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Deadly car bomb rocks rebel-held Syrian city
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UAE confirms humanitarian work officials killed in Afghan attack |
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Israel-Palestinian conflict: France holds world summit
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Only 4 survivors from migrant shipwreck off Libya
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Trump suspends US refugee program and bans Syrians 
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| Jan.28 |
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Trump order: Refugees detained at US airports
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| Jan.29 |
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Yemen al-Qaeda: US commandos raid stronghold |
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| Feb.3 |
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Louvre attack: Egyptian man, 29, believed to be assailant
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| Feb.5 |
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AFCON: Unfancied Cameroon shocks Egypt to win fifth title |
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| Feb.6 |
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Thousands hanged at Saydnaya prison, Amnesty says
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| Feb.18 |
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Iraq begins battle to free western Mosul from IS
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| Feb.27 |
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Libya exposed as an epicentre for migrant child abuse |
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| Mar.10 |
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UN: World facing greatest humanitarian crisis since 1945 |
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| Mar.12 |
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IS fighters left in Mosul will die, says US envoy |
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| Mar.20 |
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US to ban laptops and tablets on flights from eight countries
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| Mar.21 |
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Flight ban on laptops 'sparked by IS threat' |
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| Mar.26 |
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Syria rebels 'take control' of IS-held airbase near Raqqa
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| Apr.5 |
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20 children and 52 adults killed in chemical attack 
Map of Khan Sheikhoun Idlib Syria| Aome of the victims had symptoms consistent with exposure to nerve agents. Clinics treating the injured were then targeted by air strikes | |
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US launches missile strikes in response to chemical 'attack' The US has carried out a missile attack against an air base in Syria in response to a suspected chemical weapons attack on a rebel-held town
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| Apr.7 |
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US 'disappointed' at Russia's Syria stance |
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| Apr.9 |
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State of emergency after deadly Coptic church attacks ISIS said it was behind the blasts in Tanta and Alexandria on Palm Sunday and hat 2 suicide bombers carried out the blasts
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| Apr.12 |
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UN draft resolution on Syria attack: Vote fails with Russia veto
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| Apr.13 |
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US military drops 'mother of all bombs on IS' in Afghanistan The US military says it has dropped a 21,600lb (9,800kg) bomb on a tunnel complex used by Islamic State militants in Afghanistan
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| Apr.15 |
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Death toll rises to 100 after explosion near evacuation buses
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| Apr.25 |
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Turkish jets bomb US-backed forces in Iraq, Syria |
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| May.5 |
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Safe-zone deal takes effect, US to continue fight against ISIS
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| May.10 |
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Austria convicts asylum seeker of Syria war crimes |
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| May.15 |
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Syria's Saydnaya prison crematorium hid killings, says US
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| May.19 |
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Libya death toll 'rises to 140' at Brak El-Shati airbase |
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| May.20 |
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Trump signed trade deals of $350bn with Saudi Arabia
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| May.21 |
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Trump calls on Muslims to share burden in terror fight |
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| May.24 |
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Manchester bomber Salman Abedi's father and brothers arrested, linked to ISIS |
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| May.25 |
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US air strike on IS killed 105 civilians in Iraq's Mosul |
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| May.26 |
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Egypt Coptic Christians killed in bus attack Gunmen have attacked a bus carrying Coptic Christians in central Egypt, killing at least 28 people and wounding 25 others, officials say
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| Jun.3 |
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Mosul battle: 'Dozens of civilians killed' fleeing ISIS |
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Qatar row: Four countries cut links with Doha Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates have cut diplomatic ties with Qatar, accusing it of destabilising the region
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| Jun.5 |
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Qatar faces airspace ban as crisis with neighbours grows |
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| Jun.6 |
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Qatar row: Trump urges Arab unity in call to Saudi Arabia |
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| Jun.7 |
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Tehran attackers 'were ISIS recruits from Iran'
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| Jun.8 |
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Qatar vows 'no surrender' in row with Arab states |
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Mosul battle: IS kills 230 fleeing civilians, says UN |
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Islamic State claims it killed two Chinese in Pakistan |
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| Jun.10 |
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Gaddafi's son Saif 'freed' in Libya
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Raqqa: US-backed forces advance in IS 'capital' |
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| Jun.13 |
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Displaced hit by food poisoning in camp near Mosul |
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| Jun.14 |
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Suicide car bomber targets Mogadishu restaurant |
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| Jun.18 |
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US coalition downs Syrian army plane in Raqqa The US said it acted in self-defence after the Syrian regime dropped bombs near US-backed fighters
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| Jun.19 |
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Russia issues warning after US coalition downs jet |
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| Jun.20 |
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US shoots down Iranian drone in Syria |
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| Jun.21 |
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IS destroys iconic al-Nuri mosque in Mosul ISIS destroyed Mosul's al-Nuri mosque and its iconic leaning minaret known as al-Hadba when fighters detonated explosives inside the structu...
