UN aid workers return to Yemen on flights to Sanaa: UN
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UN aid workers return to Yemen on flights to Sanaa: UN

Humanitarian aid workers arrived in the Yemeni capital of Sanaa on Saturday, after a nearly three week blockade by the…
Momentum grows for another grand coalition in Germany
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Momentum grows for another grand coalition in Germany

Members of Germany’s Social Democrats (SPD) will likely approve a renewed coalition with Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives if party leaders…
Syrian opposition picks chief negotiator ahead of new Geneva talks
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Syrian opposition picks chief negotiator ahead of new Geneva talks

Syria’s main opposition group selected a new chief negotiator on Friday ahead of a new round of UN-backed peace negotiations…
‘Crocodile’ Mnangagwa sworn in as Zimbabwe president
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‘Crocodile’ Mnangagwa sworn in as Zimbabwe president

Emmerson Mnangagwa was sworn in on Friday as President of Zimbabwe in front of thousands of cheering supporters at Harare’s…
Crown prince calls Iran leader ‘new Hitler’
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Crown prince calls Iran leader ‘new Hitler’

Saudi Arabia’s powerful Crown Prince called the Supreme Leader of Iran “the new Hitler of the Middle East” in an…
Pistorius sentence extended to 13 years
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Pistorius sentence extended to 13 years

South Africa’s Supreme Court increased Oscar Pistorius’ murder sentence on Friday to 13 years and five months after the state…
Saudi crown prince: 95 percent of corruption suspects agree to settle
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Saudi crown prince: 95 percent of corruption suspects agree to settle

The vast majority of about 200 businessmen and officials implicated in a sweeping crackdown on corruption are agreeing to settlements…
Fighting between rebel and army kills 27 in South Sudan
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Fighting between rebel and army kills 27 in South Sudan

Twenty-seven people were killed when rebels attacked government forces in South Sudan, a local government official said on Thursday. Three…
Islamic State beheads 15 of its own fighters: Afghan official
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Islamic State beheads 15 of its own fighters: Afghan official

Islamic State beheaded 15 of its own fighters due to infighting in Afghanistan’s eastern province of Nangarhar, officials said, while…
Mugabe granted immunity: sources
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Mugabe granted immunity: sources

Zimbabwe’s former president Robert Mugabe was granted immunity from prosecution and assured that his safety would be protected in his…
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