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Federer replaces Nadal as number one, Djokovic on the slide
Rafael Nadal's surprise quarter-final exit at the Madrid Masters has seen the Spaniard replaced as world number one…
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S. Korean leader praises North's plan to dismantle nuke site
South Korean President Moon Jae-in Monday welcomed North Korea's announcement that it is set to dismantle its only …
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US ambassador commends Aoun on elections, ahead of Jerusalem embassy opening
The US ambassador to Lebanon Monday congratulated President Michel Aoun on the country’s general elections, in a meetin…
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The U.S. is opening an embassy in Jerusalem. Why is there a furor?
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - The United States opens its embassy in Jerusalem on Monday, a move that has delighted Israel and …
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Israeli gunfire wounds at least 28 Palestinians as Gaza border protests build
GAZA BORDER (Reuters) - Israeli gunfire wounded at least 28 Palestinians along the Gaza border on Monday, medics said, …
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Militant family uses child in suicide bomb attack on Indonesian police
SURABAYA, Indonesia (Reuters) - A family of Islamist militants in Indonesia carried an eight-year-old into a suicide bo…
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Hungary plans to set up new high public affairs court: justice minister
BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Hungary's government plans to set up a new high court that would deal with issues relating to …
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Indian finance minister stable after kidney transplant, hospital says
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Indian Finance Minister Arun Jaitley was stable after undergoing a kidney transplant on Monday, h…
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Arab league to meet over 'illegal' US embassy move to Jerusalem: MENA
The Arab League will hold an extraordinary meeting to discuss the United State's "illegal" move of embass…
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Bassil: Refugee integration policy is 'oppression'
Foreign Minister Gebran Bassil Monday sharply criticized what he described as a global effort to integrate refugees int…
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'Flagrant' Kremlin breaches international rules: UK intel chief
Russia is committing "flagrant breaches of international rules", the head of Britain's security service w…
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Geagea, Daher legal confrontation expected
LBCI chairman Pierre Daher and Lebanese Forces head Samir Geagea are set for a judicial confrontation Monday over the o…
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Clashes erupt along Gaza-Israel border ahead of US embassy inauguration
Clashes erupted along the Gaza Strip's border with Israel Monday between Palestinians and Israeli forces ahead of t…
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US embassy move in Jerusalem 'worthless': Hezbollah
Hezbollah Monday dismissed the U.S. decision to move the U.S. embassy to Jerusalem as a "worthless" unilatera…
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Australian breaks world record with Everest summit
An Australian climber reached the top of Mount Everest Monday, becoming the fastest person to summit the highest mounta…
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Ella Watson: The Empowered Woman of Gordon Parks's 'American Gothic'
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China says appreciates US position on ZTE
China's Foreign Ministry said Monday the country appreciated the U.S. position on ZTE Corp , following a pledge by …
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Constitutional Council meets on Article 49 appeal
The Constitutional Council Sunday held a second meeting to consider an appeal filed last month against the 2018 budget …
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Trump 'feeble-minded' for Jerusalem embassy move: Iran
Iran denounced President Donald Trump as "feeble-minded" over Monday's controversial move of the US embas…
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Syria talks renew in Astana amid growing regional fears
Negotiators from Iran, Russia and Turkey gathered in Kazakhstan's capital Astana Monday, hoping to make progress on…
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Hariri responds to concerns over reshuffle
Prime Minister Saad Hariri responded late Sunday night to a flurry of public speculation over internal reshuffling with…
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Another family behind new Indonesia suicide bombings: police
A family of five, including a child, carried out the suicide bombing of a police headquarters in Indonesia's second…
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Russia's Lavrov says to discuss how to save Iran nuclear deal with Zarif: Ifax
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said he would discuss how to try to save the Iran nuclear deal with Iranian Fore…
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Israeli military drops warning leaflets into Gaza as border protests build
GAZA BORDER (Reuters) - The Israeli military dropped leaflets and fired tear gas into Gaza early on Monday, warning Pal…
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Rhetoric over U.S. exit from Iran deal rises amid threat of sanctions
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States threatened on Sunday to impose sanctions on European companies that do busines…
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Suicide bomber on motorbike wounds police in Indonesia's Surabaya
SURABAYA, Indonesia (Reuters) - A suicide bomber on a motorbike wounded several Indonesian police outside a police buil…
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Pompeo: U.S. to lift sanctions if North Korea dismantles nuclear weapons program
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Sunday that Washington would agree to lift sanctions…
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Firebrand cleric Sadr on course to win Iraq election
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Powerful nationalist cleric Moqtada al-Sadr was leading in Iraq's parliamentary election with m…
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Malaysia investors shift to Mahathir's camp from Najib-linked losers
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Investors sorted Malaysia's political haves from the have-nots on the first trading day af…
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The media are agog but are Britons really bothered about royal wedding?
ETON, England (Reuters) - Drinking pints in a traditional English pub in the genteel town of Eton under swathes of red,…
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Libya to return bodies of 20 Egyptian Christians beheaded in 2015
MISRATA, Libya (Reuters) - Libya will return to Egypt on Monday the bodies of 20 Egyptian Christians killed in 2015 by …