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Road blocks have become a near daily occurrence in the small Mediterranean country and lasted all day Monday, including in and out of Beirut
In August 2020, Sudan signed a peace agreement with rebel groups to end 17 years of war
Speaking to journalists on board his plane, the 84-year-old pontiff described Sistani -- one of Shiite Islam's top clerics -- as "a wise man".
It was not immediately clear if Assad, who has been in power since taking over from his late father in 2000, or any of his family members have been vaccinated
The "constructive" trip was made possible thanks to a "calm and secure Iraq", Iran's foreign ministry spokesman said
Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister held talks on Monday with Qatar's Emir in Doha about improving relations between the two countries, the Qatar state news agency QNA reported
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Most US visa applicants who were denied because of former President Donald Trump's travel ban on 13 mostly Muslim-majority and African countries
President Joe Biden has suspended drone strikes outside of war zones where US forces are operating, reversing the policy of his predecessor Donald Trump
China has launched a system of so-called "virus passports" to kickstart international travel, as Russia sealed its first deal to manufacture the Sputnik V jab in the European Union
Joe Biden announced the nomination of two women to lead US military commands, who will be only the second and third women to hold such senior military positions in the US
Peace negotiations between the Afghan government and the Taliban insurgents have largely stalled as US President Joe Biden's administration reviews how to handle the peace process, including troops withdrawal
Campaign posters reading "Stop radical Islam!" and "Stop extremism!", featuring a woman in a black niqab, have been plastered around Swiss cities
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The doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine, manufactured by the Serum Institute of India, were allocated under the UN-led Covax initiative which is working to facilitate vaccine access for poorer countries
Civilians massacred. Journalists arrested. People starving to death. Ethiopia’s government is under growing pressure to allow the world to see firsthand what has occurred in its embattled Tigray region
Eritrean forces shot dead hundreds of children and civilians in a November massacre in neighbouring Ethiopia's war-hit Tigray region, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said
Fighting between federal troops and forces of the region's former ruling party has killed thousands of people, forced hundreds of thousands from their homes and hit infrastructure badly
"They let us out today. They didn't say anything about why they let us go. But they said they have decided to free us," said the translator, Fitsum Berhane
Blinken also asked that Abiy allow credible independent international investigations
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A Thai university has warned foreign students to steer clear of political rallies or face revocation of their visas and immigration blacklisting amid anti-government protests and local demonstrations against a coup in Myanmar
British heir-to-the-throne Prince Charles declined to comment on Tuesday after he was asked about what he thought of Meghan and his son Prince Harry’s Oprah Winfrey interview
The boats left shore on Monday night or early Tuesday and carried migrants mainly from sub-Saharan Africa who were attempting to reach Europe illegally
After Iran last month imposed an internet shutdown lasting several days in a southeastern region during a rare upsurge of unrest, activists say the gov't is now using the tactic repeatedly when protests erupt
US sanctions imposed on the government of President Bashar al-Assad, known as the Ceasar Act, is complicating the return of Syria to the Arab fold, the UAE's Foreign Minister Abdullah Bin Zayed said on Tuesday
People barricaded in a Yangon neighbourhood overnight said Tuesday that security forces searched their homes room by room for anti-coup protesters, targeting apartments flying the flag of Aung San Suu Kyi's party
On that day, August 19, 2020, the refugee took the witness stand in a Koblenz courtroom to recount the ordeal he suffered in a Syrian detention centre
Spain's foreign minister on Tuesday hailed the European Parliament's decision to lift the immunity of three wanted Catalan MEPs, saying it showed the Catalonia issue was to be resolved within Spain
The Malaysian government last month deported 1,086 people it claimed were illegal immigrants on three Myanmar navy ships
The Saudi-led coalition battling Yemen's Houthi group intercepted an armed drone launched by the Iran-aligned movement towards Khamis Mushait in southern Saudi Arabia
The visit comes as the United States is seeking to shake-up the stalled Qatari-hosted talks between the warring sides, including proposals for an interim government
"I call on countries, companies and institutions to adopt special measures and quotas to advance women's equal participation and achieve rapid change," the UN chief said in his message for International Women's Day.
Women held up banners calling on authorities to abrogate the "infamous" code and other signs saying they were marching "for change", AFP reporters said.
The project aims at restoring the most vulnerable residents' access to basic health care services and ensuring that mothers and the most vulnerable children receive quality care in the current complex circumstances.
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) managing director approved the first review of Sudan’s Staff-Monitored Program (SMP), which supports the government’s home-grown program of reforms
“In the atmosphere of love and tolerance promoted by the visit of His Holiness the Pope to the land of Iraq, we present today the call for a national dialogue,” Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi said in a televised speech.
US Special Envoy and the head of US forces and the NATO-led non-combat Resolute Support mission, met General Qamar Javed Bajwa at Pakistani army headquarters in Rawalpindi, according to the media wing of Pakistan's military.
A pilot programme involving 700 Palestinian West Bank residents began on Thursday.
The European Commission has criticised the Anglo-Swedish company for failing to fulfil its delivery schedule to the EU, even as it supplied full doses to Britain.
During the pandemic, cases of domestic violence in Ukraine increased by almost half. Over the past year, the police received 174,386 statements of domestic violence.
The protesters chanted "stop the genocide" and "close the camps" as they marched within a few hundred metre's of China's walled-off consulate in Istanbul
US President Joe Biden welcomed the ' historic' visit by Pope Francis to Iraq on Monday, saying it sent an ' important' message of brotherhood and peace
French President Emmanuel Macron would beat far-right leader Marine Le Pen with a much smaller margin than in 2017 if the two fought a runoff in the next presidential election in May 2022, an opinion poll showed on Monday
China will speed up lawmaking aimed at countering foreign sanctions and ' long-arm jurisdiction', its parliament said on Monday, amid increasing pressure from Western countries over issues ranging from Xinjiang to Hong Kong.
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