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| Jun.23 |
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Saudis 'foil suicide attack' on Mecca's Grand Mosque |
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| Jun.25 |
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Ohio sites hacked with IS message |
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| Jun.26 |
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US warns Syria over 'potential' plan for chemical attack |
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| Jun.29 |
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US-backed forces 'surround IS in Raqqa'
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UN watchdog says Sarin used in Khan Sheikhoun attack |
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| Jul.2 |
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Qatar is given a further 48 hours to agree to demands |
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Syrian refugee camp in Lebanon destroyed by fire |
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| Jul.3 |
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Mosul: Fierce clashes as IS uses suicide bombers |
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Syrian forces breach Raqqa's Old Wall in IS fight - US
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| Jul.4 |
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Qatar crisis: Saudi Arabia and allies to meet in Cairo |
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| Jul.5 |
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Libya eastern commander Haftar declares Benghazi 'liberated' |
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| Jul.6 |
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Qatar crisis: Saudi-led bloc vows new measures |
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| Jul.7 |
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Syria crisis: US, Russia and Jordan agree ceasefire deal |
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| Jul.8 |
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Battle for Mosul: IS defeat imminent, says state TV |
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| Jul.9 |
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Mosul: Iraq PM celebrates victory over IS in the city | Haider al-Abadi has visited Mosul to congratulate Iraqi forces for their victory over IS in the city. He was there to announce the city's full liberation | |
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Ceasefire brokered by US and Russia begins in Syria |
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| Jul.11 |
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ISIS leader al-Baghdadi reported dead, though Pentagon can't confirm |
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Djibouti: Chinese troops depart for first overseas military base |
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| Jul.12 |
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Saudi Arabia house fire leaves 11 foreign workers dead |
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| Jul.18 |
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Saudi Arabia investigates video of woman walking in miniskirt |
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| Jul.22 |
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Three Israelis stabbed to death in West Bank attack
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| Jul.23 |
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Attack at Israel embassy in Jordan – reports Security forces have surrounded the Israeli embassy in the Jordanian capital, Amman, amid reports of an attack
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| Jul.25 |
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Palestinian-Israeli contact to stay frozen, says Abbas |
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| Aug.3 |
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Large fire rips through Dubai's Torch Tower |
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| Aug.6 |
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Al Jazeera: Israel seeks to shut offices |
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Mauritania Senate abolished in referendum |
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| Aug.9 |
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Teenage migrants 'deliberately drowned' by smugglers in Yemen At least 29 teenage migrants were drowned among 120 people who were deliberately pushed from a boat into the sea
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| Aug.11 |
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Egypt trains collide in Alexandria killing dozens |
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Battle to free Raqqa puts coalition up against booby-traps, car bombs |
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| Aug.26 |
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Yingluck trial: Thailand ex-PM 'fled to Dubai' before verdict |
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| Sep.8 |
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Qatari and Saudi leaders discuss crisis |
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| Sep.15 |
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Kurdish MPs say yes to independence referendum |
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| Sep.17 |
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Hamas says it is ready to hold first elections since 2006 |
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| Sep.21 |
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Migrant crisis: Dozens feared drowned off Libya coast |
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| Sep.24 |
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Iraq's Kurdistan holds independence vote Map of Kurdistan Region Iraq Voters are heading to the polls in a controversial independence referendum in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq
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| Sep.26 |
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Saudi Arabia driving ban on women to be lifted King Salman has issued a decree allowing women to drive for the first time, to the joy of activists
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| Oct.7 |
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Palace guards killed in Saudi shooting in Jeddah |
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| Oct.11 |
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Hamas and Fatah 'reach agreement' at Cairo talks |
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| Oct.15 |
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At least 230 dead in Mogadishu blast A massive bomb attack in a busy area of the Somali capital Mogadishu on Saturday is now known to have killed at least 230 people, police say
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| Oct.16 |
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Syria war: US-backed forces control Raqqa The Syrian Democratic Forces say they now control so-called Islamic State's one-time capital, with only a few dozen militants remaining in the...
