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September 25, 2017

Tunisia: Protests against employment restrictions due to political views

Scores of unemployed youths today demonstrated in front of the Tunisian Prime Minister’s office in the capital Tunis to demand employment in public sector jobs. Participants in the march,...

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September 25, 2017

In their own words: When Trump and Obama sounded the same

The nature of the rhetoric in Donald Trump’s first speech at the United Nations General Assembly was largely predictable. Even his bizarre threat to “totally destroy North Korea” was...

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September 25, 2017

Yemen: US citizen detained in Sana’a

Yemen’s Houthi forces have detained a US citizen in the capital Sana’a for reasons that were not immediately clear, two colleagues of the man said today. Nadia Burch told...

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September 25, 2017

Voting ends in controversial poll in northern Iraq

Voting ended in controversial referendum on the secession of northern Iraq’s Kurdish region hours ago. The polls were due to be closed at 6pm local time (15:00 GMT) but...

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September 25, 2017

Iraq denies non-compliance with OPEC quota

Iraqi Oil Minister Jabbar Al-Luaibi yesterday denied his country’s failure to respect its commitment to the reduced oil production quota set by the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)....

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September 25, 2017

Assad’s uncle facing trial for war crimes in Switzerland

An international legal NGO has raised concerns over delays in the case against Rifaat Al-Assad, the uncle of Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad, who is facing criminal proceedings in Switzerland...

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September 25, 2017

Gazans come out to say: Thank you Egypt

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September 25, 2017

Saudi FM avoids condemning Israel at UN

Saudi Foreign Minister Adel Al-Jubeir has avoided condemning the Israeli occupation or holding Israel responsible for the continuation of the conflict with the Palestinians during his speech before the...

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September 25, 2017

Iraq takes control of borders ahead of Kurdish independence vote

Iraq’s central government asserted its authority by ordering all Kurdish regions to hand over control of border crossings and airports to the federal government yesterday night, before polling stations...

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September 25, 2017

Miss Turkey compares failed coup bloodshed with menstrual blood

The winner of Miss Turkey has had her title stripped from her less than 24 hours after winning the title after an old tweet was discovered where she compared...

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