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The Media Line: In First, PLO Selects Hussein al-Sheikh as Abbas’s Deputy

In First, PLO Selects Hussein al-Sheikh as Abbas’s Deputy By The Media Line StaffThe Palestine Liberation Organization’s Executive Committee announced on Saturday the appointment of Hussein al-Sheikh as deputy head of the PLO, marking the first time the body has installed a second-in-command beneath President ...
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A letter written onboard the Titanic before it sank sells for almost $400,000 at auction

LONDON (AP) — A lettercard penned by one of the Titanic’s most well-known survivors from onboard the ship, days before it sank, has sold for 300,000 pounds ($399,000) at auction. In the note, written to the seller’s great-uncle on April 10, 1912, first-class passenger Archibald ...
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Syria’s Kurds call for a democratic state that protects their ethnic rights

QAMISHLI, Syria (AP) — Representatives of Kurdish groups in Syria called Saturday for a democratic state that gives the country’s Kurds their ethnic rights after the fall of Bashar Assad. Some 400 people representing Syria’s main Kurdish groups met in the northeastern Syrian city of ...
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A look at the PLO’s new vice president, Hussein al-Sheikh

RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Hussein al-Sheikh has been named vice president of the Palestine Liberation Organization, the internationally recognized representative of the Palestinian people. The appointment makes the 64-year-old al-Sheikh the front-runner to one day succeed 89-year-old Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, though that isn’t ...
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has appointed a new deputy in a major step in naming a successor

RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Saturday named a veteran aide and confidant as his new vice president. It’s a major step by the aging leader to designate a successor. The appointment of Hussein al-Sheikh as vice president of the Palestine ...
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Palestinian leader Abbas names likely successor in bid to reassure world powers

RAMALLAH (Reuters) -Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas named close confidant Hussein al-Sheikh as his deputy and likely successor on Saturday, the Palestine Liberation Organisation said, a step widely seen as needed to assuage international doubts over Palestinian leadership. Abbas, 89, has headed the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) ...
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Twelve Niger soldiers killed in attack, two suspects detained, says army

By Boureima Balima (Reuters) – Twelve Nigerien soldiers have been killed in an attack in the west of the Sahel country and two suspects have been arrested, the army said in a statement seen by Reuters on Saturday. The attack took place ...
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What to know about the battle for Russia’s Kursk region

Nearly nine months after losing chunks of the Kursk region to a surprise Ukrainian incursion, Russia announced that its troops have fully reclaimed the border territory. Ukraine denied it, saying the fighting was still ongoing. If confirmed, Moscow’s victory in Kursk would deprive Kyiv ...
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Russia detains suspect in car bomb killing of general near Moscow

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s FSB security service said on Saturday it had detained a suspect over the killing of a senior Russian military officer on Friday by a car bomb. The Kremlin blamed Ukraine for the killing of 59-year-old Yaroslav Moskalik, ...
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Argentina bids farewell to Pope Francis with ‘symbolic embrace’ at open-air mass in Buenos Aires

By Jorge Otaola BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Argentines bid farewell to Pope Francis on Saturday, holding a massive open-air mass in front of the cathedral where he served as the archbishop of Buenos Aires before his papacy. Giant screens and displays highlighted ...
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‘Ciao Francesco’, Romans wave goodbye to the pope they adopted

By Giulia Segreti ROME (Reuters) – Romans cheered, clapped and cried on Saturday as they watched the simple, open-topped, white “pope-mobile” carry Francis’ coffin from the Vatican to his chosen burial place at the heart of the Eternal City. “When a pope ...
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Hundreds injured in explosion at Iranian port, officials say

(LONDON) -- Hundreds of people were injured following an explosion at one of Iran's most important ports, according to officials.The explosion originated in a container at the Shahid Rajaee port in Bandar Abbas, according to state media outlet Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting.At least ...
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