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May 25, 2017

UAE writer calls for new state to be carved out of Saudi Arabia

A well-known writer from the UAE has called upon the international community to create a new country for Yemeni President Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi carved out of the Saudi Arabian...

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May 25, 2017

UK stops sharing data on bombing with US after leaks

The New York Times yesterday published forensic photographs of the device that killed 22 people in the Manchester bombing in the latest in a series of leaks to US...

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May 25, 2017

French journalist held by Turkey begins hunger strike

A French photographer detained two weeks ago by Turkish police while on assignment in the mainly Kurdish southeast has begun a hunger strike to protest against his detention, a...

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May 25, 2017

Somalia: 5 killed in suicide bombing

An Al-Shabaab suicide bomb killed five and injured six in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, yesterday, Standard Digital reported. The spokesman for the Mayor of Mogadishu confirmed “five civilians, including...

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May 25, 2017

US may revoke licenses to sell aircraft to Iran

The US Treasury is reviewing licenses for Boeing Co and Airbus to sell aircraft to Iran, department head Steven Mnuchin said yesterday, telling lawmakers he would increase sanctions pressure...

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May 25, 2017

Algeria swears in new PM

Abdelmadjid Tebboune has been appointed Algeria’s new Prime Minister replacing Abdelmalek Sellal, it was announced yesterday. A presidency statement broadcasted via the official agency read: Following the proclamation by...

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May 25, 2017

UN envoy leaves after Houthis reject Yemen roadmap

The UN envoy to Yemen, Ismail Ould Cheikh, left the capital Sana’a on Wednesday after failing to convince Houthi rebels to endorse the roadmap for peace. The proposal was...

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May 25, 2017

Settlers parade Israeli flags in East Jerusalem

Israeli police allowed a “provocative” march of Israeli flags to tour the Arab neighbourhoods of East Jerusalem, Ma’an News.com reported yesterday. This is the first time the annual march...

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May 25, 2017

The Trump effect: More dangerous than the man himself

These are dark days. Darkened by the slaughter of children in Manchester. Darkened by the fawning welcome Donald Trump received in Riyadh. But darkened further by the Trump effect,...

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May 25, 2017

Netanyahu pledges that Al-Aqsa Mosque will remain occupied ‘forever’

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has pledged that Al-Aqsa Mosque – which he called the Temple Mount – will remain in Jewish control forever, local media have reported. He...

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