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January 11, 2017

‘Death to Russia!’ shout mourners at Rafsanjani’s funeral

Iranians, who took part in the funeral procession of former Iranian President Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani in Tehran yesterday, chanted “Death to Russia” and accused its embassy of being an...

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January 11, 2017

Australian hostage held in Yemen appears in video

An Australian man who was confirmed to have been abducted by unknown assailants in October has appeared in a video asking his government to meet the demands of his unidentified...

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January 11, 2017

Egypt and South Sudan accused of ‘dirty deal’ in latest meeting

South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir met with his Egyptian counterpart in Cairo on Tuesday to discuss strengthening ties between the two African nations. Kiir thanked Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi for...

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January 11, 2017

Anti-Semitism and its useful idiots

All over the world, people who challenge Zionism are being accused of anti-Semitism. You might imagine that the one group of dissidents who are safe from this kind of...

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January 11, 2017

Survey: 2 million women widowed or divorced in Iraq

Near continuous violence, absence of government assistance and a social fabric that is spiralling out of control has made Iraq’s women face some of the highest divorce rates in...

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January 11, 2017

Assad has four more years

In the context of the negotiations for a political solution to end the war in Syria, the Russians and Iranians insist on Bashar Al-Assad remaining as president, although they...

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January 11, 2017

Tunisia’s quest for democracy in deadlock

Tunisia’s transition to democracy since 2011 has hit a “roadblock”, the chief of the country’s electoral commission said yesterday. Chafik Sarsar criticised the delay in holding the first local...

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January 11, 2017

Aoun fails to restore Saudi military aid to Lebanon

Lebanon’s President Michel Aoun said his country’s ties with Saudi Arabia were recovering, after tensions linked to the regional rivalry between Saudi Arabia and Iran led Riyadh to cancel...

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January 11, 2017

Al-Qaeda release video of Swiss hostage held in Mali

Al-Qaeda released a new video of Swiss missionary Beatrice Stockly on Tuesday to prove that she is still alive after being held hostage in Mali since January last year....

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January 11, 2017

Turkey to Iraq: No troop withdrawal until Mosul Op ends

Turkey will not withdraw its troops from its Bashiqa military camp in northern Iraq until the end of the Mosul offensive against the Daesh militant group, a senior Turkish...

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