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October 20, 2017

UK diplomat: No Palestinian state means Balfour Declaration ‘unfinished business’

A senior UK diplomat has described the Balfour Declaration as “unfinished business” in light of the ongoing Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territory. Ambassador Jonathan Allen, UK deputy permanent...

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October 20, 2017

5 Al-Qaeda fighters killed in US drone strike in Yemen

A United States drone strike in Yemen yesterday killed five Al-Qaeda fighters. A truck carrying members of Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula was obliterated by the US drone strike,...

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October 20, 2017

Morocco ready to train imams in Europe to counter extremism

Abdelhak El Khiam, the head of the Moroccan Central Bureau of Judicial Investigations (BCIJ), has confirmed Morocco’s readiness to help train imams in Europe in order to prevent extremism....

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October 20, 2017

Qalqilya: Israel occupation forces raids Darwish Hospital

A number of Palestinian patients at the Darwish Nazzal Hospital in Qalqilya, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank, were injured yesterday and suffered severe suffocation, especially...

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October 20, 2017

Kurdistan: Germany promises to continue training Peshmerga forces

The Kurdish leadership in northern Iraq said that the German Defence Minister, Ursula von der Leyen, confirmed that her country will continue to support the Peshmerga forces. According to...

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October 20, 2017

Iraq issues arrest warrant for Kurdistan vice president

Iraq has ordered the arrest of Kurdistan Regional Government Vice President Kosrat Rasul after he called government troops sent to Kirkuk this week “occupying forces”. Spokesman for the Supreme...

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October 20, 2017

Turkey, Nigeria presidents hold talks in Ankara

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan yesterday received Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari in his presidential complex in the capital Ankara, the Anadolu Agency reported. The two presidents discussed bilateral relations....

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October 20, 2017

Gunmen raid Mahmoud Darwish’s house

Four gunmen stormed the house of prominent Palestinian poet, Mahmoud Darwish, in Israel’s Jadeidi-Makr village and stole his personal belongings on Tuesday, according to a statement issued by the...

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October 20, 2017

Israel soldier convicted of killing Palestinian asks for presidential pardon

An Israeli soldier convicted of the March 2016 killing of a Palestinian in Hebron appealed to Israeli President Reuven Rivlin for a pardon yesterday. Elor Azaria was found guilty...

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October 20, 2017

Israel: Orthodox Jews close Jerusalem streets in protest against army conscription

Hundreds of ultra-Orthodox Haredi Jews in Israel protested against a law that forces them to serve in the army yesterday. Groups had declared yesterday a “Day of Anger” during which...

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