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Facebook removes ‘inauthentic’ networks spanning 8 nations

Facebook removes ‘inauthentic’ networks spanning 8 nations

SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Facebook on Friday said it has dismantled seven separate networks of fake accounts and pages on its platform…
Iran foreign minister, in ally Venezuela, says US no longer “controls world”

Iran foreign minister, in ally Venezuela, says US no longer “controls world”

CARACAS (Reuters) – Iran believes the US government no longer can “control what’s happening in the world” or show other…
Assad blames Syria’s current economic woes on Lebanese banks

Assad blames Syria’s current economic woes on Lebanese banks

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syrian President Bashar Assad said much of his country’s current economic distress is a direct result…
Exclusive: Trump administration advances $2.9 billion drone sale to UAE – sources

Exclusive: Trump administration advances $2.9 billion drone sale to UAE – sources

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The US State Department gave Congress notification it plans to sell 18 sophisticated armed MQ-9B aerial drones…
Iraq ratifies new election law, paving way for early vote

Iraq ratifies new election law, paving way for early vote

BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq’s president ratified on Thursday a new election law aimed at giving political independents a better chance…
Saudi Arabia to host Formula One race in 2021 in Jiddah

Saudi Arabia to host Formula One race in 2021 in Jiddah

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Saudi Arabia will host a Formula One race next year, a move aimed at…
Trump tried to reinvent Middle East policy, but the region is still a bottomless pit of woes

Trump tried to reinvent Middle East policy, but the region is still a bottomless pit of woes

Beirut (CNN) – All the world’s a stage, Shakespeare wrote. But since President Donald Trump came to office, the rest…
Israel razes most of Palestinian Bedouin village in West Bank on US election day

Israel razes most of Palestinian Bedouin village in West Bank on US election day

JORDAN VALLEY, West Bank (Reuters) – Israel has demolished most of a Bedouin village in the occupied West Bank, displacing…
Coronavirus cause of Algeria president’s hospitalization

Coronavirus cause of Algeria president’s hospitalization

ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — Algeria’s secretive presidency confirmed Wednesday that the mysterious illness that caused President Abdelmadjid Tebboune to be…
Shelling in Syria rebel enclave kills 7, including children

Shelling in Syria rebel enclave kills 7, including children

BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian government on Wednesday shelled the last rebel last enclave in the country’s northwest, killing at least…
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