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Seventy years ago, New Zealander Edmund Hillary and Nepali Tenzing Norgay Sherpa became the first humans to summit Everest on May 29, 1953. The...
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Thousands from across the occupied West Bank demonstrated Monday, waving Palestinian flags to mark the 75th anniversary of the “Nakba” or “catastrophe” which they...
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In Lebanon’s impoverished Palestinian refugee camps, young people say they dream of leaving a struggling country where their families took refuge generations ago and...
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Now 75 years old, Israel models itself as an economic success story, a leader in business, agriculture and advanced technologies — despite glaring inequalities...
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Thousands of miles away from conflict in the Middle East, the Palestinian flag flies on a cold autumn night at a football stadium in...
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Israel has undergone major societal transformations during its 75 years of existence, which have left the nation confronting deepening divisions. The northern Yiron kibbutz...
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From her modest home in the blockaded Gaza Strip, Amina al-Dabai remembers the very different world in which she grew up more than seven...
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Twenty years after the fall of his regime, the late Iraqi president Saddam Hussein remains admired and popular in Jordan where his image can...
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The problem with mobile phones is that people look at them too much. At least, that’s according to the man who invented them 50...
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Iraq on Monday marked 20 years since the start of the US-led invasion that toppled dictator Saddam Hussein, but no official celebrations were held....