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June 15, 2017

Tunisia extends state of emergency for another four months

For the first time, Tunisia has prolonged the countrywide state of emergency, which has been in place for more than a year and a half the president’s office announced...

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June 15, 2017

Algeria’s Bouteflika urges spending cuts, warns on foreign debt

Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika on Wednesday ordered his government to keep reducing imports and to rationalise spending to cope with a sharp fall in oil and gas earnings, but...

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June 15, 2017

Trump admin amends travel ban date to keep legal battle alive

The Trump administration on Wednesday moved to amend the starting date of its proposed 90-day travel ban on people entering the United States from six Muslim-majority countries in a...

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June 15, 2017

Qatar signs $12 bln deal to buy F-15 jets from US

Qatar’s Ministry of Defense said on Wednesday the country signed a deal to buy F-15 fighter jets from the United States for $12 billion. The deal was completed despite...

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June 15, 2017

No apparent Arab plans to push for Qatar-linked UN sanctions

There are no apparent plans by Arab states to propose that names from their Qatar blacklist be subjected to United Nations sanctions, diplomats said on Wednesday, a likely difficult...

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June 15, 2017

UN aviation agency to assess Gulf airspace closure, host states in Montreal talks

The United Nations aviation agency said on Wednesday it was reviewing a request from Qatar to intervene after its Gulf neighbours closed their airspace to Qatar flights, part of...

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June 15, 2017

US arrests nearly 200 Iraqis in deportation sweep

US immigration authorities have arrested and moved to deport 199 Iraqi immigrants, mostly from the Detroit area, in the last three weeks after Iraq agreed to accept deportees as...

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June 15, 2017

China censures Emirates airline after two safety incidents

China’s civil aviation authority has fined Dubai-based carrier Emirates and barred it from adding new destinations and aircraft in China for six months after two incidents of “unsafe operations”,...

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June 15, 2017

US expands presence in Syrian desert, rebels say

US troops based in Syria’s southeastern desert have expanded their footprint, rebels there say, increasing the risk of direct ground confrontation between the Americans and Iran-backed pro-government forces. US...

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June 15, 2017

Gazans stand with Qatar

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