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Iraqi soldiers moved into Kirkuk The US has called for 'calm' after Iraqi government forces seized the northern city of Kirkuk and key installations from Kurdish control
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| Oct.19 |
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Pollution linked to one in six deaths |
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| Oct.28 |
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Mogadishu: Deadly attacks rock capital |
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| Oct.31 |
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New York: Eight killed by man driving truck Map of West Street Manhattan New York City New York USA| 29-year-old Sayfullo Saipov, an immigrant from Uzbekistan, who came to the US in 2010, was shot by a police officer and arrested. A note was found in the truck that referred to so-called Islamic Sta... | |
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| Nov.2 |
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IS 'executed' 741 civilians during Mosul battle - UN |
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| Nov.4 |
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Lebanese Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri resigned Hariri, in a televised broadcast from Saudi Arabia, accused Iran of sowing 'fear and destruction' in several countries, including Lebanon
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Saudi princes among dozens detained in anti-corruption purge
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Missile intercepted near Riyadh |
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| Nov.5 |
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Saudi prince killed in helicopter crash near Yemen border |
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| Nov.7 |
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Yemen conflict: Saudi ban 'catastrophic' for aid |
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| Nov.8 |
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Yemen: UN official warns of world's biggest famine
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| Nov.10 |
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Tillerson warns against Lebanon proxy wars after Hariri crisis
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| Nov.12 |
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Iran-Iraq earthquake kills more than 140, injures at least 860 Map of Halabja Iraq More than 140 people had been killed and at least 860 injured on Iran's side of the border. 6 people dead inside Iraq, along with more than 200 injured
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| Nov.13 |
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Iran-Iraq border earthquake is deadliest of 2017
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| Nov.17 |
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Russia again blocks extension of chemical attacks probe |
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| Nov.19 |
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Morocco food stampede kills 15 |
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| Nov.21 |
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Lebanese PM Saad Hariri returns to Beirut |
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| Nov.24 |
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More than 230 killed in Sinai mosque Map of al-Rawda Bir al-Abed al-Arish Sinai Egypt| Militants have launched a bomb and gun attack on a mosque. The mosque in the town of Bir al-Abed, near al-Arish, was targeted during Friday prayers. It is the deadliest attack of its kind since an Islam... | |
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| Nov.28 |
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Prince Miteb bin Abdullah released |
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| Dec.2 |
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Yemen conflict: Saudi-led coalition welcomes Saleh talks offer |
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| Dec.4 |
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Yemen's former President Ali Abdullah Saleh killed Map of Sanaa Yemen Ali Abdullah Saleh was killed Monday by Houthi rebels as he tried to flee clashes with his allies-turned-foes in the capital
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| Dec.8 |
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Israel strikes Gaza Hamas sites after rocket attacks
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| Dec.9 |
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Trump's Jerusalem move: Arab allies attack decision
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| Dec.11 |
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Putin orders withdrawal of Russian troops in visit to Syrian base Putin was met at Russia's Hmeimim air base by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad alongside Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu
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| Dec.12 |
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Egypt singer jailed for 'inciting debauchery' |
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| Dec.27 |
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Syria war: Eastern Ghouta medical evacuations begin
