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SYRIA: Damascus national museum reopens doors

Part of Syria’s national museum has reopened to the public six years after civil war forced its closure. The world-renowned antiquities museum in Dama

UNITED STATES: Pittsburgh shooting: Victims of synagogue attack named

The names of the 11 people killed in Saturday’s attack on a synagogue in Pittsburgh have been released, with the oldest aged 97. Two brothers and a hu

S/ARABIA: Mattis calls for transparent probe in Khashoggi killing

U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said on Sunday that he had met Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister and called for a transparent investigation into the k

PAKISTAN: Govt demands probe into extra-judicial killings in Kashmir

Pakistan has called for an independent inquiry into the extra-judicial killings, and a United Nations fact finding mission to investigate brutalities

SOUTH AFRICA: Anti-graft efforts face ‘dangerous fightback’

South African Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan said on Sunday that efforts to clean up corruption in state-owned companies (SOCs) faced “dan