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June 8, 2017

67,000 settlement units proposed to solve real estate crisis

The Israel Council of Settlements (Yesha Council) in the occupied West Bank has agreed with the Israeli housing ministry to prepare a large settlement plan to solve the crisis...

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June 8, 2017

World Bank gives Sudan $5m to stamp out corruption

The World Bank has given Sudan $5 million in an attempt to boost the country’s financial anti-corruption policies, Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper reported. The grant, which was formally signed on...

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June 8, 2017

Europe allocates €1.4bn for Syrian refugees in Turkey

The European Union has allocated a budget worth €1.4 billion to help Syrian refugees in Turkey, the Directorate-General for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (ECHO) announced yesterday. Jean Lewis, the head of...

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June 8, 2017

Sisi to receive honorary black belt in Taekwondo

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi will be the owner of a black belt in Taekwondo despite having never trained in the martial art. Al-Sisi will be awarded the “highest...

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June 8, 2017

UN: Half of Palestinians need humanitarian aid

Nearly half of the 4.8 million Palestinian people, who live in occupied territories, need humanitarian aid, a United Nation statement revealed on Tuesday. In a statement he issued to...

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June 8, 2017

61 dead as Al-Shabaab takes over Somali town

Al-Shabaab militants captured a town in Somalia’s semi-autonomous Puntland region today, a senior official said, and the group said it had killed at least 61 soldiers in the fighting....

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June 8, 2017

Bahrain demands Qatar distance itself from Iran

Bahrain’s foreign minister yesterday reiterated a demand that Doha distance itself from Iran and stop support for “terrorist organisations”. Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates and several...

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June 8, 2017

UAE offers condolences to Iran after deadly attacks

The president of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has sent condolences to his Iranian counterpart after at least 13 people were killed in militant attacks on Iran’s parliament and...

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June 8, 2017

Israel: Unprecedented quiet along Lebanese borders

Israeli Chief of Staff Gadi Eizenkot has said that the border with south Lebanon “has been quieter in the past 11 years than it ever was before,” noting there...

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June 8, 2017

Knesset calls for permanent annexation of West Bank

A number of far-right Israeli parliamentarians called for the permanent annexation of the occupied Palestinian territory during a Knesset plenary session to mark the 50-year anniversary of the Six-Day...

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