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July 11, 2016

Rights group: Seven Iraqi journalists killed in six months

As many as seven journalists were killed in Iraq during the first half of 2016, a rights group said on Sunday. The Iraqi Observatory for Press Freedoms said during...

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July 11, 2016

Polisario Front elects new secretary-general

Western Sahara independence movement Polisario Front has elected Ibrahim Ghali as secretary-general and president of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic. Algeria’s APS news agency reported that Ghali was elected...

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July 11, 2016

Israeli government approves $13m for Kiryat Arba settlements

The Israeli government approved on Sunday some 50 million Israeli shekels ($12.9m) in support for the Israeli settlements of Kiryat Arba in the West Bank district of Hebron, agencies...

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July 10, 2016

Saudi royal joins Iranian opposition meeting in Paris

Saudi Arabia’s Prince Turki al-Faisal has joined a giant meeting held by a Paris-based Iranian opposition movement, Free Iran. Faisal is a former director general of Saudi Arabia’s intelligence agency...

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July 10, 2016

More Turkish aid arrives in Gaza

Around 19 trucks carrying Turkish humanitarian aid arrived in the blockaded Gaza Strip on Sunday, according to a Palestinian border official. The trucks, carrying nearly 800 tons of foodstuff,...

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July 10, 2016

Egypt military court jails 18 opponents for ‘violence’

An Egyptian military court on Saturday slapped 18 anti-regime opponents with jail terms for allegedly committing violence, according to a defence lawyer. The court jailed six people for life...

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July 10, 2016

Syria: Daesh downs helicopter, 2 Russian pilots killed

Two Russian pilots were killed near the ancient city of Palmyra in Syria’s western Homs province Friday when Daesh downed a helicopter belonging to the Syrian army, the Russian Defence Ministry said...

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July 10, 2016

Grave concern regarding Dr Mohamed Badie’s well-being

The Egyptian Revolutionary Council is extremely concerned about reports of the transfer of Dr Badie, Head of the Muslim Brotherhood, to an intensive care unit from his prison cell....

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July 10, 2016

Lies, spies and the story Chilcot missed

Sir John Chilcot’s report into the war in Iraq contains 2.6 million words and took seven years to complete yet there is one story which was untold in the...

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July 9, 2016

Fabricated Labour antisemitism crisis dies down…for now

Last week the hotly-anticipated Chakrabarti Inquiry released its report into antisemitism and other forms of racism within the Labour Party. Its main finding is that “the Labour Party is...

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