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April 13, 2017

Poll: 36% of Palestinian youth will shun local elections

A recent poll showed a decline in the percentage of Palestinian youth who will participate in the local elections scheduled in the occupied West Bank on 13 May. The...

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April 13, 2017

Lebanon’s Aoun suspends parliament

Lebanese President Michel Aoun suspended parliament for a month yesterday, temporarily blocking plans to extend the assembly’s term without election for the third time since 2013 to try to...

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April 13, 2017

US' first female Muslim judge found dead in Hudson River

A groundbreaking black jurist who became the first Muslim woman to serve as a US judge was found dead in New York’s Hudson River on Wednesday, police said. Sheila...

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April 13, 2017

Egypt identifies Alexandria church bomber as fugitive with militant ties

Egypt on Wednesday named the suicide bomber who attacked a cathedral in Alexandria as 31-year-old Mahmoud Hassan Mubarak Abdullah, describing him as a fugitive with links to militant cells that...

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April 13, 2017

US-Russia relations at another low after Syria attacks

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday trust had eroded between the United States and Russia under President Donald Trump as Moscow delivered an unusually hostile reception to Secretary...

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April 13, 2017

US must walk dangerous line to manage twin Syria, North Korea crises

If there was ever any doubt that President Donald Trump’s strike against Syria was also intended to send a message to Pyongyang, the deployment this weekend of a US...

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April 13, 2017

Russia blocks UN Security Council condemnation of Syria attack

Russia blocked a Western-led effort at the UN Security Council on Wednesday to condemn last week’s deadly gas attack in Syria and push Moscow’s ally President Bashar al-Assad to...

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April 13, 2017

Israeli settlers celebrate Passover in Nablus

Under military protection, Israeli Jews are seen touring during the Passover in the occupied West Bank city of Nablus...

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April 13, 2017

Two Illinois men charged with conspiring to aid Daesh

Two Illinois men were arrested on Wednesday on charges they conspired to help Daesh, with one suspect saying he wanted to see the jihadist group’s flag over the White...

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April 12, 2017

Escaping Mosul, Iraqi women give birth where they can - aid group

Pregnant women fleeing western Mosul where Daesh are defending their last stronghold against Iraqi troops are in some cases giving birth on the run, raising concerns about the health...

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