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April 24, 2017

Saudi pledges $50m to eradicate measles

A Saudi Arabian charitable foundation announced today that it will give $50 million to the United Nations children’s agency to help eliminate measles, the largest private donation ever to...

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April 24, 2017

How Israelis are interpreting Saudi’s reconciliation with Sisi

A newspaper close to decision-making circles in Tel Aviv has highlighted the sudden rapprochement between Saudi Arabia and the regime of Egyptian President Abdul Fattah Al-Sisi in light of...

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April 24, 2017

Russians to get extended visa-free stay in Turkey

Turkey will extend visa-free stay for Russian citizens to 90 days from 60, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said yesterday. The move came right after Russian deputy Foreign Minister Alexei...

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April 24, 2017

Egypt renews detention of 8 suspects over Sisi murder plot

Egypt’s military prosecutors have extended the detention of eight suspects for 30 more days on charges of belonging to Daesh and taking part in an attempt to assassinate Egyptian...

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April 24, 2017

15 drown as refugee boat sinks off Greece

At least 15 people, including a child, drowned when an inflatable boat carrying refugees and migrants sank off Greece’s Lesbos island, officials said today. Eight bodies were recovered in...

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April 24, 2017

Iran rejects appeal to release British-Iranian women

Iran has rejected the appeal for the release of a British-Iranian woman who was detained on charges of espionage. Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, 38, was jailed in Thran following her arrest...

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April 24, 2017

US drone strike kills 3 civilians in Yemen

Three Yemeni civilians were killed when a drone attacked four suspected Al-Qaeda militants traveling in a vehicle in the southern part of the country, residents and a local official...

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April 24, 2017

Palestinian and Jewish voices must challenge Israel’s past together

Israel has resorted to three main strategies to suppress Palestinian calls for justice and human rights, including the Right of Return for refugees. One is dedicated to rewriting history;...

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April 24, 2017

Powerful Iraq Shia party splintering following in-fighting

One of Iraq’s most powerful Shia Islamist parties is reportedly suffering from internal infighting that may lead to some of its members breaking off and creating an opposing splinter...

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April 24, 2017

American-Israeli Jew who threatened Jewish centres charged

An 18-year-old American-Israeli Jew who was suspected of being behind a series of bomb threats against Jewish centres has been formally charged by the US Justice Department. Michael Ron...

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