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The Sultan Qaboos Mosque in Salalah, Oman. The country has emerged as a quiet facilitator of dialogue, including between Iran and the U.S.
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How Oman Has Become A Key Diplomatic Player In The Middle East[hhmc]
French Transport Minister Elisabeth Borne says a new tax on airfares "is a response to the ecological urgency and sense of injustice expressed by the French." She's seen here with Minister for the Ecological and Inclusive Transition Francois de Rugy.
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Nicki Minaj has cancelled her performance in Saudi Arabia due to pressure from human rights activists.
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Nicki Minaj Cancels Saudi Arabia Performance, Citing Human Rights Concerns[hhmc]
A 2019 Volkswagen Beetle convertible on display at the Pittsburgh International Auto Show in February.
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Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam said Tuesday the effort to amend an extradition bill was dead, but it wasn't clear if the legislation was being withdrawn as protesters have demanded.
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Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, seen in Franconia, N.H., on July 6, is one of nearly two dozen Democrats running for president. A major in the Hawaii Army National Guard, she served two tours of duty in the Middle East and says that the experience informed her concern about "wasteful regime change wars."
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Which U.S. Wars Were Justifiable? Tulsi Gabbard Names Only World War II[hhmc]
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In 'The Book Of Collateral Damage,' An Accounting Of What Baghdad Lost[hhmc]
A new study finds that drug prices can vary dramatically in the developing world, especially as a country moves up the economic ladder.
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East West Market in Vancouver, British Columbia, offered single-use plastic bags with embarrassing slogans to encourage customers to utilize reusable bags.
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How A Grocery Store's Plan To Shame Customers Into Using Reusable Bags Backfired [hhmc]
People hold portraits of Soviet leader Josef Stalin in December 2018 as they line up in Moscow to lay flowers at his grave.
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Amid 'Quiet Rehabilitation Of Stalin,' Some Russians Honor The Memory Of His Victims[hhmc]
Revelers celebrate the official opening of the 2019 San Fermin fiestas in Pamplona, Spain, Saturday.
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The Guggenheim Museum, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright who developed the concept of "organic architecture," that a building should develop out of its surroundings.
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An Iranian security official in protective clothing walks through a uranium conversion facility in 2005. Iran says it is now enriching uranium above the limit set in the 2015 nuclear deal.
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Iran's Uranium Enrichment Breaks Nuclear Deal Limit. Here's What That Means[hhmc]
(L to R) Iran's Atomic Energy Organisation spokesman Behrouz Kamalvandi, government spokesman Ali Rabiei, and Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi give a news conference Sunday in Tehran.
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A man walks at the archaeological site of Babylon, Iraq, in 2012. Iraq is celebrating the historic city of Babylon's being named a World Heritage Site by UNESCO's World Heritage Committee.
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