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January 27, 2017

African refugees protest Israel’s ‘cruel’ deportation policy

Israeli news agencies reported that some 1,000 refugees and asylum seekers gathered outside the Supreme Court in Jerusalem to protest against Israel’s expulsion of refugees to other African countries....

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January 27, 2017

‘Seven Egyptian policemen involved in Italian student’s killing’

Italy’s ANSA news agency has claimed that seven Egyptian police officers are suspected in the killing of Italian PhD student Giulio Regeni in Cairo last year. The agency cited...

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January 27, 2017

Egypt, France discuss developing military ties

Egypt’s Minister of Defence Sedky Sobhi met yesterday with France’s Chief of Defence Staff Pierre de Villiers in Cairo where they discussed reinforcing military cooperation between the two countries,...

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January 27, 2017

PA wants ICC to investigate Israeli settlements, says minister

Foreign Minister Riyad Al-Maliki said on Thursday that the Palestinian Authority will ask the International Criminal Court to open a full investigation into the legality of the Israeli settlements....

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January 27, 2017

Shia militants ‘mistakenly’ shell Kurdish Peshmerga in Iraq

Shia militant jihadists fighting under the banner of the Popular Mobilisation Forces (PMF) in Iraq have shelled military outposts and positions belonging to the Kurdish Peshmerga militia, despite both...

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January 27, 2017

Confusion over Obama’s final payment to Palestinian Authority

A Palestinian Authority (PA) official close to President Mahmoud Abbas has claimed that a $221 million American aid package authorised in Barack Obama’s final hours in the White House...

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January 27, 2017

Sisi ‘retires’ senior intelligence officers, including Dahlan leak general

Egypt’s Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi has issued a presidential decree suggesting that 19 General Intelligence Service officials should retire “at their request,” according to the official Gazette, which published the...

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January 27, 2017

Tunisia to cut 50,000 public sector jobs

Tunisia plans a voluntary lay-off programme for more than 50,000 public sector employees starting this year, Minister of Public Functions Abid Briki told Reuters yesterday. The move is part...

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January 27, 2017

Israel gives final approval to 153 new settler homes in East Jerusalem

Israeli authorities gave final approval on Thursday to 153 new settler homes in Occupied East Jerusalem, according to the city’s deputy mayor Meir Turgeman speaking to AFP. Turgeman said...

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January 27, 2017

Jordan’s king to visit US to hold talks with Trump

Jordan’s King Abdullah will begin a visit to the United States on Monday, the Jordanian embassy said yesterday, the first Arab leader to hold talks with the new administration...

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