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October 20, 2016

Iraqi army, Peshmerga launch fresh assaults near Mosul

Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) and the Kurdish Peshmerga launched coinciding, but separate, assaults today with air and artillery support from the US-led coalition in an attempt to break the...

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October 20, 2016

Official: Iran steps up weapons supply to Houthis

Iran has stepped up weapons transfers to the Houthis, the militia fighting the Saudi-backed government in Yemen, US, Western and Iranian officials told Reuters. The increased pace of transfers...

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October 20, 2016

PA arrests eight Palestinians, summons others in West Bank

Palestinian Authority (PA) security services arrested eight Palestinian citizens and summoned several others for questions in the occupied West Bank, Hamas said yesterday. In a statement, Hamas said that...

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October 20, 2016

Kuwaiti Emir orders reconsideration of controversial DNA law – agency

Kuwait’s Emir Sabah Bin Ahmed Al-Sabah yesterday instructed the reconsideration of the controversial law passed by the Kuwaiti parliament requiring citizens to submit to DNA testing, the country’s state-run...

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October 20, 2016

Russia prepared to extend 'pause' in Syria, West mulls sanctions

Germany and France pressed Russian President Vladimir Putin to extend a pause in airstrikes in Syria at late night talks in Berlin that Chancellor Angela Merkel described as difficult....

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October 20, 2016

Tunisia: Storm clouds gathering for Ghannouchi and Essebsi

There has been much talk in Tunisia about the existence of a silence crisis between the two most powerful figures in Tunisia; Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi and head...
October 20, 2016

Protestors call for peace for Syria outside four-party talks

Protesters against ''Russian airstrikes in Syria'' and Russian occupation in Ukrainian lands'' as French President Francois Hollande, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Petro...

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October 20, 2016

Yemeni forces kill 30 Houthi militants in Haja province

Yemeni pro-government Armed Forces declared the killing of 30 militants from among the Houthi fighters and their allies, who are loyal to the former president Ali Abdullah Saleh. Army...

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October 20, 2016

Trump sued by UK artist over anti-refugee 'Skittles' ad

A British artist is suing US Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, saying the campaign illegally used his photograph of a bowl of brightly coloured Skittles candies to illustrate its...

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October 20, 2016

US' First ever Quran exhibit begins in Washington DC

Forty-seven centuries old handwritten Qurans from Turkey will be presented Saturday at the first major Quran exhibition at the Smithsonian in Washington D.C. The Qurans were brought from the...

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