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April 13, 2018

Stocks bounce as Trump changes tack on Syria, earnings hopes

Global stocks recovered to three-week highs on Friday as anticipated strong earnings season took centre stage after US President Donald Trump backtracked on his suggestion of an imminent missile...

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April 13, 2018

UK ministers back action to deter Syrian chemical weapon use

British Prime Minister Theresa May won backing from her senior ministers to take unspecified action with the United States and France to deter further use of chemical weapons by...

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April 13, 2018

Speculation rife over Syria strike

According to a series of tweets from, Thomas Wictor, a self styled military historian and story teller, a recent commando attack on the Syrian Tayfur military airbase was carried...

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April 13, 2018

United Nations: 1.1 million people in Libya in need of humanitarian aids

A United Nations official has stated that around 1.1 million people in Libya are suffering under critical conditions for almost eight years of war and are in need of...

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April 12, 2018

Blockade Quartet stick by Qatar demands despite US pressure to end rift

Four Arab states who cut relations with Qatar over its close ties with Iran and Turkey are sticking to an ultimatum they issued the Gulf state last year, Egypt’s MENA...

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April 12, 2018

Russia asks US to solve problems at ‘negotiating table’

Russia’s foreign ministry spokeswoman on Thursday urged Moscow and Washington to solve their differences at the negotiating table. Speaking at a news conference in the capital, Maria Zaharova condemned...

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April 12, 2018

Kuwait Airways ends Beirut flights amid Syria war fears

Kuwait Airways on Thursday announced that all its flights to the Lebanese capital Beirut would be temporarily suspended for security reasons. In a tweet, Kuwait’s flagship national carrier attributed the decision...

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April 12, 2018

Ethiopia blames Egypt for failure of dam talks

Ethiopia has blamed Egypt for the failure of recent Khartoum-hosted talks between the water ministers of Sudan, Egypt and Ethiopia. Last week, negotiations over Ethiopia’s ambitious Grand Renaissance Dam...

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April 12, 2018

Oil prices reach 3 year high amid Middle East tensions

Oil prices jumped to their highest point in three years yesterday, amid fears of possible Western military involvement in the Syrian conflict, before edging slightly down earlier today. The...

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April 12, 2018

International journalists’ body accuses Israel of ‘lies and cover-up’ over killing

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has accused the Israeli government of “fabricating lies to justify murder”, in a statement responding to the killing of Yaser Murtaja on 6...

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