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Israeli soldiers speak next to a tank as military armored vehicles gather in an open area near Israel’s border with the Gaza Strip on Thursday. — Reuters
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Israel steps up armored deployment on Gaza border
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Highlights
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Cyber-warfare’s own perils
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Israel steps up armored deployment on Gaza border
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UN envoy warns Gaza is imploding
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Israeli Supreme Court overturns entry ban on US student
A NATO helicopter lands at the Resolute Support headquarters in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Thursday. — Reuters
October 18, 2018
Top Afghan official killed in shooting, US general unhurt
Maumoon Abdul Gayoom
October 18, 2018
Maldives court frees ex-leader Gayoom
Former Minister of State for External Affairs M.J. Akbar walks inside his residence in New Delhi in this Oct. 14, 2018 file photo. — Reuters
October 18, 2018
India looks to tighten sexual harassment laws: Government officials
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Relatives of Palestinian Naji Al-Za’aneen, 25, mourn during his funeral in the northern Gaza Strip on Wednesday. — AFP
October 18, 2018
UN envoy warns Gaza is imploding
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US student Lara Alqasem walks at the Ben Gurion international airport terminal in Lod, near Tel Aviv, Israel, on Thursday. — Reuters
October 18, 2018
Israeli Supreme Court overturns entry ban on US student
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Visitors read books at the Big Bad Wolf Book Sale, which calls itself the world’s biggest, hosted for the first time by Dubai, on Wednesday. — Reuters
October 18, 2018
“World’s largest book sale” comes to Middle East at giant hangar in Dubai
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opinion
October 19, 2018
Cyber-warfare’s own perils
Hani Aldahri
October 18, 2018
The drama will be over soon and Saudis will have the last laugh
October 18, 2018
Legalizing catastrophe
Ibrahim Al-Othaimin
October 18, 2018
Stormy autumn of Iran
Europe
A Cobalt airplane taxis on the tarmac at Larnaca airport on May 30, 2016. — AFP
October 18, 2018
Passengers stranded as Cypriot airline goes bust
People gather at a makeshift memorial near the scene of a recent attack on a local college in the city of Kerch, Crimea, on Thursday. — Reuters
October 18, 2018
Russian investigators seek Crimea teenage gunman’s motive
Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May arrives at the European Council in Brussels on Thursday. — AFP
October 18, 2018
PM May open to extending transition to overcome Brexit impasse
This undated file photo shows German Nazi General Erwin Rommel. — AFP
October 17, 2018
Outcry in Germany over homage to Rommel
Emergency services help injured persons after a fatal attack on a college in the port city of Kerch, Crimea, on Wednesday. — Reuters
October 17, 2018
Gun attack by student at Crimea college leaves 19 dead
Asia
An Afghan man rides on his bicycle in front of election posters of parliamentarian candidates ahead of the elections in Kabul on Thursday. — Reuters
October 18, 2018
Afghan Taliban issue fresh call to boycott elections
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October 18, 2018
Party of incoming Maldives president seeks travel ban on Yameen
October 18, 2018
As tensions mount, Mattis seeks more resilient US ties with China’s military
Africa
Comoros President Azali Assoumani sits in the chair reserved for heads of state before delivering his address during the 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters in New York in this Sept. 27, 2018 file photo. — Reuters
October 17, 2018
African Union calls for talks to end ‘crisis’ in Comoros
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October 13, 2018
5-year jail, 3 million fine for rumormongers
October 13, 2018
251 private sector jobs reserved for Saudis
October 13, 2018
3 new passport e-services launched
America
A picture taken on Thursday shows the US consulate in Jerusalem. — AFP
October 18, 2018
US places Palestinian mission under control of controversial Israel embassy
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Honduran migrants attempt to cross the border Goascoran River to enter illegally to El Salvador, in Goascoran, Honduras, on Thursday. — AFP
October 18, 2018
Trump threatens to send military, shut border as Central Americans migrate
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Keiko Fujimori, daughter of former president Alberto Fujimori and leader of the opposition in Peru, is seen in court after her detention as part of an investigation into money laundering, in Lima, Peru, on Wednesday. — Reuters
October 18, 2018
Peruvian judge frees opposition leader Fujimori from prison
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