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Chess tournament under fire from Israeli, female players |
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| Dec.28 |
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ISIS suicide bombing in Kabul kills dozens
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| Dec.29 |
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Gunman targets Coptic Christians in church and shop |
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| Dec.31 |
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Palestinians recall envoy to US |
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| 2017 |
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| Jan.29 |
Yemen al-Qaeda: US commandos raid stronghold |
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| Feb.18 |
Iraq begins battle to free western Mosul from IS
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| Mar.12 |
IS fighters left in Mosul will die, says US envoy |
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| Mar.26 |
Syria rebels 'take control' of IS-held airbase near Raqqa
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| Apr.5 |
20 children and 52 adults killed in chemical attack Map of Khan Sheikhoun Idlib Syria| Aome of the victims had symptoms consistent with exposure to nerve agents. Clinics treating the injured were then targeted by air strikes | |
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| Apr.6 |
US launches missile strikes in response to chemical 'attack' The US has carried out a missile attack against an air base in Syria in response to a suspected chemical weapons attack on a rebel-held town
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| Apr.12 |
UN draft resolution on Syria attack: Vote fails with Russia veto
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| Apr.13 |
US military drops 'mother of all bombs on IS' in Afghanistan The US military says it has dropped a 21,600lb (9,800kg) bomb on a tunnel complex used by Islamic State militants in Afghanistan
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| Apr.25 |
Turkish jets bomb US-backed forces in Iraq, Syria |
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| May.5 |
Safe-zone deal takes effect, US to continue fight against ISIS
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| May.15 |
Syria's Saydnaya prison crematorium hid killings, says US
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| May.19 |
Libya death toll 'rises to 140' at Brak El-Shati airbase |
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| May.20 |
Trump signed trade deals of $350bn with Saudi Arabia
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| May.25 |
US air strike on IS killed 105 civilians in Iraq's Mosul |
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| Jun.3 |
Mosul battle: 'Dozens of civilians killed' fleeing ISIS |
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| Jun.8 |
Mosul battle: IS kills 230 fleeing civilians, says UN |
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| Jun.10 |
Raqqa: US-backed forces advance in IS 'capital' |
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| Jun.18 |
US coalition downs Syrian army plane in Raqqa The US said it acted in self-defence after the Syrian regime dropped bombs near US-backed fighters
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| Jun.19 |
Russia issues warning after US coalition downs jet |
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| Jun.20 |
US shoots down Iranian drone in Syria |
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| Jun.26 |
US warns Syria over 'potential' plan for chemical attack |
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| Jun.29 |
US-backed forces 'surround IS in Raqqa'
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| Jun.29 |
UN watchdog says Sarin used in Khan Sheikhoun attack |
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| Jul.2 |
Syrian refugee camp in Lebanon destroyed by fire |
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| Jul.3 |
Mosul: Fierce clashes as IS uses suicide bombers |
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| Jul.3 |
Syrian forces breach Raqqa's Old Wall in IS fight - US
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| Jul.5 |
Libya eastern commander Haftar declares Benghazi 'liberated' |
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| Jul.7 |
Syria crisis: US, Russia and Jordan agree ceasefire deal |
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| Jul.8 |
Battle for Mosul: IS defeat imminent, says state TV |
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| Jul.9 |
Mosul: Iraq PM celebrates victory over IS in the city | Haider al-Abadi has visited Mosul to congratulate Iraqi forces for their victory over IS in the city. He was there to announce the city's full liberation | |
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| Jul.9 |
Ceasefire brokered by US and Russia begins in Syria |
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| Jul.11 |
Djibouti: Chinese troops depart for first overseas military base |
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| Aug.11 |
Battle to free Raqqa puts coalition up against booby-traps, car bombs |
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| Oct.16 |
Syria war: US-backed forces control Raqqa The Syrian Democratic Forces say they now control so-called Islamic State's one-time capital, with only a few dozen militants remaining in the...
