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Qatar has repeatedly rejected the accusations as baseless while highlighting its readiness for dialogue [Sorin Furcoi/Al Jazeera]

Qatar FM signals progress on resolving Gulf crisis

Qatari official says he could not predict whether a breakthrough was imminent or would fully resolve the dispute.

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Former detainees say they were forced to eat pork in re-education camps and detention centres.

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The sale includes products from privately held General Atomics, Lockheed Martin Corp F-35s and missiles made by Raytheon [Valda Kalnina/EPA]

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The four companies plan to carry out the collection during already scheduled unmanned missions to the Moon in 2022 and 2023 [Michael Probst/AP Photo]

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Former pro-democracy politician Ted Hui Chi-fung has gone into exile after travelling to Denmark [File: Lam Yik/Reuters]

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Relations between the world's two largest economies have sunk to their lowest point in decades over issues such as trade, technology, security, human rights and COVID-19 [File: Susan Walsh/AP]

Trump spy chief says China biggest threat to freedom since WWII

There has been an uptick in fighting in and around the lifeline port of the western city [File: Abduljabbar Zeyad/Reuters]

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The Muslim-majority region is holding its first elections since its special status was removed last year [Tauseef Mustafa/AFP]

What do the local elections mean for Kashmiris?


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An April 2020 report said that the Xinjiang government has signed a deal to open a hog farm for local consumption in Kashgar, an area that is 90-percent Muslim Uighur [File: How Hwee Young/EPA]

Uighurs forced to eat pork as China expands Xinjiang pig farms

Rohingyas are seen on a ship as they are moved to Bhasan Char island [Reuters]

Bangladesh ships Rohingya to remote island despite outcry

Nearly 65 million people globally have been infected by COVID-19 [Remo Casilli/Reuters]

Restrictions, lockdowns return as COVID-19 deaths go past 1.5m

The sale includes products from privately held General Atomics, Lockheed Martin Corp F-35s and missiles made by Raytheon [Valda Kalnina/EPA]

Senate vote likely next week on blocking Trump’s UAE arms sale

The four companies plan to carry out the collection during already scheduled unmanned missions to the Moon in 2022 and 2023 [Michael Probst/AP Photo]

NASA to buy Moon dust for $1

Former pro-democracy politician Ted Hui Chi-fung has gone into exile after travelling to Denmark [File: Lam Yik/Reuters]

Hong Kong’s prominent democracy activists face agonising choice

Relations between the world's two largest economies have sunk to their lowest point in decades over issues such as trade, technology, security, human rights and COVID-19 [File: Susan Walsh/AP]

Trump spy chief says China biggest threat to freedom since WWII

There has been an uptick in fighting in and around the lifeline port of the western city [File: Abduljabbar Zeyad/Reuters]

Yemen: Eight civilians killed in Hodeidah shelling

The Muslim-majority region is holding its first elections since its special status was removed last year [Tauseef Mustafa/AFP]

What do the local elections mean for Kashmiris?

FILE PHOTO: A St John’s Ambulance volunteer holds a syringe during a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccinator training course at the Princess Anne Training Centre in Derby, Britain November 28, 2020. REUTERS/Lee Smith/File Photo

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Nearly 65 million people globally have been infected by COVID-19 [Remo Casilli/Reuters]

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US President-elect Joe Biden has set up a COVID-19 task force to try to stem the spread of the deadly virus [File: Leah Millis/Reuters]

Biden asks Fauci to join COVID-19 team, stresses need for masks

More than 180 countries have joined Covax, a global collaboration working with manufacturers to distribute vaccines equitably [File:Susana Vera/Reuters]

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Former French President Valery Giscard d'Estaing has died of complications from COVID-19. He was 94. [File: Morris Mac Matzen/Reuters]

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India’s winter of discontent: Farmers rise up against Modi

Tens of thousands of protesters camp outside Delhi, accusing PM Modi of working against the interests of farmers.

An elderly farmer shouts slogans as others listen to a speaker as they block a major highway at the Delhi-Haryana state border [Altaf Qadri/AP Photo]

Bali struggles with ‘COVID-poor’ as Indonesian cases hit record

Malnutrition has long been a problem in the island’s east, but the collapse of tourism means more are now going hungry.

Officials in personal protective equipment (PPE) prepare for the cremation of two people who died from COVID-19 in Bali in October [Nyoman Hendra Wibowo/Antara Foto via Reuters]

US discussing ‘deal’ allowing Huawei’s CFO to return to China

Extradition of Meng Wanzhou, who was arrested in Canada two years ago, has strained ties with China.

Huawei Technologies Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou leaves her home to attend a court hearing in Vancouver where she is fighting extradition to the US [File: Jennifer Gauthier/Reuters]

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Iran accuses West of backing Israel on scientist assassination

Iranian foreign minister calls on Gulf neighbours to engage with Tehran to fight ‘Israeli terrorism’ in the region.

Javad Zarif said Iran was ready to 'fully implement' the nuclear agreement if the United States rejoins the deal on the same terms without preconditions [File: Russian Foreign Ministry/AFP]

France: 76 mosques face closure, 66 migrants deported

As part of gov’t crackdown on ‘separatism’, mosques to be inspected as dozens suspected of ‘radicalisation’ deported.

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Expected deal comes after Jared Kushner arrived in the Gulf as part of a last-ditch effort to resolve the Gulf crisis.

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