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A worker goes down a construction ladder at the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), near Guba in Ethiopia, on December 26, 2019. - The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, a 145-metre-high, 1.8-kilometre-long concrete colossus is set to become the largest hydropower plant in Africa.
Across Ethiopia, poor farmers and rich businessmen alike eagerly await the more than 6,000 megawatts of electricity officials say it will ultimately provide.
Yet as thousands of workers toil day and night to finish the projec

UN Security Council to meet on Egypt-Ethiopia dam dispute

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Netherlands isn’t required to repatriate Islamic State families in Syria, court rules

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Lebanese anti-government protesters carry a large national flag during a demonstration near the presidential palace in Baabda, east of Beirut, on June 25, 2020. (Photo by ANWAR AMRO / AFP) (Photo by ANWAR AMRO/AFP via Getty Images)

Lebanon protests rage as currency plunges

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Al-Qaeda is using Iran as safe haven, says State Department report

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An Emirates aircraft takes off from Dubai International Airport on April 6, 2020, as Emirates Airline resumed a limited number of outbound passenger flights after its COVID-19 coronavirus-enforced stoppage. (Photo by KARIM SAHIB / AFP) (Photo by KARIM SAHIB/AFP via Getty Images)

Emirates suspends passenger flights from Pakistan following virus cases

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The ruins of buildings are pictured on July 1, 2019 at the site where the US military carried out a strike against Al-Qaeda-linked jihadists in Syria's northwestern Aleppo province. - The US military said today it had targeted jihadists in an embattled northwestern opposition bastion in northwest Syria the previous day. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the raid in Aleppo province killed six commanders and other jihadists from the Hurras al-Deen group. (Photo by Omar HAJ KADOUR / AFP) (Ph

Intel: Al-Qaeda branch confirms US drone killed Zarqawi relative in Syria

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State Department concerned by reports Egypt is harassing American activist’s family

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European parliamentarians write letter against Israeli annexation of West Bank

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Baby girl diagnosed with coronavirus dies in Lebanon

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People sit in a coffee shop during the reopening of malls, following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at Mall of the Emirates in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, May 28, 2020. REUTERS/Ahmed Jadallah - RC2SXG9IIZ4G

UAE ends virus curfew

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Saudi-led coalition in Yemen monitoring cease-fire in Abyan

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Italian foreign minister says Libya a 'priority' in Tripoli visit

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