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January 26, 2017

INTERACTIVE: Mapping the latest Israeli settlement expansion

This week, Israeli authorities have announced the advancement of significant numbers of settlement housing units in the occupied Palestinian territory (OPT). This includes 566 housing units in occupied East...

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January 26, 2017

The Arab Spring six years on

Six full years have passed since the outbreak of the Arab uprisings, which started in Tunisia’s Sidi Bouzid after Mohamed Bouazizi’s self-immolation. With his death, he ignited an Arab...

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January 26, 2017

Saudi Council member says 50,000 Saudis lost their jobs in past 9 months

A member of the Saudi Arabia consultative body, known as the Shura Council, said as many as 50,000 Saudi employees were dismissed from the private sector while 172,000 foreign...

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January 26, 2017

Iran to develop ‘triangle’ of cooperation with Pakistan, China

Senior officials from Iran and Pakistan discussed plans for stronger cooperation between the two countries yesterday during a meeting in Islamabad. Alaeddin Boroujerdi, the chairman of Iran’s parliamentary Committee...

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January 26, 2017

One man shot after Bahrain police raid

Bahraini police carried out a dawn raid today against supporters of a prominent Shia cleric, during which one man was shot and wounded, according to local witnesses. The raid...

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January 26, 2017

Germany condemns Israel on illegal settlement construction

Germany, in unusually strong criticism of Israel, said yesterday plans to build 2,500 more settlement homes in the Israeli-occupied West Bank put in doubt Israel’s stated commitment to a...

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January 26, 2017

Half of world’s most corrupt countries are Arab

A report by Transparency International has shown a sharp increase in corruption in Middle Eastern and North African countries, further reinforcing post-Arab Spring instability, and making half the world’s...

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January 26, 2017

President Trump believes torture ‘absolutely’ works

In his first TV interview, President Donald Trump supported the use of torture and said that he believed waterboarding “absolutely” works. Speaking to ABC News journalist David Muir, President...

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January 26, 2017

Urban violence increasing in Algeria’s marginalised communities

Urban violence is on the rise due to social insecurity, painful shared memories of Algeria’s civil war in the 1990s and the mushrooming of “ghettos” on the outskirts of...

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January 26, 2017

Turkey continues to enforce EU migrant deal, makes arrests

Turkish authorities said yesterday that they foiled an illegal migration attempt by 793 migrants and refugees who were trying to enter the country before moving onto Europe, coming from...

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