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December 16, 2017

Russia signs aviation safety agreement with Egypt in move to resume flights

Russia and Egypt have signed an agreement on cooperation on civil aviation security in a first step to resuming regular Russian flights to Cairo, the transport ministry said on...

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December 16, 2017

South Sudan’s Kiir promotes three generals facing UN sanctions

South Sudan’s president has given top jobs to three generals facing UN sanctions over alleged violations during a four-year-old civil war. Campaign group Human Rights Watch called the promotions...

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December 16, 2017

UN concerned about shelling in ethnically-mixed Iraqi town

The United Nations human rights office is seriously concerned about the shelling of residential areas in Iraq’s northern town of Tuz Khurmatu in which civilians were killed, a UN...

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December 16, 2017

Yemeni army pushes Houthis from outpost in southern Yemen

The Yemeni army and allied fighters on Friday drove Houthi militants from a town that was one of the last positions they held in the country’s south, military sources...

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December 16, 2017

Top Iraqi Shia cleric says paramilitaries should be part of state security bodies

Iraqi Shia paramilitary groups who took part in the war against Daesh militants should be incorporated into state security bodies, the nation’s top Shia cleric said. In a message...

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December 16, 2017

Holocaust must be bigger part of migrant courses – German minister

More emphasis should be placed on the Holocaust in integration courses for migrants, Germany’s justice minister said, reflecting heightened unease among leading politicians about a spate of anti-Semitic acts...

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December 16, 2017

Israeli troops wounds more than 40 Palestinians in protests over US Jerusalem move

Israeli troops shot and wounded more than 40 Palestinians in Gaza and the occupied West Bank on Friday, Israeli medical officials said as reported by Reuters, as protests over...

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December 16, 2017

Italy plans big handover of sea rescues to Libya coastguard

Italy wants Libya’s coastguard to take responsibility within three years for intercepting migrants across about a tenth of the Mediterranean even as Libyan crews struggle to patrol their own...

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December 16, 2017

Prosthetic hand and leg solutions for Syrians

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December 16, 2017

Star Wars gathering in Istanbul

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