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| Oct.16 |
Iraqi soldiers moved into Kirkuk The US has called for 'calm' after Iraqi government forces seized the northern city of Kirkuk and key installations from Kurdish control
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| Oct.28 |
Mogadishu: Deadly attacks rock capital |
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| Nov.2 |
IS 'executed' 741 civilians during Mosul battle - UN |
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| Nov.4 |
Missile intercepted near Riyadh |
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| Nov.7 |
Yemen conflict: Saudi ban 'catastrophic' for aid |
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| Nov.17 |
Russia again blocks extension of chemical attacks probe |
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| Dec.2 |
Yemen conflict: Saudi-led coalition welcomes Saleh talks offer |
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| Dec.8 |
Israel strikes Gaza Hamas sites after rocket attacks
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| Dec.11 |
Putin orders withdrawal of Russian troops in visit to Syrian base Putin was met at Russia's Hmeimim air base by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad alongside Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu
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| Dec.27 |
Syria war: Eastern Ghouta medical evacuations begin
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| 2017 |
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| Jan.14 |
Only 4 survivors from migrant shipwreck off Libya
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| Mar.10 |
UN: World facing greatest humanitarian crisis since 1945 |
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| Jun.13 |
Displaced hit by food poisoning in camp near Mosul |
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| Jul.2 |
Syrian refugee camp in Lebanon destroyed by fire |
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| Jul.12 |
Saudi Arabia house fire leaves 11 foreign workers dead |
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| Aug.3 |
Large fire rips through Dubai's Torch Tower |
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| Aug.9 |
Teenage migrants 'deliberately drowned' by smugglers in Yemen At least 29 teenage migrants were drowned among 120 people who were deliberately pushed from a boat into the sea
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| Aug.11 |
Egypt trains collide in Alexandria killing dozens |
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| Sep.21 |
Migrant crisis: Dozens feared drowned off Libya coast |
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| Oct.19 |
Pollution linked to one in six deaths |
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| Nov.5 |
Saudi prince killed in helicopter crash near Yemen border |
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| Nov.8 |
Yemen: UN official warns of world's biggest famine
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| Nov.12 |
Iran-Iraq earthquake kills more than 140, injures at least 860 Map of Halabja Iraq More than 140 people had been killed and at least 860 injured on Iran's side of the border. 6 people dead inside Iraq, along with more than 200 injured
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| Nov.13 |
Iran-Iraq border earthquake is deadliest of 2017
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| Nov.19 |
Morocco food stampede kills 15 |
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| 2017 |
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| Mar.20 |
US to ban laptops and tablets on flights from eight countries
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| May.20 |
Trump signed trade deals of $350bn with Saudi Arabia
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| Jun.5 |
Qatar faces airspace ban as crisis with neighbours grows |
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| 2017 |
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| Feb.5 |
AFCON: Unfancied Cameroon shocks Egypt to win fifth title |
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| Dec.27 |
Chess tournament under fire from Israeli, female players |
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| 2017 |
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| Jan.7 |
Deadly car bomb rocks rebel-held Syrian city
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| Jan.10 |
UAE confirms humanitarian work officials killed in Afghan attack |
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| Jan.29 |
Yemen al-Qaeda: US commandos raid stronghold |
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| Feb.3 |
Louvre attack: Egyptian man, 29, believed to be assailant
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| Mar.20 |
US to ban laptops and tablets on flights from eight countries
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| Apr.9 |
State of emergency after deadly Coptic church attacks ISIS said it was behind the blasts in Tanta and Alexandria on Palm Sunday and hat 2 suicide bombers carried out the blasts
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| Apr.15 |
Death toll rises to 100 after explosion near evacuation buses
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| May.10 |
Austria convicts asylum seeker of Syria war crimes |
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| May.15 |
Syria's Saydnaya prison crematorium hid killings, says US
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| May.21 |
Trump calls on Muslims to share burden in terror fight |
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| May.24 |
Manchester bomber Salman Abedi's father and brothers arrested, linked to ISIS |
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| May.26 |
Egypt Coptic Christians killed in bus attack Gunmen have attacked a bus carrying Coptic Christians in central Egypt, killing at least 28 people and wounding 25 others, officials say
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| Jun.7 |
Tehran attackers 'were ISIS recruits from Iran'
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| Jun.8 |
Mosul battle: IS kills 230 fleeing civilians, says UN |
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| Jun.8 |
Islamic State claims it killed two Chinese in Pakistan |
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| Jun.10 |
Gaddafi's son Saif 'freed' in Libya
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| Jun.14 |
Suicide car bomber targets Mogadishu restaurant |
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| Jun.21 |
IS destroys iconic al-Nuri mosque in Mosul ISIS destroyed Mosul's al-Nuri mosque and its iconic leaning minaret known as al-Hadba when fighters detonated explosives inside the structu...
