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April 16, 2018

Somaliland: Female poet jailed over unity calls

A court in Somaliland has sentenced a female poet to three-years in jail after she called for unity with Somalia amid ongoing regional tensions, Garowe Online reported yesterday. Naciima...

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April 16, 2018

Gaza hosts wheelchair race in solidarity with Palestinian prisoners

Dozens of wheelchair users participated in a race in Gaza City yesterday to show solidarity with sick or wounded Palestinians in prison, the Palestinian Information Centre reported. Organised by...

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April 16, 2018

Arab summit calls for probe into Syria chemical attacks

An Arab League summit yesterday called for an international probe into the “criminal” use of chemical weapons in Syria and condemned what it saw as Iran’s interference in the...

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April 16, 2018

South Africa president hails Palestinians’ defiance in face of Israel aggression

South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa hailed defiant Palestinians during a memorial service held on Saturday for South African anti-apartheid icon Winnie Madikizela-Mandela. Addressing thousands of mourners at Orlando Stadium...

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April 16, 2018

Israeli soldiers ‘fire in air’ as settlers ‘pelt’ them with rocks

Israeli occupation forces fired in the air after being “pelted with rocks” by Jewish settlers in the occupied West Bank on Saturday. According to the Times of Israel, three...

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April 16, 2018

Iraq: 2 electoral candidates survive assassination attempts

Two candidates who are running in next month’s Iraqi parliamentary elections survived assassination attempts yesterday. “A car bomb planted next to the road exploded when the motorcade of the...

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April 16, 2018

Israel rights groups challenge army’s open fire policy in court

Israeli human rights groups are seeking to challenge the army’s open fire regulations in the Supreme Court, as the authorities’ crackdown on Palestinian protests in the occupied Gaza Strip...

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April 16, 2018

Jordan’s King Abdullah stresses Muslims’ eternal right to Jerusalem

King Abdullah of Jordan stressed on Sunday that Jerusalem is the “key to peace” and pointed out that the Palestinians and Muslims have an eternal right to the holy...

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April 16, 2018

Saudi King: East Jerusalem is capital of Palestine

Saudi King Salman Bin Abdulaziz said yesterday that the Palestinian issue is “the number one” Arab issue and East Jerusalem is the capital of the State of Palestine. “The...

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April 16, 2018

PA praises choice of Jerusalem as ‘capital of Arab tourism’

The Palestinian Authority has praised the choice of the occupied city of Jerusalem as this year’s “capital of Arab tourism”, Quds Press reported on Sunday. The decision was announced...

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