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France on Monday was due to receive five Afghan women “threatened by the Taliban” after repeated requests it create a humanitarian corridor for women shut out of public life, an official said. Since returning to power in August 2021,…
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Already battling extreme heat, Bahrain is scrambling to ward off another environmental threat: rising seas that could swallow parts of its coast, the island nation’s oil and environment minister told AFP. By next year, the tiny Gulf…
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Daesh still commands between 5,000 and 7,000 members across its former stronghold in Syria and Iraq and its fighters pose the most serious terrorist threat in Afghanistan today, UN experts said in a report circulated Monday. The experts…
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Western-backed maritime forces in the Middle East on Saturday warned shippers traveling through the strategic Strait of Hormuz to stay as far away from Iranian territorial waters as possible to avoid being seized, a stark advisory amid…
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Libyan military strongman Khalifa Haftar, who backs the politically split country’s eastern administration, has threatened military action unless oil revenues are divided fairly by the end of August. The country sits on Africa’s biggest…
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The Covid-19 pandemic could settle down this year to a point where it poses a threat similar to flu, the World Health Organization said Friday. “I think we’re coming to that point where we can look at Covid-19 in the same way we look at…
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Austrian police tightened security measures at several sensitive sites in the country’s capital on Wednesday after its intelligence service received information that indicated a possible extremist attack. “Our intelligence services have…
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Women’s rights are being “abused, threatened and violated” around the world and gender equality won’t be achieved for 300 years on the current track, the United Nations secretary-general warned Monday. Antonio Guterres told the opening…
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Arab nations should be vigilant to the threat of a global recession amid soaring inflation in many countries, a senior Arab League official said. Speaking at a meeting of customs authority chiefs, Ali Al-Maliki, the league’s assistant…
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Eddie Howe believes Newcastle United are now being viewed by the Premier League “Big Six” as a clear and present danger — and the recent transfer window proves it. The Magpies tried in vain to nab loan deals from the likes of Chelsea in…
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