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Australia to pay ‘whatever it takes’ to fight wildfires

Australia’s government said Monday it was willing to pay “whatever it takes” to help communities recover from deadly wildfires that have ravaged the country.Prime Minis

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Pope: Reject "god of money," focus on serving others

Pope Francis is advising people to reject “the god of money" as well as of that consumerism, pleasure, success, and self.Francis in his homily in St. Peter's Basilica M

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France enters crucial week of talks with unions on pensions

French President Emmanuel Macron is preparing to launch a crucial week of negotiations with labor unions amid nationwide protests and transport strikes against the gove

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Turkey, Russia holds 20th joint patrol near Syrian-Turkish border

Russian and Turkish forces on Monday held the 20th joint patrol near the Syrian-Turkish border, for withdrawal of Syrian Kurdish fighters, a war monitor reported. The

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Philippine president voices concern over tensions in the Middle East

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday voiced concern over the "evolving crisis" in the Middle East and the danger it poses to approximately 3 million Filipinos

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Trump threatens harsh sanctions against Iraq after parliament vote

U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday threatened to impose harsh sanctions on Iraq after the war-torn country's parliament passed a resolution urging the government to

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Huge crowds in Iran for commander's funeral, daughter warns U.S. of 'dark day'

Tens of thousands of Iranians thronged the streets of Tehran on Monday for the funeral of Quds Force commander Qassem Soleimani who was killed in a U.S. air strike last

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APD | Turkey joins diplomatic efforts to defuse tension in Middle East

Turkey has reportedly been working on the diplomatic channels to defuse tension between the United States and Iran after the assassination of the latter’s top military

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Japan in principle could press Lebanon to extradite ex-Nissan boss Ghosn: Japan minister

Japan on Monday said it could still press Lebanon to extradite Carlos Ghosn, after the former Nissan Motor boss skipped bail to become a fugitive in a country that norm

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Trump warns Iran of 'major retaliation,' threatens sanctions on Iraq

US President Donald Trump threatened "major retaliation" Sunday if Iran avenges the killing of a key military commander and he warned of massive economic sanctions agai

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Iran will no longer abide by uranium enrichment limits under 2015 nuclear deal

Less than a week after Iran’s top military commander was killed by U.S. drone strike, the regime said Sunday that it would further scale back compliance with an interna

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Pompeo scrambles to defend Trump claim killing Suleimani will save US lives

The Trump administration was scrambling on Sunday to justify its claim that the killing of Iran’s most powerful general was about stopping a war rather than starting on

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Iran due to 'finalize' new retreat from nuclear deal

Iran will finalize its fifth step back from a nuclear deal on Sunday, a spokesman said, in retaliation for the U.S. withdrawing from the multilateral accord and reimpos

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Body of Iranian commander killed by US strike in Iraq returned to Iran

The body of Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani, who was killed in Iraq in a U.S. military strike, was returned to Iran on Sunday and driven through thousands o

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Netanyahu, in apparent stumble, calls Israel 'nuclear power'

In an apparent slip of the tongue on Sunday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu described Israel as a nuclear power before correcting himself with a bashful nod and an e

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Paradise lost: residents flee Eden as Australia fires race towards them

Shelley Caban just wants it to be over.“Sometimes I think, ‘Fuck it, just burn it all, the house and everything,’” she says. “It’s the waiting and the limbo, you just f

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Japan orders tighter immigration procedures after Ghosn flees country

Japan on Sunday said it would tighten immigration measures after former Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn fled the country while on bail, its first official response to an aston