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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – Qatar Airways says it is buying a nearly 10 percent stake in International Consolidated Airlines Group, the parent company of British Airways and Spain’s Iberia. The government-backed Gulf carrier said on Friday that the decision to buy 9.99 percent of the company, known as IAG, …

BEIRUT – Syrian warplanes struck several rebel-held areas across the country on Monday, killing over 40 people, activists said. Air raids on the village of Jassem in the southern Daraa province killed at least 12 people and wounded 25, the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. Daraa-based opposition activist …

JOHANNESBURG – The South African Press Association announced that it will soon shut down. The news agency said on its website Thursday that its last story will be published at midnight on March 31. The agency’s board chairwoman, Minette Ferreira, said in a statement that the organization’s operation will end …