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A US military image released by the Pentagon in Washington on Monday which it says was taken from a US Navy MH-60R helicopter in the Gulf of Oman in waters between Gulf Arab states and Iran on June 13, shows personnel that the Pentagon says are members of the Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy removing an unexploded limpet mine from the M/T Kokuka Courageous, a Japanese owned commercial motor tanker. — Reuters
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Egypt's ex-president Morsi buried in Cairo
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Saudi Arabia gets first hydrogen fueling station
Indian stuntman Chanchal Lahiri, known by his stage name
June 17, 2019
Indian magician feared drowned in river after Houdini trick goes wrong
Children hold placards during a protest against the deaths of children who have died this month from encephalitis, commonly known as brain fever, in the eastern Indian state of Bihar, in New Delhi, on Monday. — Reuters
June 17, 2019
Brain disease kills 97 Indian children, 'heat curfew' imposed
Indian doctors of All India Institute of Medical Science (AIIMS) watch the live streaming of the press conference of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee during a nationwide doctors strike in New Delhi on Monday. — AFP
June 17, 2019
Indian doctors stage nationwide strike
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This picture shows a general view of the Al-Wafaa Wa Al-Amal cemetery after the former Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi was buried, in Nasr city district, east of the capital Cairo on Tuesday. — AFP
June 18, 2019
Egypt's ex-president Morsi buried in Cairo
White House senior adviser Jared Kushner, left, speaks with United States Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley and lawyer Jason Greenblatt, right, before a meeting of the United Nations Security Council at UN headquarters in New York in this Feb. 20, 2018 file photo. — Reuters
June 17, 2019
White House will not invite Israeli officials to Bahrain event: Senior US official
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David Beasley
June 17, 2019
UN food chief denounces Houthi manipulation of Yemen food aid
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opinion
June 18, 2019
NGO’s are not above the law
Hussein Shobokshi
June 17, 2019
The fight of elephants!
June 13, 2019
Two fresh shipping outrages
June 13, 2019
Running with the hare and hunting with the hounds
Europe
Conservative MP Boris Johnson leaves his home in London on Monday. — AFP
June 17, 2019
Boris Johnson gets boost in race to become Britain's new PM
Heinz-Christian Strache
June 17, 2019
Disgraced Austria far-right ex-leader declines EU seat
Boris Johnson, leadership candidate for Britain's Conservative Prime Minister, leaves home in London in this June 15, 2019 file photo. — Reuters
June 16, 2019
Taking aim at Johnson, British PM hopefuls make Brexit case
Alternative for Germany (AfD) far-right party top candidate in Goerlitz Sebastian Wippel reacts after the first results in the local election round two in Goerliz, eastern Germany, on Sunday. — AFP
June 16, 2019
German town backs Merkel's CDU, rejects AfD in vote for mayor
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June 16, 2019
Russia dismisses accusations of meddling in EU elections
Asia
Pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong addresses the crowds outside the Legislative Council during a demonstration demanding Hong Kong's leaders to step down and withdraw the extradition bill, in Hong Kong, China, on Monday. — Reuters
June 17, 2019
Hong Kong protests a rare defeat for Xi, say analysts
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June 17, 2019
China's Xi to visit North Korea this week ahead of G20
June 17, 2019
Brain fever kills 97 children in east India
Africa
A member of Sudan's Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitaries mans a machine gun turret while on guard outside the offices of the anti-corruption prosecution in the capital Khartoum. — AFP
June 17, 2019
Sudan protesters urge new night-time rallies
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June 12, 2019
Iran hand behind Abha attack
Saudi Arabia's General Authority for Statistics (GaStat)
June 12, 2019
More than 390,000 work visas issued in 3 months
Saudis in the age group of 30-35 represent about 18.5 percent of the working people followed by citizens in the age group of 35-39 who represented 17.3 percent. — Courtesy photo
June 15, 2019
Expats control about 75.6% of jobs in Saudi labor market
America
AGE NO BAR: French high wire artist Philippe Petit performs an aerial walk to launch the celebration of the 70th anniversary of Philip Johnson's Glass House at their summer party in New Canaan, Connecticut, in this June 9, 2019 file photo. — AFP
June 17, 2019
Tightrope virtuoso Philippe Petit still defying gravity as he nears 70
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A lamppost shines down a street as the rest of the neighborhood Parque Batlle goes without electricity, although power has mostly been restored after a massive blackout in Argentina cut electricity to much of neighboring Uruguay and swaths of Paraguay, in Montevideo, Uruguay, on Sunday. — Reuters
June 17, 2019
Lights back on, Argentine leaders still in dark over massive power cut
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Mayor of London Sadiq Khan speaks during an interview at an event to promote the start of London Tech Week in London in this June 10, 2019 file photo. — Reuters
June 16, 2019
Trump in new Twitter attack on London's mayor
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