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| Jun.23 |
Saudis 'foil suicide attack' on Mecca's Grand Mosque |
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| Jun.25 |
Ohio sites hacked with IS message |
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| Jul.3 |
Mosul: Fierce clashes as IS uses suicide bombers |
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| Jul.11 |
ISIS leader al-Baghdadi reported dead, though Pentagon can't confirm |
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| Jul.22 |
Three Israelis stabbed to death in West Bank attack
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| Jul.23 |
Attack at Israel embassy in Jordan – reports Security forces have surrounded the Israeli embassy in the Jordanian capital, Amman, amid reports of an attack
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| Aug.9 |
Teenage migrants 'deliberately drowned' by smugglers in Yemen At least 29 teenage migrants were drowned among 120 people who were deliberately pushed from a boat into the sea
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| Aug.26 |
Yingluck trial: Thailand ex-PM 'fled to Dubai' before verdict |
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| Sep.17 |
Hamas says it is ready to hold first elections since 2006 |
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| Oct.7 |
Palace guards killed in Saudi shooting in Jeddah |
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| Oct.15 |
At least 230 dead in Mogadishu blast A massive bomb attack in a busy area of the Somali capital Mogadishu on Saturday is now known to have killed at least 230 people, police say
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| Oct.28 |
Mogadishu: Deadly attacks rock capital |
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| Oct.31 |
New York: Eight killed by man driving truck Map of West Street Manhattan New York City New York USA| 29-year-old Sayfullo Saipov, an immigrant from Uzbekistan, who came to the US in 2010, was shot by a police officer and arrested. A note was found in the truck that referred to so-called Islamic Sta... | |
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| Nov.4 |
Saudi princes among dozens detained in anti-corruption purge
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| Nov.24 |
More than 230 killed in Sinai mosque Map of al-Rawda Bir al-Abed al-Arish Sinai Egypt| Militants have launched a bomb and gun attack on a mosque. The mosque in the town of Bir al-Abed, near al-Arish, was targeted during Friday prayers. It is the deadliest attack of its kind since an Islam... | |
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| Nov.28 |
Prince Miteb bin Abdullah released |
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| Dec.4 |
Yemen's former President Ali Abdullah Saleh killed Map of Sanaa Yemen Ali Abdullah Saleh was killed Monday by Houthi rebels as he tried to flee clashes with his allies-turned-foes in the capital
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| Dec.12 |
Egypt singer jailed for 'inciting debauchery' |
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| Dec.28 |
ISIS suicide bombing in Kabul kills dozens
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| Dec.29 |
Gunman targets Coptic Christians in church and shop |
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| 2017 |
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| Jan.14 |
Israel-Palestinian conflict: France holds world summit
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| Jan.27 |
Trump suspends US refugee program and bans Syrians | President Trump has banned the entry of Syrian refugees into the US until further notice, as part of new measures | |
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| Jan.28 |
Trump order: Refugees detained at US airports
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| Feb.6 |
Thousands hanged at Saydnaya prison, Amnesty says
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| Feb.27 |
Libya exposed as an epicentre for migrant child abuse |
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| Mar.20 |
US to ban laptops and tablets on flights from eight countries
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| Mar.21 |
Flight ban on laptops 'sparked by IS threat' |
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| Apr.7 |
US 'disappointed' at Russia's Syria stance |
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| Apr.12 |
UN draft resolution on Syria attack: Vote fails with Russia veto
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| May.10 |
Austria convicts asylum seeker of Syria war crimes |
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| May.15 |
Syria's Saydnaya prison crematorium hid killings, says US
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| May.20 |
Trump signed trade deals of $350bn with Saudi Arabia
