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US President Donald Trump and Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, left, take part in a joint press conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington on Wednesday. — AFP
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Erdogan says would buy Patriots but won't give up S-400s
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Turkey and France qualify for Euro 2020
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Lippi says he is 'quitting' as China boss after Syria defeat
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Transport minister inspects Haramain railway stations
Commuters drive along a motorway under heavy smog conditions in New Delhi on Thursday. — AFP
November 14, 2019
Fury in Delhi as smog engulfs children's race, hits golf event
Defense Secretary nominee Mark Esper testifies before a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on his nomination in Washington, U.S. July 16, 2019. REUTERS/Erin Scott
November 14, 2019
US, South Korea could scale back joint drills: Esper
India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks during the BRICS Business Council prior to the 11th edition of the BRICS Summit, in Brasilia, on Wednesday. — AFP
November 14, 2019
Literary stars call on Modi to restore critic's citizenship
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The coffin of slain Lebanese protester Alaa Abu Fakhr, draped in a national flag, is carried by mourners through the streets of his hometown of Chouaifet, southeast of Beirut, during his funeral procession on Thursday. — AFP
November 14, 2019
Lebanese mourners lay to rest 'martyr of revolution'
Russian military police take part in a joint Turkish-Russian army patrol near the town of Darbasiyah in Syria's northeastern Hasakeh province along the Syria-Turkey border in this Nov. 11, 2019 file photo. — AFP
November 14, 2019
Russia bolsters new Syria base on Turkish border
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Iraqi protesters wave a flag during a demonstration during ongoing anti-government demonstrations in the southern city of Basra on Wednesday. — AFP
November 14, 2019
Tear gas grenades kill Iraq protesters as authorities feel heat
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opinion
November 13, 2019
A sad boost for Spain’s racists
November 13, 2019
Fake views
Tariq A. Al-Maeena
November 12, 2019
‘The shameful collapse of Indian judiciary’
Hussein Shobokshi
November 11, 2019
Global forces of change!
Europe
People walk on a footbridge across the flooded St. Mark's Square by St. Mark's Basilica, rear, and the Doge's palace, right, in Venice, Italy, on Thursday. — AFP
November 14, 2019
Venice braces for more high water as alarms sound
The emergency services work at the scene of collision between a public bus and a truck near the village of Malanta on the outskirts of the city of Nitra, western Slovakia, on Wednesday. — AFP
November 13, 2019
School pupils among 12 dead in Slovak crash on 'Road of Death'
Students take part in a demonstration in Lyon on Tuesday called by French students union Solidaires days after a 22-year-old student set himself on fire over financial problems. — AFP
November 13, 2019
French govt under pressure after student sets himself on fire
Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg, center, stands aboard the catamaran La Vagabonde with her father Svante Thunberg, left, La Vagabonde owner Riley Whitelum, second left, and sailor Nikki Henderson, right, as they set sail to Europe in Hampton, Virginia, on Wednesday. — AFP
November 13, 2019
Greta Thunberg sails to Europe, sets course for UN climate summit
Pedestrians walk on a footbridge across the flooded Riva degli Schiavoni embankment after an exceptional overnight
November 13, 2019
Climate change, corruption blamed for Venice flood devastation
Asia
A view of an exploration lander for China's Mars mission before a hovering and obstacle avoidance test at a facility in Huailai in northern China's Hebei province on Thursday. — AFP
November 14, 2019
China completes Mars lander test ahead of 2020 mission
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November 14, 2019
Death toll in Australia bushfires rises to four
November 14, 2019
Indonesians quitting 'rice addiction' over diabetes fears
Africa
A man shows a wad of the new Zimbabwe two-dollar notes he received from a bank in Harare on Tuesday. — AFP
November 12, 2019
Zimbabwe issues fresh banknotes to ease cash shortages
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The man was seen stomping onto the stage to attack performers in theatrical costumes during a musical performance. (Supplied)
November 12, 2019
3 performers stabbed on stage in Riyadh
November 9, 2019
Over 73,000 Saudis leave private sector jobs in a year
The workshop in progress.
November 13, 2019
About 2.6m foreign workers in the Kingdom are unskilled
America
A video grab of the unfolding scenes following a shooting at a high school north of Los Angeles, with
November 14, 2019
'Multiple victims' in school shooting near Los Angeles
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(Boston, MA - 10/9/14) Gov. Deval Patrick listens during a speaking program at MassCEC's Wind Technology Testing Center in Charlestown, Thursday, October 09, 2014. Staff photo by Angela Rowlings.
November 14, 2019
Ex-governor Deval Patrick enters Democratic race
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Sri Lankan writer Lasantha Wijeratne receives treatment in a hospital in Galle on Thursda, after being stabbed by armed men. — AFP
November 14, 2019
Sri Lanka author attacked ahead of key polls
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