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International
9/19/2024 3:43:21 PM
Two years ago, food cart worker Fathima Shiyama had to wait in line, sometimes for days, to get cooking gas, fuel and other essentials. It was a test of patience for her and millions of other Sri Lankans as their country languished in economic and political chaos.
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Sports
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Omni sports
9/8/2024 11:50:56 AM
The end of the widely hailed Olympic and Paralympic Games in Paris this weekend will be greeted with pride and relief, as well as trepidation in a country in the throes of a deep political crisis.
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World
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Region
8/20/2024 8:12:48 PM
The United Nations expressed concern on Tuesday about the rapid deterioration of the economic and security situation in Libya, denouncing the "unilateral" moves by Libyan actors that have "increased tension."
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Region
5/11/2024 1:31:28 PM
Kuwait's emir on Friday dissolved parliament and assumed some government duties barely six weeks after elections in the wealthy Gulf oil state that has seen repeated political crises, state media reported.
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World
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War in Sudan
4/15/2024 10:01:25 AM
France is hosting an international conference on Sudan on Monday, exactly a year after war broke out in the northeast African country, leading to a humanitarian and political crisis.
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World
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Africa
3/25/2024 12:44:59 PM
Senegal's anti-establishment candidate Bassirou Diomaye Faye appeared early Monday to be closing in on victory in a presidential poll that follows several years of unrest and a political crisis, while the governing coalition said it was certain of a second-round vote.
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Africa
3/24/2024 12:31:54 PM
Senegal began voting Sunday for a new president in an unpredictable race following three years of turmoil and political crisis.
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World
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Africa
3/7/2024 3:34:39 PM
Senegal on Thursday looked set to elect a new president at the end of March and ease the crisis triggered by the delay to the presidential poll, but the exact date of the vote remained uncertain.
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World
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Africa
2/15/2024 11:15:34 PM
Several government opponents were released from prison in Senegal on Thursday, two lawyers told AFP, amid a political crisis that has gripped the country since the presidential election was delayed.
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World
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Region
2/15/2024 10:24:26 PM
Kuwait dissolved parliament on Thursday after a protracted stalemate between cabinet ministers and lawmakers dragged on despite the accession of a new emir in December.
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World
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International
2/12/2024 9:57:53 PM
Hungary's long-serving government of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán faces a rare political crisis after the president, a member of Orbán’s ruling party, resigned amid public anger over her pardoning of a man convicted in a child sexual abuse case.
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World
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Africa
2/10/2024 10:48:24 PM
Senegal's political crisis deepened as a second person died Saturday in increasingly violent protests against President Macky Sall's decision to postpone upcoming presidential elections.
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World
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Region
10/16/2023 10:00:31 PM
The top UN envoy for Libya, Abdoulaye Bathily, warned on Monday that disagreements over electoral laws and the formation of a new government carry the risk of another political crisis in Libya.
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World
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Africa
8/29/2023 3:57:52 PM
The United Nations warned Tuesday that the political crisis in Niger and the sanctions imposed against the coup regime risk triggering "catastrophic" humanitarian effects.
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World
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Region
8/29/2023 12:21:30 PM
Thirty-nine civilians were killed, most of them women and children, when shelling hit their homes on Tuesday in war-torn Sudan's vast western region of Darfur, medics and witnesses said.
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War in Sudan
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War in Sudan
7/13/2023 9:34:07 PM
The bodies of at least 87 people allegedly killed last month by Sudan's Rapid Support Forces paramilitary group and their allies have been buried in a mass grave in Darfur, the UN said on Thursday.
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War in Sudan
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War in Sudan
7/2/2023 3:56:27 PM
Fierce fighting between the forces of rival generals shook the Sudanese capital Khartoum on Sunday as disease and malnutrition threatened the rising number of displaced.
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World
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War in Ukraine
6/29/2023 3:58:47 PM
The EU's top diplomat warned Thursday that a "weaker" Russian President Vladimir Putin would pose a "greater danger" after Wagner's aborted mutiny sparked the largest political crisis in decades in the nuclear-armed country.
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World
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International
6/26/2023 6:47:09 PM
The leader of the Wagner mercenary group defended his short-lived insurrection in an audio statement Monday, and Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu made his first public appearance since the uprising that demanded his ouster, in a video aimed at projecting a sense of order after the country’s most serious political crisis in decades.
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World
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Region
6/21/2023 6:48:24 PM
France's new special envoy for Lebanon arrived in Beirut on Wednesday for talks with Lebanese leaders, state media reported, as bitter divisions continue to plague the crisis-hit country.
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