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February 15, 2018

Egyptian authorities detain former presidential candidate

Egyptian security forces detained former Islamist presidential candidate Abdel Moneim Aboul Fotouh for alleged contacts with the banned Muslim Brotherhood group, state news agency MENA reported on Wednesday. The country’s...

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February 15, 2018

World Chess Federation says Swiss accounts frozen over Syria sanctions

The World Chess Federation (FIDE) says its Swiss bank accounts have been frozen because its president – with whom the FIDE secretariat is embroiled in a power struggle –...

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February 15, 2018

500 surgeries in Gaza hospitals postponed after hygiene services stopped

The Ministry of Health in Gaza Strip said that the number of surgeries that have been delayed in Gaza has reached 500 on Wednesday after hygiene services have stopped...

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February 15, 2018

Putin to King Salman: Continuation of Gulf crisis does not serve Middle East stability

On Wednesday, Russian President Vladimir Putin said in a telephone conversation that the ongoing crisis with Qatar does not serve the interest of Middle East’s stability and joint efforts...

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February 15, 2018

Tunisian Parliament approves $60m loan

On Wednesday, Tunisian parliament approved a loan agreement that would allow Tunisia to get 52.7 million Euros ($60 million) from the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) for...

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February 14, 2018

France says Iran’s missile programme must be put ‘under surveillance’

Iran’s ballistic missile programme must be placed under international surveillance, French President Emmanuel Macron said, in a bid to get tougher on Tehran while preserving the nuclear deal that...

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February 14, 2018

Tillerson says US Mideast peace plan ‘fairly well advanced’

The United States’s work on a new Middle East peace plan is “fairly well advanced”, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on Wednesday, though he provided no details on an initiative which...

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February 14, 2018

Modi’s ‘de-hyphenated’ policy on Palestine contradicts India’s struggle against British colonialism

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s brief stopover in the Occupied Palestinian Territory of the West Bank has been hailed by parts of India’s media as “historic”. It is premised...

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February 14, 2018

UN aid convoy reaches besieged E. Ghouta

An aid convoy of nine trucks carrying food, health and other supplies for 7,200 people reached the besieged rebel-held Damascus enclave of Eastern Ghouta on Wednesday, the United Nations...

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February 14, 2018

Antiquities smuggling ring broken up in Iraq’s Nineveh

A six-member criminal gang specialized in smuggling antiquities was broken up in Mosul, the regional capital of Iraq’s northern Nineveh province, an Iraqi security source said Wednesday. “A special...

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