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| May.21 |
Trump calls on Muslims to share burden in terror fight |
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| Jun.4 |
Qatar row: Four countries cut links with Doha Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates have cut diplomatic ties with Qatar, accusing it of destabilising the region
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| Jun.6 |
Qatar row: Trump urges Arab unity in call to Saudi Arabia |
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| Jun.8 |
Qatar vows 'no surrender' in row with Arab states |
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| Jun.10 |
Gaddafi's son Saif 'freed' in Libya
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| Jun.19 |
Russia issues warning after US coalition downs jet |
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| Jul.2 |
Qatar is given a further 48 hours to agree to demands |
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| Jul.4 |
Qatar crisis: Saudi Arabia and allies to meet in Cairo |
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| Jul.6 |
Qatar crisis: Saudi-led bloc vows new measures |
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| Jul.7 |
Syria crisis: US, Russia and Jordan agree ceasefire deal |
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| Jul.18 |
Saudi Arabia investigates video of woman walking in miniskirt |
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| Jul.23 |
Attack at Israel embassy in Jordan – reports Security forces have surrounded the Israeli embassy in the Jordanian capital, Amman, amid reports of an attack
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| Jul.25 |
Palestinian-Israeli contact to stay frozen, says Abbas |
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| Aug.6 |
Al Jazeera: Israel seeks to shut offices |
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| Aug.6 |
Mauritania Senate abolished in referendum |
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| Aug.26 |
Yingluck trial: Thailand ex-PM 'fled to Dubai' before verdict |
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| Sep.8 |
Qatari and Saudi leaders discuss crisis |
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| Sep.15 |
Kurdish MPs say yes to independence referendum |
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| Sep.17 |
Hamas says it is ready to hold first elections since 2006 |
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| Sep.24 |
Iraq's Kurdistan holds independence vote Map of Kurdistan Region Iraq Voters are heading to the polls in a controversial independence referendum in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq
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| Sep.26 |
Saudi Arabia driving ban on women to be lifted King Salman has issued a decree allowing women to drive for the first time, to the joy of activists
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| Oct.11 |
Hamas and Fatah 'reach agreement' at Cairo talks |
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| Nov.4 |
Lebanese Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri resigned Hariri, in a televised broadcast from Saudi Arabia, accused Iran of sowing 'fear and destruction' in several countries, including Lebanon
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| Nov.4 |
Saudi princes among dozens detained in anti-corruption purge
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| Nov.5 |
Saudi prince killed in helicopter crash near Yemen border |
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| Nov.7 |
Yemen conflict: Saudi ban 'catastrophic' for aid |
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| Nov.10 |
Tillerson warns against Lebanon proxy wars after Hariri crisis
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| Nov.17 |
Russia again blocks extension of chemical attacks probe |
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| Nov.21 |
Lebanese PM Saad Hariri returns to Beirut |
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| Nov.28 |
Prince Miteb bin Abdullah released |
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| Dec.9 |
Trump's Jerusalem move: Arab allies attack decision
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| Dec.11 |
Putin orders withdrawal of Russian troops in visit to Syrian base Putin was met at Russia's Hmeimim air base by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad alongside Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu
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| Dec.12 |
Egypt singer jailed for 'inciting debauchery' |
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| Dec.27 |
Chess tournament under fire from Israeli, female players |
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| Dec.31 |
Palestinians recall envoy to US |
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