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May 21, 2017

Gulf states, US to ink agreement against terror financing

The United States and Gulf Arab countries will sign an agreement on Sunday to coordinate their efforts against the financing of terrorist groups, a senior White House official said,...

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May 21, 2017

Tunisia protesters close oil pumping station after army standoff

Tunisian protesters shut an oil pumping station that feeds a coastal terminal on Saturday after a standoff with troops, escalating a weeks-long protest for jobs in their marginalised southern...

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May 20, 2017

New French president ‘will not recognise Palestine’

Newly elected French President Emmanuel Macron has reiterated that he will not recognise Palestine as a state as it would hinder good relations between Israel and France Prior to...

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May 20, 2017

Israeli statistics do not give real number of Palestinians in Jerusalem

The Israeli Municipal Water Association, Gihon, has said that official Israeli statistics did not give the real number of Palestinians living in occupied East Jerusalem, Quds Press reported yesterday....

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May 20, 2017

Israel razes Palestinian factory in Jenin

Israeli bulldozers razed a Palestinian coal factory in the West Bank city of Jenin on Thursday and seized tons of goods, Quds Press reported. Kayid Abu Bakr, who heads...

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May 20, 2017

164 Palestinians wounded by Israeli forces in West Bank, Gaza Strip

The Palestinian Red Crescent (PRC) reported yesterday that Israeli forces wounded 164 Palestinians as they cracked down on protests in the West Bank and Gaza Strip in solidarity with...

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May 20, 2017

Egyptian debts increased by $24.5bn in one year

Egypt’s Central Auditing Organisation (CAO) revealed that Egyptian debt had increased by 441.8 billion Egyptian pounds ($24.5 billion), Rassd reported yesterday. According to Rassd, the CAO said that the...

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May 20, 2017

Turkey to build ‘cyber army’ to defend against hack attacks

The Turkish government has decided to establish a “cyber army” to be ready for countering any possible cyber attack, noting that such attacks are extremely dangerous to Turkey’s security...

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May 20, 2017

Rescued ‘slaves’ tell of detention, beatings in Libya

A day after reaching safety aboard a humanitarian ship, migrants, some of whom were enslaved, told of arbitrary detention, slavery and beatings in Libya as Europe seeks to build...

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May 20, 2017

UN sees ‘incremental progress’ in Syria talks

UN envoy Staffan de Mistura ended four days of Syria talks yesterday, saying there had been “incremental progress” and he planned to reconvene negotiations in June. But the warring...

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