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January 26, 2018

Kurdistan denies agreeing to hand over its oil to Baghdad

The prime minister of Kurdistan Regional Government, Nechirvan Barzani, has said that his government will not hand over the Iraqi region’s oil to the federal government in Baghdad, contrary...

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January 25, 2018

US says committed to peace, won't chase Palestinians

The US said Thursday it is committed to advancing Israeli-Palestinian peace, but will not pursue Palestine’s leadership which has not done “what is needed” for peace, Anadolu reports. “The...

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January 25, 2018

Kuwait protests at 'insult' by Saudi official-agency

Kuwait has protested at an “insult” by a Saudi official, state media reported, a rare rebuff to a close ally that reflects frustration about a Gulf Arab diplomatic crisis...

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January 25, 2018

Palestine’s Mamilla Cemetery and Israel’s colonial project

Israel has many instruments with which to conduct its colonial project in occupied Palestine: cutting-edge military technology; its nuclear weapons and strategic alliance with the US that Israel’s deterrence...

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January 25, 2018

Yemen Houthis free detained US citizen, sends him to Oman

A US citizen held by Yemen’s Houthi group since September last year has been released and taken to Oman aboard a flight that also carried a senior leader of...

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January 25, 2018

Despite US aid cuts, Palestine president gets $50mn jet

The Ramallah-based Palestinian Authority (PA) has just bought a private jet for Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, Israeli media reported on Thursday. “The PA has purchased a luxurious $50-million private...

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January 25, 2018

Play for time, Kerry tells Abbas, but why?

Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas has continued to heap humiliation upon himself by keeping up his now usual trick of announcing decisions and then backtracking on them almost immediately....

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January 25, 2018

Egyptians have been raised on tyranny. They want real change

It has been seven years since Egyptians took to the streets to demand the departure of Hosni Mubarak, as well as freedom and social justice, yet some are still...

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January 25, 2018

Somalia calls on UN to end arms embargo

Somalia is seeking to end an old arms embargo dating back to the 1992 civil war, Anadolu Agency reported today. “Our appeals for the lifting of the arms embargo...

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January 25, 2018

Syrian refugee in Jordan invents laser microscope

A Syrian refugee living in Jordan has invented a laser microscope using materials from a scrap market, Syrian news agency Zaman Al-Wasl reports. 20 year-old Abbas Al-Faouri created the...

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