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World
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International
9/21/2023 7:19:19 PM
The United States had 3.5 million residents who identify as Middle Eastern or North African, Venezuelans were the fastest-growing Hispanic group last decade and Chinese and Asian Indians were the two largest Asian groups, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
9/20/2023 11:21:04 PM
Egypt’s Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry said on Wednesday that global counterterrorism efforts must address and uproot the extremist and inflammatory ideologies that constitute the foundation for terrorist groups.
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World
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Region
9/18/2023 10:58:54 AM
A top official with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah group said Sunday that Palestinian and Lebanese officials have given militant Islamic groups in Lebanon’s largest Palestinian refugee camp until the end of the month to hand over the accused killers of a Fatah general.
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World
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Region
9/16/2023 6:16:07 PM
Iranian authorities on Saturday prevented the family of Mahsa Amini from holding a ceremony to commemorate the first anniversary of her death, confining her father to his home, as sporadic protests were reported nationwide despite heavy security, rights groups said.
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World
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Region
9/16/2023 9:57:13 AM
Aid groups have warned of growing risk posed by the spread of disease that could compound the humanitarian crisis in Libya, as hopes of finding more survivors fade days after deadly flooding.
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World
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Africa
9/12/2023 10:16:57 PM
Armed groups from northern Mali on Tuesday claimed they captured the key town of Bourem, between Gao and Timbuktu, before pulling out, fuelling fears of the collapse of a peace deal between the ex-rebels and government forces.
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World
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International
8/31/2023 6:46:42 PM
As former President Donald Trump dominates the Republican presidential primary, some liberal groups and legal experts contend that a rarely used clause of the Constitution prevents him from being president after the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.
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World
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International
8/28/2023 6:08:48 PM
Rights monitors condemned on Monday a ban on women visiting one of Afghanistan's most popular national parks, the latest curb shutting women out of public life under Taliban government rule.
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World
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Region
8/28/2023 3:34:47 PM
Iran and Iraq have reached an agreement to disarm members of Iranian Kurdish dissident groups based in northern Iraq and relocate their members from their current bases, officials from the two countries said Monday.
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World
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Region
8/28/2023 3:30:46 PM
Clashes broke out Monday between two US-backed groups in eastern Syria, leaving three gunmen dead and raising tensions in the region where hundreds of American troops are deployed, opposition activists said.
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World
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Region
8/26/2023 8:00:48 PM
Jihadists killed at least 11 Syrian soldiers in the war-torn country's northwest Saturday when they detonated explosives placed in tunnels dug underneath army positions before attacking them, a monitor said.
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World
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Africa
8/26/2023 11:52:30 AM
Islamic State extremists have almost doubled the territory they control in Mali in less than a year, and their al-Qaida-linked rivals are capitalizing on the deadlock and perceived weakness of armed groups that signed a 2015 peace agreement, United Nations experts said in a new report.
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World
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International
8/21/2023 11:02:39 AM
Japanese government officials sought understanding from fisheries groups Monday for the impending release of treated radioactive wastewater from the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant into the sea and pledged to support their livelihoods throughout the process that will take decades.
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World
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Region
8/16/2023 10:21:44 AM
Gun battles between two leading armed groups in the Libyan capital Tripoli have killed 27 people and wounded 106, a toll update from the Emergency Medicine Centre said Wednesday.
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World
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Region
8/15/2023 6:28:43 PM
Gunfighting between the two leading armed groups in Tripoli killed two people and forced the closure of the Libyan capital's only civilian airport, officials said on Tuesday.
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World
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Region
8/15/2023 10:47:17 AM
A blast hit a munitions depot northeast of the Syrian capital Tuesday causing casualties, a war monitor said, two days after a similar explosion hit warehouses belonging to pro-Iran groups.
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War in Sudan
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War in Sudan
8/7/2023 1:46:23 PM
Torrential rains have destroyed more than 450 homes in Sudan's north, state media reported Monday, validating concerns voiced by aid groups that the wet season would compound the war-torn country's woes.
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World
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Region
7/30/2023 2:19:44 PM
Groups of extremist Israeli Jewish settlers heavily guarded by police broke into the courtyards of the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in occupied Jerusalem on Sunday morning, the Palestinian News Agency, WAFA, reported.
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Business
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Energy
7/25/2023 10:29:13 PM
TotalEnergies announced Tuesday it had started drilling wells for oil in Uganda as part of a huge project condemned by environmental and rights groups.
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World
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Africa
7/16/2023 3:52:00 PM
The African Union's fifth Mid-Year Coordination Meeting (MYCM) kicked off in Nairobi on Sunday, bringing together various regional economic groups and mechanisms to accelerate continental integration.
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