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April 8, 2016

Political chaos in Libya as unity government enters Tripoli

It has been an eventful week in Libyan politics; within days the country has gone from having two rival governments to three, with the UN-backed Government of National Accord...

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April 8, 2016

Casualties rise amid severe shortage of food, medical supplies in besieged Fallujah

Once one of Iraq’s most prosperous municipalities, Fallujah has now turned into a ghost city after months under siege and severe shortages of food and medicines, activists have warned....

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April 8, 2016

Israeli forces injured 1,300 Palestinians in first three months of 2016

Israeli forces in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT) injured some 1,300 Palestinians in the first three months of 2016, new data from a United Nations body has revealed. Is...

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April 8, 2016

Tunisia supports nomination of Barghouti for Nobel Peace Prize

Fadwa Barghouthi, the wife of Palestinian prisoner Marwan Barghouti, said that the Tunisian Parliament yesterday expressed its support for her husband’s nomination for the 2016 Nobel Peace Prize. In...

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April 8, 2016

Iran’s Rouhani slams those critical of nuclear deal

Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani warned on Thursday of the seriousness of extremist rhetoric coming from those critical of Tehran’s agreement with the West over its nuclear program. Rouhani made...

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April 8, 2016

Erdogan: Turkey will abandon migrants deal if EU does not fulfil its obligations

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan yesterday warned that Turkey will not implement the agreement signed with the European Union on the return of migrants who reach Greece if the European...

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April 8, 2016

Gaza's Paralympic games

Al-Jazira Sports Club held a Paralympic sports event for Gaza’s disabled athletes, simulating Paralympic games and tournaments abroad. Ali Al-Nazli, the club director, told MEMO that the event was...

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April 8, 2016

Israel rejects 20% increase in US aid as compensation for Iran deal

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has rejected a US proposal to increase its annual financial and military support to Israel by 20 per cent as compensation for the deal...

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April 8, 2016

More nominees withdraw from Abadi’s proposed cabinet

More nominees resigned from Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi’s proposed government ahead of a deadline to vote on the new administration by next week. Less than a week after...

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April 8, 2016

Al-Sisi: Democracy cannot be achieved in Egypt overnight

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi has said that his government seeks to achieve “prosperity” in the field of freedoms and human rights in the country but added that this...

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