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September 13, 2016

US soldier dies in Kuwait

An American soldier died in Kuwait on Saturday, the US Department of Defence announced. The soldier was killed in a vehicular accident while travelling to the Ali Al Salem...

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September 13, 2016

New case of mosquito-borne Zika virus reported in Israel

A resident of the northern Negev region is being treated for the mosquito-borne Zkia virus, it has been reported. The man was overseas when he was infected, said Israel’s...

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September 13, 2016

Security Council rejects UN project in Western Sahara

The UN Security Council has voted by a majority against the international organisation’s proposal for a road construction project across the Saharan territories contested by the Polisario Front. Supported...

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September 13, 2016

Why does the media insist on using the term ‘Islamism’?

Islam is not an “ism”. Nor is it a geographic entity, a military force, a short-lived ideology or a movement that resurfaces temporarily and can be oppressed with the...

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September 13, 2016

Row intensifies over Saudi weapons sale

A senior British MP has intensified the row over weapons sales to Saudi Arabia after proposing a completely new report on the issue whilst calling for the reorganisation of...

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September 13, 2016

Egyptian weightlifter Amany Ibrahim wins bronze in Rio

Egyptian Paralympian weightlifter Amany Ibrahim has won bronze in the 69kg category at the 2016 Rio Olympic games, pushing up Egypt’s total of weightlifting medals to six. This is...

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September 13, 2016

Call to expel Hungary from EU for ‘outrageous’ refugee policy

Luxembourg’s foreign Minister Jean Asselborn has demanded that Hungary should be excluded from the European Union for its “massive violation of EU fundamental values”. In an interview with German...

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September 13, 2016

Inmates ‘pardoned’ by Sisi for Eid, but not political prisoners

A number of inmates in Egypt’s jails have been pardoned by President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi in time for the Muslim festival of Eidul Adha. None of the 550 pardoned,...

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September 13, 2016

If the Torah is relevant to the Israel-Palestine conflict, shouldn’t the Qur’an be accepted too?

What’s so special about Israel-Palestine? The answer, if you’re a pro-Likud fan of hard-nut security policies and a slow, painful dissolution of a future Palestinian state, is simultaneously nothing...

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September 13, 2016

Injustice in Tunisia can ignite a second explosion

With only one phone call, you can find yourself behind bars without charge, having committed no felony or misdemeanour other than asking for your rights or calling for the...

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