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Reverend Jesse Jackson, 84, a towering civil rights leader and protégé of Martin Luther King Jr., has been hospitalised in ...

An 85-year-old women died when a tree fell on a campsite in Albufeira, Portugal. As storm Claudia hit England and Wales where ...

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Our weekly briefing on what’s driving events in the Middle East and Washington By Joe Kawly, Aya Elbaz, Ezat Wagdi, and Cheyn Shah Welcome back to the MBN Agenda. Every Tuesday – before dawn in ...

Japan has warned its citizens in China to step up safety precautions and avoid crowded places, amid a deepening dispute ...

Lebanon’s future may now depend on one man’s balancing act. Lebanese President Joseph Aoun is trying to hold together a country that’s falling apart without firing a shot. To Washington and ...

Two friends emailed from London about the editing scandal that led to the resignation of two top officials from the British ...