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April 6, 2018

Britain opens Naval Support Facility in Bahrain

Prince Andrew, the Duke of York, officially inaugurated Britain’s new Naval Support Facility in Bahrain today, along with the tiny nation’s Crown Prince Salman Bin Hamad Al-Khalifa, Gulf News...

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April 6, 2018

Journalist shot in abdomen by Israel sniper on Gaza border

UPDATE: Yaser Murtaja succumbs to his wounds after being shot by Israeli sniper A Palestinian video journalist and photographer who had just been contracted to work with MEMO has...

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April 6, 2018

Israeli occupation denying Palestinians ‘right to development’ says new UN study

Decades of Israeli occupation and appropriation of land and resources has denied the Palestinian people the right to development, a new study by the United Nations Conference on Trade...

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April 6, 2018

2 dead, 250 injured as Gaza protests continue

At least two people have been killed and dozens more have been injured as Israeli forces respond with violence to protests taking place today at the Gaza-Israel border. The...

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April 6, 2018

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April 6, 2018

Women to serve in Qatar armed forces

The State of Qatar has signed a new decree making changes to the mandatory military service in the country, the Daily Sabah has reported. For the first time, women...

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April 6, 2018

Russia says 175,000 people have left Syria’s Eastern Ghouta

The Russian Defence Ministry has said that more than 175,000 people have left Eastern Gouta since the Russian military offered to guarantee safe passage out of the area for...

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April 6, 2018

Report: children constitute half the Palestinian population

The Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics has said that children constitute 45.3 per cent of the Palestinian population, 43.4 per cent in the West Bank and 48 per cent...

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April 6, 2018

Egypt arrests 3 suspected of planning church attacks

Egypt’s security forces announced yesterday that they have arrested three persons in the south of the country who are alleged to have formed a cell to target churches during...

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April 6, 2018

Israel deploys snipers, tanks ahead of Gaza protests

Israel has deployed additional military forces to the Gaza border in preparation for planned protests today as part of the Great March of Return. The military expects some 50,000...

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