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Oil prices increased after Saudi Arabia cut supplies
Oil prices rose almost 1 percent on Monday after Saudi Arabia, the world's top oil exporter, announced a cut in December supplies, seen as a measure to halt a market slide that has seen a 20 percent fall since early October
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Flash flood kills nearly 12 in Jordan and forces tourists to evacuate
Flash floods in Jordan have killed at least 12 people and wounded several others, the state-run Jordan News Agency reported on Saturday, one-day after heavy rain hit several parts of the country, including the ancient stone-city of
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U.S. ends refueling support in Yemen war as pressure builds on Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia and the United States have agreed to end U.S. refueling of aircraft from the Saudi-led coalition battling Houthi insurgents in Yemen, ending a divisive aspect of U.S. support to a war that has pushed Yemen to the brink of famine. The
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Saudi Arabia’s King Salman inaugurates SR7bn projects in Hail region
Saudi Arabia’s King Salman on Thursday inaugurated 259 development projects worth SR7 billion ($1.86 billion) in the Hail region. Hail Gov.
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More than 200 mass graves discovered in Iraq: UN report
More than 200 graves containing the corpses of thousands of victims have been discovered in areas formerly controlled by the Islamic State of Iraq
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The United States implements Iran's "most severe sanctions"
The United States on Monday begins to apply the "most severe" sanctions against Iran, under a wave of protests, in the oil-rich
Read MoreWorld's tallest statue in tribute to Sardar Vallabbhai Patel unveiled in India
India's prime minister on Wednesday unveiled a towering bronze statue of Sardar Vallabbhai Patel, a key independence leader and the country's first home minister after British colonialists left in 1947. At 182 metres high, it is the
Read MoreDeadly crash in China after a fight between driver and passenger
Police say a brawl between a passenger and a bus driver was the cause of a bus plunging off a bridge in southwestern China. The vehicle plunged into a section of the Yangtze River in the city of Chongqing city, killing all 15 people on board,
Read MoreIndian couple who fell off cliff at Yosemite National Park had warned readers against 'daredevil attempts' for photos, selfies
San Francisco: She was a self-described “adrenaline junkie,” and he took “wow-worthy photos” of the couple posing at the edge of cliffs and jumping from planes that appeared on social media and a travel blog that
Read MoreTrump Threatens Shooting Of Central American Migrants Who Throw Stones
Trump told journalists that a group of several thousand migrants attempting to walk from Central America through Mexico had thrown rocks "viciously and violently" at Mexican police. President Donald Trump on Thursday warned that
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