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Thousands of troops sent to Kirkuk to face “Iraqi threat”, says Kurdish VP Kosrat Rasul
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Joy mixed with caution in Gaza after Palestinian unity deal
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Aoun postpones trip to Tehran will head to Kuwait shortly
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Nigerian police arrests suspected kidnappers of a Lebanese businessman
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Fearing attack by Iraqi forces, Kurds take precautions, block the road to Mosul
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Palestinian Authority to resume full control of Gaza
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U.S. to pull out of UNESCO, claiming agency has anti-Israel bias
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French, Qatari candidates neck-and-neck in race for UNESCO chief
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California wildfires keep growing as flames leave trail of destruction
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US refuses to negotiate with ISIS tells its fighters “surrender or die”