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January 28, 2018

Yemen government bans protests in Aden ahead of separatist deadline

Yemen’s internationally-recognised government said on Saturday it had banned public gatherings in Aden ahead of a deadline given by southern separatists to President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi to dismiss the...

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January 28, 2018

Friendly fire kills 11 in Iraq air strike

Friendly fire from the US-led coalition fighting Daesh killed 10 members of the Iraqi security forces and a local official in an air strike west of Baghdad on Saturday,...

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January 28, 2018

Activists say Bahrain human rights deteriorate as world looks away

Human rights in Bahrain have deteriorated significantly in the past year because international pressure on the Gulf Arab kingdom has weakened, Reuters reports activists as saying on Thursday. “Bahrain...

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January 28, 2018

Revolutionary Guards clash with Daesh in western Iran

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards clashed with Daesh militants in the western part of the country on Saturday, according to Sepah News, the official news site of the Guards. A team...

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January 28, 2018

Israel: Aid cut to harm ‘security coordination’ with PA

The Israeli army has warned of grave consequences of a US move to cut funding for the Palestinian Authority (PA) and UN refugee agency UNRWA. The army and security...

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January 28, 2018

Saudi billionaire Prince Alwaleed freed

Saudi Arabia’s internationally known billionaire businessman, Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, was released from his luxury hotel detention in the nation’s capital on Saturday, family sources told multiple media outlets....

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January 28, 2018

Would-be presidential candidate, ex-Egypt army chief held in military prison

General Sami Anan, former Egyptian army chief-of-staff and would-be presidential candidate, was detained by Egyptian authorities on 23 January and is being held at a military prison in Cairo, according to...

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January 27, 2018

Gaza deserves to live

It’s no secret that the situation in the Gaza Strip has deteriorated seriously as the ongoing blockade bites ever deeper into everyday life. The humanitarian catastrophe has been made...

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January 27, 2018

Poverty provokes public anger in Morocco

Official corruption in Morocco hampers the fight to reduce poverty. This is especially true in more remote areas, where local officials pay less notice to national programmes to tackle...

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January 27, 2018

US recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital ‘null and void,’ says Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia denounced on Friday the US recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. The move is enough to cause “tension” in the Middle East and weaken the chances of...

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