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UAE signs US$5.5b in military contracts as Yemen war heightens scrutiny
ABU DHABI, Feb 21 — The United Arab Emirates awarded US$5.5 billion worth (RM22.4 billion) of military procurement contracts during a defence show this week, at a time when arms...
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Iran announces three-day navy drill from Gulf to Indian Ocean
TEHRAN, Feb 21 — Iran is to launch a three-day annual navy drill from tomorrow in a vast area of the Gulf and the Indian Ocean including a sensitive global shipping route, state...
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Saudi sisters stopped in Hong Kong while fleeing kingdom
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Two dead, six missing after high-seas brawl on Taiwan fishing boat
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Air France halts Caracas flights during political crisis
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Algeria military plane crash kills two
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5.5-magnitude quake hits Japan’s Hokkaido, no tsunami risk
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‘Doomsday’ inferno leaves Dhaka in shock
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Catalonia protesters burn tyres, block highways over separatist trial
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Dublin airport temporarily suspends flights over drone sighting
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Vietnam tightens security at border station ahead of Kim Jong-un visit
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UK’s Hammond: Talk of warship deployment complicates China ties
LONDON, Feb 21 — Britain’s talk of deploying a warship in the Pacific has complicated its relationship with China, finance minister Philip Hammond said today. As Britain...
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Pence will meet with Lima Group on Venezuela, says spokeswoman
WASHINGTON, Feb 21 — US Vice-President Mike Pence will fly to Bogota, Colombia on Monday to discuss the Venezuela crisis with leaders of the regional Lima Group of nations, his...
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Security chief in south Libya town assassinated
TRIPOLI, Feb 21 — Armed men have murdered a security official in southern Libya, the UN-backed government said today, a day after forces opposed to it said they had entered his...
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US-backed SDF hand Iraqi, foreign Islamic State fighters to Iraq
BAGHDAD, Feb 21 — US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) handed over more than 150 Iraqi and other foreign Islamic State fighters to Iraq today. The handover was the first of...
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Last civilians expected to leave Islamic State enclave today
DEIR AL-ZOR (Syria), Feb 21 — The last civilians are expected to be evacuated from Islamic State’s final enclave in eastern Syria today, clearing the way for US-backed forces...
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British opposition leader warns of no deal Brexit danger
BRUSSELS, Feb 21 — British opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn warned today a no deal Brexit was a “very serious and present” risk and blamed Prime Minister Theresa May’s...
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Finance Minister: Brexit deal could be voted on by lawmakers next week
LONDON, Feb 21 — British lawmakers could be given a vote on a revised Brexit deal as soon as next week as negotiators in Brussels scramble to clinch last-minute changes to...
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Kazakh president sacks government over economic failures
ASTANA, Feb 21 — Ex-Soviet Kazakhstan’s President Nursultan Nazarbayev dismissed the government today, complaining that “positive changes were not achieved” in the...
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Nigeria’s Buhari, Atiku make final appeal for votes ahead of delayed poll
ABUJA, Feb 21 — Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari and his closest rival Atiku Abubakar made their final appeal for votes on the last day of campaigning today ahead of a...
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Pope opens child sex abuse conference, promising ‘concrete’ remedies
VATICAN CITY, Feb 21 — Pope Francis promised that concrete actions against child sexual abuse by priests would result from a conference he opened today, countering scepticism...
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Polish activists overturn statue of priest accused of sex abuse
WARSAW, Feb 21 — Three activists overturned a statue of a Polish priest accused of sex abuse in the northern city of Gdansk early today, local police said. Video footage on...
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Brazilian police says it has busted vast airborne drug trafficking network
SAO PAULO, Feb 21 — Brazilian federal police said today they were serving arrest warrants for 54 people over their alleged role in a vast drug trafficking network which...
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Two dead after shooting in German city of Munich
MUNICH, Feb 21 — Two people have been killed in the southern German city of Munich after locals reported shots being fired at a construction site this morning, a police...
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Singapore activist fined for public Skype call with HK protest leader
SINGAPORE, Feb 21 — A Singapore court fined a rights activist today for organising an assembly without a permit after he organised a public conference where a high-profile Hong...
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Minister: India will stop share of its water flowing into Pakistan
NEW DELHI, Feb 21 — India has decided to stop the flow of water to Pakistan from its share in the rivers under the Indus Water Treaty regulating river flows between the two...
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‘Nut rage’ Korean Air heiress accused of child abuse by husband
SEOUL, Feb 21 — The husband of a Korean Air heiress known for a “nut rage” tantrum that sparked uproar in South Korea has accused his wife of abusing him and their young...
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Taiwan unveils long-awaited gay marriage bill
TAIPEI, Feb 21 — Taiwan’s ruling party unveiled its latest attempt to create Asia’s first gay marriage law today, a bill offering same sex-couples “permanent unions” as...
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Kashmiri students flee Indian backlash after suicide attack
SRINAGAR (India), Feb 21 — Junaid Ayub Rather cowered alongside 30 other students in a small room for two nights while mobs chanted for their blood outside, before finally...
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Main challengers to Netanyahu announce alliance for Israeli polls
JERUSALEM, Feb 21 — The two main challengers to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in April polls announced an electoral alliance today in a bid to defeat him. Benny...