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September 14, 2016

Italy received 75,600 asylum applications in 2016

Italy has received more than 75,600 asylum applications since the start of 2016 until 9 September, a new government survey has revealed. This is a 20 per cent increase...

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September 14, 2016

Denmark stops receiving refugees via UN

The Danish government has indefinitely stopped the entry of refugees via the UN programme, the country’s immigration minister announced today. Inger Stojberg said: “Denmark is full of refugees, that...

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September 14, 2016

British MPs attack Cameron over Libya’s ‘collapse’

The UK’s foreign affairs committee accused then Prime Minister David Cameron of lacking a coherent strategy for the air campaign waged on Libya to overthrow then leader Muammar Gaddafi...

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September 14, 2016

Russia set to resume flights to Egypt

Russia’s Transport Ministry will send a group of airport safety experts to Egypt to investigate security measures and determine whether the two countries will restore flights, the country’s Minister...

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September 14, 2016

Iraq national security adviser: Iran ‘may have employed Daesh politically’

Iran may be using the global threat generated by Daesh in order to make political gains, a senior Iraqi national security adviser suggested this afternoon. Speaking to MEMO during...

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September 14, 2016

Algerian women protest against violence

Dozens of women took part in a sit-in against violence and disappearances in the Algerian city of Constantine to pay tribute to Amira Merabet who died earlier this month...

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September 14, 2016

Egyptian tourism group to compensate families of killed Mexican tourists

Mexico’s foreign ministry has announced that the Egyptian Travel Agents Association (ETAA) will financially compensate Mexicans who lost relatives or were wounded in Egypt last year. The exact amount...

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September 14, 2016

Iraq FM: ‘Third World War’ has begun

Iraqi Foreign Minister Ibrahim Al-Jafari stated that the world was in the throes of a “Third World War” against international terrorism. Speaking on Wednesday to an audience at the...

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September 14, 2016

‘Hafter must have a role in future of Libya’

Renegade General Khalifa Haftar must have a “role in the unified Libyan army”, United Nations Security Mission in Libya chief Martin Kobler told the UN Security Council (UNSC) yesterday....

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September 14, 2016

Assad forces block aid convoy despite ceasefire agreement

Forces loyal to the embattled Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad have prevented an aid convoy from entering the besieged city of Aleppo in violation of the ceasefire agreement, says UN...

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