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January 25, 2018

Yemen Houthis free detained US citizen, sends him to Oman

A US citizen held by Yemen’s Houthi group since September last year has been released and taken to Oman aboard a flight that also carried a senior leader of...

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January 25, 2018

Despite US aid cuts, Palestine president gets $50mn jet

The Ramallah-based Palestinian Authority (PA) has just bought a private jet for Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, Israeli media reported on Thursday. “The PA has purchased a luxurious $50-million private...

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January 25, 2018

Play for time, Kerry tells Abbas, but why?

Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas has continued to heap humiliation upon himself by keeping up his now usual trick of announcing decisions and then backtracking on them almost immediately....

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January 25, 2018

Egyptians have been raised on tyranny. They want real change

It has been seven years since Egyptians took to the streets to demand the departure of Hosni Mubarak, as well as freedom and social justice, yet some are still...

Article
January 25, 2018

Somalia calls on UN to end arms embargo

Somalia is seeking to end an old arms embargo dating back to the 1992 civil war, Anadolu Agency reported today. “Our appeals for the lifting of the arms embargo...

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January 25, 2018

Syrian refugee in Jordan invents laser microscope

A Syrian refugee living in Jordan has invented a laser microscope using materials from a scrap market, Syrian news agency Zaman Al-Wasl reports. 20 year-old Abbas Al-Faouri created the...

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January 25, 2018

Clash of the Dawa Party titans

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi dreams of securing a second term in office, but will have to joust with his predecessor Nouri Al-Maliki for the job. What binds both...

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January 25, 2018

Campaigners call on UK government to withdraw invitation to Saudi Crown Prince

Human rights campaigners will appear at Number 10 today to present an open letter calling on the UK government to withdraw its invitation to the Saudi Crown Prince, Mohammad...

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January 25, 2018

‘I will not be a partner to this barbarity’: Three Israeli pilots refuse to fly deported African asylum seekers back to Africa

Three Israeli pilots condemned the government’s decision to deport African asylum seekers, saying that they refused to fly the planes involved in the deportation practice. “There is no way...

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January 25, 2018

Raid kills five, injures six in Somalia, US confirms

The US conducted a joint raid with Somali forces last week, Thursday, US Africa Command (AFRICOM) told MEMO. “On Jan. 18, US forces accompanied Somali National Security Forces on...

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