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Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today: 1. CHINA’S ECONOMIC GROWTH WANES TO 25-YEAR...

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Iraq offers itself as a mediator between Saudi Arabia, Iran

YoopyaJanuary 6, 2016June 11, 2023

by YoopyaJanuary 6, 2016June 11, 20230

Iraq on Wednesday offered to act as a mediator to ease tensions between Saudi Arabia and Iran that escalated after the kingdom’s execution of a...

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Iran president criticizes Saudi Arabia over severing ties

YoopyaJanuary 6, 2016June 30, 2023

by YoopyaJanuary 6, 2016June 30, 20230

Iran’s president said on Tuesday that Saudi Arabia cannot cover up its crime of executing a leading Shiite cleric by severing diplomatic relations with the...

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North Korea sets clocks back 30 minutes creating its own time zone

YoopyaAugust 10, 2015July 1, 2023

by YoopyaAugust 10, 2015July 1, 20230

(CNN) — North Korea is its own world in many ways. Now, it is getting its own time zone to match. State news agency, KCNA,...

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Saud al-Faisal, former Saudi Arabia foreign minister, dies

YoopyaJuly 10, 2015July 1, 2023

by YoopyaJuly 10, 2015July 1, 20230

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Saudi Arabia’s Prince Saud al-Faisal, who was the world’s longest-serving foreign minister with 40 years in the post until his retirement...

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Why Afghan Taliban Are Ready to Talk

YoopyaJuly 10, 2015July 1, 2023

by YoopyaJuly 10, 2015July 1, 20230

ISLAMABAD—Afghanistan’s President Ashraf Ghani’s high risk, high rewards gamble in reaching out to Pakistan in return for Pakistan delivering the Afghan Taliban to the negotiating...

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Karachi Heat Wave Death Toll Tops 650 During Ramadan Fast

YoopyaJune 24, 2015July 2, 2023

by YoopyaJune 24, 2015July 2, 20230

KARACHI, Pakistan — Karachi’s poor learned long ago to cope with the many adversities that afflict Pakistan’s most crowded and chaotic city, including flooding, street...

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Islamic State seen overtaking al Qaeda in South Asia social media war

YoopyaJune 19, 2015July 2, 2023

by YoopyaJune 19, 2015July 2, 20230

Islamist militant propaganda websites and social media accounts in South Asia are promoting Islamic State at the expense of al Qaeda, analysts said on Friday,...