Syrian opposition urges countries not to reconcile with Assad

Syria’s chief opposition negotiator said on Sunday he was surprised by countries rebuilding ties with the Syrian government and urged them to reverse their decision.

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Nigerian militant group claims 'warning' strike on Conoil facility

A Nigerian militant group said on Sunday it had carried out an as yet unconfirmed warning strike on an oil facility owned by local energy firm Conoil on Friday in the southern state of Bayelsa.

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DUP calls on British government to dump 'poison' Brexit backstop

The Northern Irish party that props up Britain's minority government on Sunday called on Prime Minister Theresa May to stand firm in demanding that the EU changes its "poison" backstop provision on Ireland's post-Brexit border.

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Lviv airport in Ukraine delays flights due to incident

Lviv international airport in Western Ukraine delayed several flights on Sunday after a Turkish Airlines passenger plane skidded off the runway while preparing for takeoff for Istanbul.

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Malaysia's king abdicates after two years on throne

Malaysia's King Muhammad V abdicated on Sunday, the palace said, after two years on the throne, the first time a monarch has stepped down before completing their five-year tenure.

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Syria conflict: Bolton says US withdrawal is conditional

The US wants assurances that Kurdish allies will be safe, National Security Adviser John Bolton says.

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Franck Ribery: Bayern midfielder fined over angry Salt Bae tweets

Franck Ribery posted three profane tweets after he was criticised for eating a gold-covered steak.

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Jazmine Barnes shooting: Texas police charge Eric Black Jr with murder

The killing of Jazmine Barnes, seven, while in her family's car near Houston caused outrage.

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Pope enters migrant ships dispute with appeal for safe ports

Pope Francis urged European leaders on Sunday to stop bickering over the fate of 49 migrants stuck aboard two humanitarian rescue ships on the Mediterranean and let them land at a safe port of call.

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Erdogan spokesman says irrational to claim Turkey targets Kurds

President Tayyip Erdogan's spokesman said on Sunday it was irrational to claim Turkey targets Kurds, saying Ankara's targets were the militants of Islamic State and the Kurdish groups YPG and PKK, state-owned Anadolu news agency reported.

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Nigerian militant group says carried out 'warning' strike on Conoil facility in Bayelsa state

A Nigerian militant group on Sunday said it carried out a "warning" strike on an oil facility owned by energy company Conoil in the southern state of Bayelsa on Friday and threatened a production shut down.

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Israel holding Jewish seminary students over Palestinian woman's death

Israel has arrested five Jewish seminary students in the occupied West Bank in connection with a rock attack on a Palestinian car that killed a woman, the Israeli domestic intelligence service said on Sunday.

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Syrian opposition says surprised by countries reconciling with Assad

Syria’s chief opposition negotiator said on Sunday he was surprised by countries rebuilding ties with the Syrian government and urged them to revisit their decision.

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Fairouz Cafe brings Levantine nostalgia to southern Iraq

Mohammed Abdul Ameer's nostalgia for better days and his roots in the Levant were what inspired him to open Basra's first mixed-gender cafe since the rule of Saddam Hussein, and themed in honor of the Lebanese singer Fairouz.

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Berlin airports face delays on Monday over security staff strike

German trade union Verdi is calling on security staff at Berlin's Schoenefeld and Tegel airports to go on strike for up to four hours on Monday, action that will likely cause delays.

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Merkel's coalition partner demands answers over German data breach

Chancellor Angela Merkel's junior coalition partners, the Social Democrats (SPD), demanded on Sunday that her interior minister quickly find out what Germany's security agencies knew about a huge data breach and how they reacted.

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