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May 26, 2017

US court blocks Trumps ‘Muslim ban’ for the second time

US appeals court judge has blocked President Donald Trump’s revised travel stating that it “drips with religious intolerance, animus, and discrimination”. Trump’s second attempt to reinstate the “Muslim ban”...

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May 26, 2017

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May 26, 2017

US-led airstrikes in Syria kill 35 civilians

US-led airstrikes killed at least 35 civilians when they hit residential buildings in Mayadeen, a Daesh-held town in eastern Syria near Deir ez-Zor, yesterday evening, the Syrian Observatory for...

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May 26, 2017

Iran: Saudi Arabia should remember Saddam’s fate

The rulers of Saudi Arabia should remember the fate of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein and should “accept the desire of their people and not collude with foreign forces”, Iran’s...

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May 26, 2017

Pentagon claims 3 top Daesh commanders killed in airstrikes

Three senior Daesh military leaders and planners were killed in coalition attacks in Iraq and Syria over the past two months, the coalition fighting the militants said in a...

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May 26, 2017

Marking ‘Jerusalem Day’, settlers storm Al-Aqsa

Hundreds of settlers storm Al-Aqsa Mosque to mark Jerusalem Day on Wednesday. Video footage released by the Joint Headquarters of the Temple Movements shows the settlers as they “toured”...

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May 26, 2017

Yemen’s army edges closer to Taiz presidential palace

Yemen’s national army, loyal to President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi, are metres away from the presidential palace, Al-Arabiya reported today. Thirty-two Houthi soldiers and their allies have been killed...

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May 26, 2017

3 Egyptian soldiers killed in Sinai

Three soldiers were killed in a bombing of a military vehicle by militants in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula, security sources confirmed yesterday. The soldiers were conducting an army patrol in...

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May 26, 2017

Sudanese farmers angry at Ethiopian land grab

Ethiopians are still controlling more than 500,000 acres of land on the Sudanese side of the border in the area of El Gedaref, according to Sudanese farmers angry that...

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May 26, 2017

Egypt: Ahmed Douma sentence withdrawn

The Egyptian Court of Cassation withdrew a three-year prison sentence issued over two years ago against political activist Ahmed Douma, issuing a ruling for a re-trial. In December 2014,...

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