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Hariri detention is Saudi declaration of war on Lebanon: Hezbollah

Hezbollah’s leader said on Friday that Saudi Arabia had declared war on Lebanon and his Iran-backed group, accusing Riyadh of…

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Royal purge: Saudi Arabia’s ‘5-star prison’

Its chandelier-studded ballrooms hosted global business titans just weeks ago. Now Riyadh's palatial Ritz-Carlton is reported to have morphed into…

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Russia to make US media register as ‘foreign agents’

Russian lawmakers raced Friday to draft measures requiring US media outlets to register as foreign agents, saying they could be…

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Amid Lebanon crisis, France’s Macron flies to Riyadh to see crown prince

French President Emmanuel Macron arrived in Riyadh on Thursday for hastily scheduled talks with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman…

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British aid minister Patel resigns in new test for PM May

British aid minister Priti Patel was forced from office on Wednesday over undisclosed meetings with Israeli officials after Prime Minister…

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Barack Obama answers call for jury duty in Chicago

Former US president Barack Obama answered a jury summons Wednesday, arriving at a Chicago courthouse to perform the civic duty…

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Afghan president phones PM to condole assassination of Pakistani diplomatic official in Jalalabad

Afghan President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani Wednesday made a phone call to Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi to express condolences on…

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Trump ‘not invited’ to Paris climate summit

US President Donald Trump is not among the around 100 heads of state and government invited to next month’s climate…

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Magnitude 6.5 quake hits Papua New Guinea: USGS

A magnitude 6.5 quake hit Papua New Guinea on Wednesday morning, the US Geological Survey said. The quake, initially reported…

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