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April 29, 2017

Who are the frontrunners in Iran’s presidential elections?

Iranians will be deciding on who their president will be in May, in which incumbent pragmatist President Hassan Rouhani is seeking re-election against conservative rivals who have been gearing...

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April 29, 2017

Israel raids Beit Ummar, sprays houses with sewage

Israeli forces have again raided the village of Beit Ummar in the West Bank yesterday, with video footage seemingly showing Israeli forces using a water pump to spray sewage...

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April 29, 2017

Palestinian Authority freezes financial support to PLO factions

The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) and other groups have said that the PLO had frozen the financial support allocations for the organisation’s member factions, Quds...

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April 29, 2017

UN calls on Iran to stop executing children

The UN called on Iran yesterday to “immediately” cancel death sentences against minors and children, and called on Tehran to abide by its obligations under international human rights law,...

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April 29, 2017

Tunisian journalists blame government for drop in free speech index

After the release of Reporters Without Borders’ free speech index for 2017, the Tunisian Journalists’ Syndicate blamed the government for the retreat of free speech in the country, Al-Araby...

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April 29, 2017

Erdogan slams EU’s decision to monitor Turkey’s politics

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan criticised on Thursday the EU’s decision to put Turkey on a political monitoring watch list, Turkish state-owned Anadolu Agency reported. “We will not allow...

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April 29, 2017

Gaza on edge of humanitarian crisis after PA halts electricity payments

Due to the almost near total shutdown of the sole electricity plant in Gaza, Gaza currently has electricity only four hours a day, Quds Press reported yesterday. Prior to...

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April 29, 2017

Ugly media wars erupt between Sudan and Egypt

The expulsion of two Sudanese journalists from Egypt, at the beginning of this week, has further heightened the diplomatic and political tensions that have reached an almost uncontrollable frenzy...

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April 29, 2017

Hamas: ‘We will oblige Israel to free Palestinian prisoners’

Hamas leader Khalid Meshaal promised yesterday that his movement would “oblige” Israel to free “all the Palestinian prisoners” currently being held inside its jails, Turkish state-run Anadolu Agency reported....

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April 29, 2017

Israel to build 25,000 new settlement units in Jerusalem

For two years, the Israeli government has been planning to build 25,000 new settlement units in Jerusalem, an Israeli minister with knowledge of the plans revealed on Thursday. Israeli...

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