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April 23, 2017

Scores injured as Shia pilgrims stampede in Baghdad

Scores of Shia pilgrims were injured in a stampede in Baghdad on Sunday, panicked by rumours a suicide bomber was about to blow himself up, according to an Iraqi...

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April 23, 2017

Turkey plans to repair dozens of mosques in Syria

Turkey’s Diyanet Foundation plans to repair dozens of mosques in Syria that were heavily damaged in the ongoing war, according to the head of foundation on Sunday. Mustafa Tutkun...

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April 23, 2017

FIFA may demand Israel stop settlement games

Football’s top governing body may set Israel a six-month ultimatum to end games in settlements in the occupied West Bank, Israeli newspaper Haaretz reported Sunday. FIFA’s monitoring committee on...

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April 23, 2017

Russian raid kills 7 in Syria’s Idlib

At least seven civilians were killed in a Russian airstrike in Syria’s northwestern Idlib province on Sunday, according to a local civil defence official. A Russian warplane struck a...

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April 23, 2017

‘Let Sunnis run for president’ says Iranian scholar

A prominent Iranian Sunni religious scholar on Saturday called for a change in the country’s constitutional article that bars Sunnis from being elected president. “Constitutional articles are not divine...

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April 23, 2017

Clash

Set entirely in an eight metre long police van, Mohamed Diab’s drama Clash (Eshtebak) sees Egyptians from all walks of life locked up together in the aftermath of the...

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April 23, 2017

UK: Labour leader Corbyn says could suspend Syria air strikes if elected

The leader of Britain’s main opposition Labour Party Jeremy Corbyn said on Sunday he could suspend British involvement in air strikes against Syria if he was elected prime minister...

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April 23, 2017

3 Iraqi policemen killed in suicide attack south of Mosul

Three policemen were killed on Sunday in a suicide attack south of Mosul, the northern Iraqi city where Daesh is fighting off a US-backed offensive, security sources said. A...

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April 23, 2017

German conservatives urge end to EU-Turkey talks after pro-Erdogan vote

Two senior German conservative politicians have called for the European Union to end discussions with Turkey about EU membership after a vote that gave new powers to Turkish President...

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April 23, 2017

Saudi Arabia cuts deficit by half in first quarter – deputy economy minister

Saudi Arabia’s deputy economy minister said on Saturday the kingdom had reduced its deficit in the first quarter of 2017 by more than half in part because of prudent...

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