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  • June 15, 2017

    Turkey remands 5 foreign Daesh suspects

    A court in southern Turkey remanded Thursday five foreign suspected Daesh members for being members of a terrorist organization. The four Azeri nationals, and one Bosnian for whom a...

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  • June 15, 2017

    Egypt’s islands: Brotherhood calls for protest over transfer of Red Sea islands

    Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood and a former leftist presidential candidate are urging Egyptians to take to the streets Friday to protest parliament’s approval of a controversial border demarcation agreement that...

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  • June 15, 2017

    Qatar: Gulf crisis has no impact on World Cup

    Qatar said today that a rift with fellow Gulf Arab states that includes economic sanctions on Doha has not affected its preparations to host the 2022 World Cup, and...

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  • June 15, 2017

    Oman unveils world’s 1st interactive calligraphic Quran

    The Sultanate of Oman this week unveiled the world’s first interactive calligraphic electronic Quran – developed by Dutch company, DecoType. The Electronic Mushaf Muscat Calligraphy Project was developed by...

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  • June 15, 2017

    How many bags of money would it take to sell Egypt?

    Egypt sold, Saudi Arabia bought, and the goods went to Israel with the full approval of the seller, Abdul Fattah Al-Sisi and the buyer, Mohammad Bin Salman. To sum...

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  • June 15, 2017

    US arrest warrants issued for members of Turkish leader’s security team

    Washington police have obtained arrest warrants for members of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s security team, who attacked peaceful protesters during the leader’s visit to the US capital last...

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  • June 15, 2017

    PA blocks 11 Palestinian news sites

    Press freedom watchdog the Palestinian Centre for Development and Media Freedoms (MADA) yesterday slammed the Palestinian Authority’s (PA) recent decision to block 11 Palestinian news websites in the occupied...

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  • June 15, 2017

    How long can Sudan stay neutral in the Gulf crisis?

    The sacking of the President’s Director of Office today and the circumstances of his detention at Khartoum International Airport present a dramatic picture of the extent to which differences...

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  • June 15, 2017

    Israel approves cut to PA tax transfer

    Israel’s parliament moved forward today with a bill that would see the government cease to transfer an estimated 1 billion shekels ($280 million) per year to the Palestinian Authority...

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  • June 15, 2017

    Assad continues bombing Dara’a with barrel bombs

    The Syrian regime and Russian warplanes continue to bombard the Daraa refugee camp and neighbouring towns with barrel bombs, rockets and mortars. Witnesses said the regime’s aircrafts carried out...

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