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WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to construct a huge migrant detention facility at Guantanamo Bay that could be used to hold up to 30,000 immigrants deported from the United States. He said the facility…
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LONDON: The British ambassador to Mexico has been removed from his post after he pointed an assault rifle at a local embassy employee in a car, according to media reports and a video of the incident circulating online. The video, shared…
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TORONTO: Convicted Canadian serial killer Robert Pickton died on Friday aged 74 after he was assaulted by another inmate in a maximum-security prison earlier this month, prison authorities said. One of Canada's most infamous mass…
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REYKJAVIK: Halla Tomasdottir, an entrepreneur, has won Iceland's presidential election and will take over the mostly ceremonial role from incumbent Gudni Johannesson. Tomasdottir, 55, received 34% of the votes cast in Saturday's election…
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MEXICO CITY: Ruling party candidate Claudia Sheinbaum won Mexico's presidential election and has been elected as the country’s first female president. The victory for Sheinbaum is a major step for Mexico, a country known for its macho…
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LJUBLJANA: Slovenia's government agreed on Thursday to recognize the state of Palestine, following in the footsteps of Spain, Norway and Ireland in a push for Middle East peace. "Today the government has decided to recognise Palestine as…
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WASHINGTON: A New York City hospital fired a Palestinian American Muslim nurse after she called Israel's war in Gaza a "genocide" during an acceptance speech for an award for her work with bereaved mothers who lost their children during…
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NEW YORK: The United States boycotted a United Nations tribute to Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi on Thursday because it said he was "involved in numerous, horrific human rights abuses" and that the world body should instead stand with the…
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NEW YORK: Donald Trump became the first U.S. president to be convicted of a crime when a New York jury found him guilty of falsifying documents to cover up a payment to silence an adult actress ahead of the 2016 election. After two days…
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JERUSALEM: Israeli forces have taken control of a buffer zone along the border between the Gaza Strip and Egypt, the country's military said on Wednesday, giving Israel effective authority over the Palestinian territory's entire land…
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LONDON: Britain’s Labour party has ousted its candidate in days after she launched her campaign allegedly for liking a tweet that was critical of Israel. Faiza Shaheen said the Labour Party has blocked her from standing in the upcoming…
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MEXICO CITY: Rioters set fire to the Israeli Embassy in Mexico on Tuesday during a protest against the Israeli military operation in the southern Gazan city of Rafah. Masked protesters threw stones at security forces who had created a…
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JERUSALEM: Israeli military tanks shelled a tent camp west of Rafah on Tuesday after killing at least 21 people there, Gaza health authorities said, in an area Israel has designated a civilian evacuation zone. Earlier, defying an appeal…
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BEIJING: The State Council announced the appointment of Hua Chunying as China’s vice foreign minister. Hua was born in 1970 and graduated from Nanjing University. She has worked in the former Department of Western European Affairs, the…
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PORT MORESBY: More than 2,000 people were buried alive by a massive landslide in Papua New Guinea last week, the national disaster centre said on Monday, as treacherous terrain and the difficulty of getting aid to the site raises the risk…
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