear test site: S. Korea
North Korea's nuclear test site may be suffering from the geological condition 'Tired Mountain Syndrome'
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Egypt attack victims pray, mourn in Sinai mosque amid high security
The Grand Imam of Cairo's Al-Azhar mosque urged the armed forces to fight and destroy the insurgency
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Flight attendant flies as high as ever at 81
Betty Nash has attended to passengers for so long that her usual route is endearingly called the 'Nash dash'
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Pakistan elected to UNIDO policy-making bodies
UNIDO 'promotes industrial development for poverty reduction, inclusive globalisation'
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Naples pizza twirling seeks nod as UNESCO 'intangible'
The list of 'intangible' cultural treasures was created in 2003
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Cyclone Okchi poised to increase cloud cover in Pakistan's coastal areas, says Met office
Cyclone batters southwestern India coast killing 14
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Will Trump’s anti-Muslim tweets destroy US-UK 'special' relationship?
'If Britain is dependent on the US military umbrella, so is America dependent on Britain'
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Jim Mattis to visit Pakistan on Dec 4 for talks with civil-military leadership
US secretary of defence will meet PM Abbasi, COAS General Qamar Javed Bajwa during visit
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Texas teacher calls police on six-year-old Muslim kid with Down Syndrome
Substitute teacher allegedly called the non-verbal boy a 'terrorist'
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Yemen missile fired at Saudi Arabia may be Iran-made, say UN experts
Iran has repeatedly denied that it is supplying the Houthi rebels in Yemen with arms
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Muslim student ordered to remove headscarf at famous fast food restaurant in UK
Employee referred to headscarf as 'security threat', demanded she remove it or leave restaurant
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UN council to meet on North Korea rights abuses, nuclear program in December
North Korea has repeatedly rejected accusations of human rights abuses
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Pakistani delegation finally makes it to India for entrepreneurship summit
Visa process was made easier when US State Department intervened
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Mideast nuclear plan backers bragged of support of top Trump aide Flynn
Flynn pleaded guilty on Friday to lying to the FBI about a discussion with the former Russian ambassador to Washington
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Pleas to flee, a desperate video: Inside Venezuela's oil industry purge
The crackdown has led to uncertainty, panic and paranoia across the sector
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Honduras suspends rights as violence spreads over delayed vote count
Controversial presidential vote count to resume Saturday
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Ex-Trump aide Flynn pleads guilty to lying about Russian links
Trump has called Mueller's probe a witch hunt
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US man's tattoo leaves doctors with life-or-death dilemma
Doctors honoured the tattoo, leading to the death of the patient
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Canadian judge suspends Quebec niqab ban
Judge 'recognised the immediate harm the law was causing to the people it affects'
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Fear in London as acid attacks soar
The British capital saw 454 acid attacks reported last year
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South Sudan to join Chemical Weapons Convention: watchdog
This would leave Israel, Egypt and North Korea as the only countries yet to join the arms treaty
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'Inclusive' Hungary playgrounds for disabled kids
This Sunday is the International Day of Disabled Persons
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Saudis and Iran trade insults at conference on 'positive agenda'
The gathering, called 'Beyond Turmoil', became the stage for a bitter slanging match between the two countries
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Model's eyeball tattoo leaves her partially blind, makes her cry purple tears
Catt Gallinger from Ottawa, Canada considering having her eye removed
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Pope refers to 'Rohingya' after meeting refugees
The pope had earlier faced criticism for not using the word "Rohingya" in mainly-Buddhist Myanmar
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Qatar-based Muslim group to sue over 'terror' label
International Union of Muslim Scholars says its reputation has been harmed due to listing by KSA, UAE, Egypt & Bahrain
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Chinese company plans to launch 'taxi drones' in Dubai, Saudi Arabia
E-184 has a cruising speed of up to 100 kilometres an hour and can stay in the air for 25 minutes
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Scottish priest hopes for gay Prince George
Gavin Ashenden, a former chaplain to Queen Elizabeth II, condemned Holdsworth's remarks
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Istanbul police detain 62 foreigners over alleged IS links
Prime Minister Binali Yildirim on Friday claimed Turkey had stopped a total of 50,000 'foreign fighters'
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Russian parliament to discuss ban on access for US media
RT’s reporters will not be able to have as much access to Congress as other foreign media
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Obama says 'think before you tweet'
'I think it's important to be mindful of both the power of these tools but also its limits,' Obama said
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Pope ordains priests in Bangladesh ahead of meeting with Rohingya
Pope called for decisive measures to resolve political reasons behind refugee crisis, urged countries to help Dhaka
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Skin in the game: Philippine students protest Duterte in naked run
This is not the first time the fraternity has taken a political stance with its yearly bare-bottomed event
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Georgia says suspect in Istanbul airport bombing killed last week
The 20-hour operation took place at an apartment block on the outskirts of the Georgian capital Tbilisi last week
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Killing of Mexican prosecutor of crimes against women sparks outcry
October was the most violent since the Mexican government began tracking such crimes two decades ago.
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Nigeria puts fortress towns at heart of new Boko Haram strategy
Plan for Borno state, scene of fighting with Boko Haram
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Tillerson to talk transatlantic ties with EU in Brussels
Tillerson is also expected to attend a NATO meeting on the same day
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Turkish gold trader implicates Erdogan in Iran money laundering
A spokesman for Erdogan's government has called the case a "plot against Turkey"
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Trump weighs recognizing Jerusalem as Israel's capital
The status of Jerusalem is one of the major stumbling blocks in achieving peace between Israel and the Palestinians
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'Billiard rack' of male genitalia wins literary bad sex award
Bollen joins an esteemed list of previous winners of the prize, including literary titans such as Norman Mailer
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Serious health risks from Lebanon waste burning: report
Rivers of rubbish flooding populated areas across the country, including in central Beirut
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Sale of the century? $300-billion Saudi state sell-off moves slowly
Sales process will take longer than expected, says Saudi banker
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Japan court sentences US base worker to life for rape, murder
Locals have long protested presence of US military bases imposes a heavy burden on Okinawa
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Obama digs at Trump over climate change
Trump has threatened several times to withdraw from the Paris accord saying it is crippling US business
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Jailed Catalan leaders could be freed as they face judge
Pro-independence supporters have organised rallies, worn yellow ribbons in solidarity with separatist leaders