A week into a new Syria, rebels aim for normalcy and Syrians vow not to be silent again
DAMASCUS, SYRIA — At Damascus' international airport, the new head of security — one of the rebels who marched across ...
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Pachuca beat Al Ahly, will play Real Madrid for FIFA Intercontinental Cup
Mexico’s Pachuca defeated Egyptian side Al Ahly on penalties to set up Intercontinental Cup final with Spanish giants Real Madrid ...
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India's Supreme Court takes note of judge's 'communal' speech
India's Supreme Court has said it would review the controversial speech by a top court judge in which he said ...
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Can Syria’s new leadership establish a legal system to ensure fair trials?
Syrians demand justice for crimes committed during the Assad regime.Syria’s new administration is pledging accountability for crimes committed during the ...
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Eight Arab countries vow to support ‘peaceful transition process’ in Syria
Syria’s new government must be ‘inclusive’, say Arab foreign ministers in Jordan, warning against any discrimination.Top diplomats from eight Arab ...
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Blinken: US in direct contact with Syrian rebels that ousted Assad
AQABA, JORDAN — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Saturday that American officials have been in direct contact with ...
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Gaza’s libraries will rise from the ashes
I was five years old when I entered the Maghazi Library for the first time. My parents had just enrolled ...
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Iran sentences Iranian-American journalist to 10 years in prison
DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES — A court in Iran has sentenced Iranian-American journalist Reza Valizadeh to 10 years in prison ...
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Syrian refugees in Somalia hope to return home
MOGADISHU, SOMALIA/WASHINGTON — Expressing a renewed desire to return to their homeland, some Syrian refugees residing Somalia's capital, Mogadishu, are ...
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Singapore steps up executions and pressure on anti-death penalty groups
Singapore – Masoud Rahimi Mehrzad’s father was in a remote part of Iran when he received the news that he ...
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