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Abdullah Mohammed Ali Al-Yazidi (left) and Ahmad Ali Ahmad Baraoud figure on the latest list issued by four countries calling to fight terrorism.
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Yemen arrests two terror suspects with Qatar links
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Supreme Court upholds death penalty for 14 in Al-Awamiya cell and 15 for spying for Iran
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US breaks mixed medley world record again
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GlobalPort gets first win at Phoenix’s expense
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New city to have its own airport
Indigenous people known as Lumads, right, form the words “Save Lumad schools” as they join a march of thousands of protesters to coincide with the state of the nation address of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte in Quezon city, northeast of Manila, in this July 24, 2017 file photo. — AP
July 27, 2017
Rights groups urge Duterte to retract threat to bomb schools
Customers buy petrol at a petrol station in Karachi, Pakistan, on Wednesday. — Reuters
July 27, 2017
Fuel tanker owners in Pakistan end strike, bringing halt to panic buying
Bangladeshi conjoined twins baby girls Rabia and Rukia are seen during their visit to a hospital in Dhaka on Tuesday. — AFP
July 27, 2017
Bangladeshi twins born joined at skull set to undergo surgery
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A Palestinian man throws a Molotov cocktail at Israeli soldiers during clashes in the west Bank city of Ramallah, this week. — AP
July 27, 2017
Outlook for Ramallah clouded by tensions, restrictions
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Mourners carry the body of 17-year-old Mohammad Jawawdah, who was killed on the weekend when he attacked a security guard at the Israeli embassy compound in the Jordanian capital with a screwdriver, during his funeral in Amman, Tuesday. — AFP
July 27, 2017
Jordanians seek to scrap peace treaty with Israel
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President Donald Trump shakes hands with Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri during their meeting in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Tuesday. — AP
July 27, 2017
Trump and Hariri pledge solidarity against terrorism
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opinion
Yousuf Al-Muhaimeed
July 27, 2017
The need for a successful public transport system
July 27, 2017
Macron brokers Libyan ceasefire
Maram Makkawi
July 26, 2017
Poor treatment of girls at shelter homes
July 26, 2017
Countering terrorist propaganda
Europe
Migrants on a wooden boat await rescue by the Malta-based NGO Migrant Offshore Aid Station (MOAS) in the central Mediterranean in international waters off the coast of Sabratha in Libya in this April 15, 2017 file photo. — Reuters
July 27, 2017
Top EU court adviser deals blow to eastern Europe refugee battle
A fireman walks past charred debris of vehicles that were destroyed by fire in a parking lot for camping cars in Bormes-les-Mimosas, in the Var department, France, on Wednesday. — Reuters
July 27, 2017
Raging wildfires force mass evacuation in south France
An undated handout picture released from the Schaffhausen Police on Tuesday shows a man, believed to be a chainsaw-wielding loner in the town of Schaffhausen, Switzerland. — Reuters
July 26, 2017
Swiss authorities issue international arrest warrant for chainsaw attacker
Spanish police officers stop a man on the Beni Enzar border crossing between Morocco and the Spanish enclave of Melilla, Spain, on Tuesday in this still image from a CCTV video. — Reuters
July 25, 2017
Knife-wielding man arrested in Spain for attacking police
A Canadair firefighting plane drops water to extinguish a forest fire on La Croix-Valmer from Cavalaire-sur-Mer, near Saint-Tropez, France, on Tuesday. — Reuters
July 25, 2017
Wildfires rage in south of France and Corsica
Asia
An Indian woman searches for belongings in the debris of her damaged house in a flood affected village near Thara in Banaskantha district, Gujarat, India Wednesday. — AP
July 27, 2017
Rescuers on war footing as flooding hits western, eastern India
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July 26, 2017
Pakistan police arrest village council members for ordering rape
July 26, 2017
Bihar’s grand alliance crumbles as Nitish dumps Lalu for Modi
Africa
A young boy holds a poster with a photo of former South African President and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Nelson Mandela, during Mandela Day, commemorating Mandela’s birthday and his initiative against poverty, in Cape Town, South Africa, on Tuesday. — AFP
July 20, 2017
World marks Mandela Day
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fee
July 3, 2017
Expats feel the pinch of new fee
July 5, 2017
Expat dependents fees: Economists’ views differ
July 5, 2017
Companies weigh options to deal with new expat fee
July 9, 2017
Dependent fee creates panic among expats
July 10, 2017
Expat fees and tough personal decision
Khaja Moinuddin
July 5, 2017
Indian gas station attendant loses life over SR20 bill
July 12, 2017
In the eyes of the beholder
America
Venezuelan citizens cross the Simon Bolivar international bridge from San Antonio del Tachira, Venezuela to Cucuta, Norte de Santander Department, Colombia, on Tuesday. — AFP
July 26, 2017
Venezuelans fearing vote violence flee to Colombia
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House Speaker Paul Ryan with Rep. Claudia Tenney, right, and Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington on Tuesday. — AP
July 26, 2017
Russia rages after US House passes Russia, Iran, N. Korea sanctions bill
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Senator John McCain, R-Ariz. speaks the floor of the Senate on Capitol Hill in Washington on Tuesday. — AP
July 26, 2017
Trump sounds upbeat as Senate braces for health care showdown
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