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Strong quake triggers landslides on Indonesian Lombok island
A strong earthquake jolted the Indonesian island of Lombok on Sunday, causing landslides on Mount Rinjani and damaging buildings, as it tries ...Qatar says Saudi blocking hajj access to its citizens
Qatar on Sunday said its citizens were unable to take part in the annual hajj pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia as the two ...Former UN chief Kofi Annan dies at 80
Former United Nations Secretary General and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Kofi Annan died Saturday after a short illness at the age of ...Russia denounces new U.S. sanctions as illegal, mulls retaliation
Russia condemned a new round of U.S. sanctions as illegal on Thursday and said it had begun working on retaliatory measures after ...Syrian army urges people in Idlib to agree return of state rule
The Syrian army dropped leaflets over Idlib province on Thursday, urging people in part of the last big swathe of territory still ...At least 29 children killed in strike on Yemen bus
A strike on a bus in rebel-held northern Yemen killed at least 29 children Thursday, the Red Cross said, as the Saudi-led ...Argentina Senate votes against legalizing abortion
Argentina\'s senators on Thursday voted against legalizing abortion in the homeland of Pope Francis, dashing the hopes of women\'s rights groups after ...Gaza rocket hits near southern Israeli city in show of defiance
A long-range rocket fired from Gaza struck an uninhabited area outside the largest city in southern Israel on Thursday, Israeli police said, ...Syrian government retakes Golan Heights frontier with Israel
The Syrian government regained control of the frontier with the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights for the first time in seven years on Monday, ...Georgia legalises personal use of marijuana
The Georgian Constitutional Court on Monday abolished fines for using marijuana but stipulated that growing and selling the drug would remain an ...




