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May 22, 2017

UAE minister sees chance for Iran to reset ‘troubled’ ties with neighbours

A senior United Arab Emirates official said on Sunday the re-election of moderate Iranian President Hassan Rouhani could be a chance for Tehran to reset “its troubled relations” with...

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May 22, 2017

Trump tells Middle East to ‘drive out’ Islamist extremists

President Donald Trump urged Arab and Islamic leaders on Sunday to unite and do their share to defeat Islamist extremists, making an impassioned plea to “drive out” terrorists while...

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May 22, 2017

Israel shoots Palestinian boy, 7, in the head with tear gas grenade

A seven-year-old Palestinian boy was seriously wounded yesterday by a tear gas canister fired by the Israeli forces during clashes that broke out in Bethlehem’s southern village of Al-Khader,...

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May 21, 2017

Israel offers some minor concessions before Trump visit

Israel on Sunday authorised a few economic concessions to the Palestinians requested by President Donald Trump, hours before the US leader begins a visit in which he hopes to...

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May 21, 2017

Trump visits Saudi Arabia

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May 21, 2017

Iran foreign minister scorns Trump after speech, arms deal

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Sunday criticised US President Donald Trump for sealing an arms deal and other investments worth hundreds of billions of dollars with Saudi...

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May 21, 2017

Israeli forces detain 21 Palestinians in overnight raids

Israeli forces detained at least 21 Palestinians in overnight raids between Saturday and Sunday across the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem, according to Palestinian and Israeli sources. An...

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May 21, 2017

Germany’s Angela Merkel in hot water over Turkey airbase row

Germany’s Social Democrats raised pressure on conservative Chancellor Angela Merkel on Sunday, saying if she could not resolve a row with Turkey over access to the Incirlik air base,...

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May 21, 2017

Bomb attack on powerful Syrian rebel group kills 14

A bomb attack killed at least 14 Syrian insurgents at a headquarters for the powerful Ahrar al-Sham group on Sunday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring group said....

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May 21, 2017

Hezbollah: US administration is ‘mentally impeded and crazy’

A senior Hezbollah official recently blacklisted by Washington and Riyadh called the US administration “mentally impeded and crazy” on Sunday as President Donald Trump visited Saudi Arabia, in the...

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