The Daily Star (Lebanon) - 2017-08-26

• Nasrallah’s Syria pitch draws fire
• Trump administra­tion imposes sweeping sanctions on Venezuela
• Iraqi forces break through Daesh lines in Tal Afar
• U.S. envoy to U.N. takes jab at UNIFIL head Beary
• Mines main hindrance to Army advances
• Wunderkind Dembele gets Barcelona wish
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• Apple cuts Iran apps from store over sanctions
• Victims of Hariri assassinat­ion set to testify at STL
• UNRWA partially resumes aid following clashes
• Ministry holds workshop on citizenshi­p law
• Tashnag Party holds blood drive in support of Army
• Ibrahim praises General Security personnel
• Bus drivers strike to protest Dora assault
• ISF arrests nine over big home burglary haul
• #WeDreamLeb­anon looks to country’s future in multimedia extravagan­za
• Lebanon waste management still chaotic
• Sidon will make it happen
• STC likely buyer of Turk Telekom stake
• World’s cheapest currency has BlueBay, Goldman on its side
• Russia sanctions disrupt Italy bank’s 5B euro loan deal
• Saudi budget carrier to fly next month
• Yellen defends 2008 crisis regulation­s
• No end to British wage squeeze despite tumbling jobless rate
• Dollar slides as Fed chief Yellen dances around monetary policy
• Kung Fu nuns hit back at rising sexual assaults in India
• In Mexico, students don’t want to be journalist­s
• Brazil probe powers electronic bracelet shift
• Is violence the way to fight racism?
• The Achilles’ heel of Putin’s regime: financial havens
• Opening for cooperatio­n between Israel and Arabs
• Insulting rhetoric
• In the Gulf, Iran’s drones pose rising threat to United States
• Ahead of hajj, Mecca imam slams inter-Muslim conflict
• Daesh militants push back Syrian troops
• Trump keen to overcome hurdles with Sisi
• Airstrikes kill 14 civilians in Sanaa
• Morocco’s women scratch a living on Spanish enclave
• Weekly anti-Netanyahu rallies grow larger in Israel
• Israeli negotiator for return of captives quits
• At least 20 people killed in mosque attack in Kabul
• Rosa Parks’ house may be returned to U.S. from Germany
• Police quiz suspect, questions loom over Rotterdam threat
• Priest kept child porn as ‘revenge’ for poker losses
• SKorean court sentences Samsung heir to five years
• Extreme weather slashes French wine by a fifth
• Russian nuclear bombers fly near North Korea
• Macron’s makeup costs prompt criticism
• Hollywood honors singing legend Aznavour
• HOROSCOPES
• Mayweather, McGregor finally to face off
• Boxing and MMA – Past versus future of combat sports?
• McGregor’s rags-to-riches fairytale
• Flawed fighter seeks perfect swan song
• Spalletti faces early return to Rome
• Klopp says Sanchez return to give Arsenal a boost
• Record scorer Villa gets first Spain call-up since 2014 World Cup
• Beijing bricking up shops to save heritage controvers­ial
• Stalingrad, a constant presence for World Cup workers
• High-tech ‘yarn’ could generate power
• War, blood, flowers and other myths
• ‘Logan Lucky’ is sure to put a smile on your face
• ‘Charlatans’ teases but fails to thrill

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