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Pope Francis visits Qaraqosh, Christian enclave ruled by Daesh for 3 years
Waving olive branches, flags and balloons and dressed in colourful traditional robes, hundreds of residents lined the streets of the Iraqi town of Qaraqosh on Sunday waiting for the arrival of Pope Francis. Francis will visit the town’s restored Grand Immaculate Church – Iraq’s largest – as part of a...
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The UAE’s ‘Hope Probe’ offers no hope to the Palestinians
Last month the United Arab Emirates celebrated the historic launch of its first space mission to Mars, the optimistically-named “Hope Probe”, and a mere three weeks later the Gulf state landed in Tel Aviv. The landing was reciprocal; Israel’s national carrier El Al took its first direct flight from...
