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April 21, 2017
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April 21, 2017
Paris shooting disrupts French election campaigning
Security concerns took centre stage on Friday in the last days of France’s tight presidential race as candidates defended their stance on the fight against terror in the wake...
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April 21, 2017
US, Iran trade barbs over landmark 2015 nuclear deal
Iran and the United States traded barbs over the landmark 2015 nuclear deal on Thursday, with the US leader accusing Tehran of not living up to the spirit of...
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April 21, 2017
Daesh claims Paris shooting, one policeman killed
A French policeman was shot dead and two others were wounded in central Paris on Thursday night in an attack carried out days before presidential elections and quickly claimed...
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April 21, 2017
Weighing arms sale, US seeks Saudi pledge on Yemen civilian casualties
The United States wants new commitments from Saudi Arabia to improve its targeting procedures to minimise civilian casualties in its part in the Yemen civil war as it weighs...
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April 20, 2017
Israeli settler driver hits Palestinian girl
A 17-year-old Palestinian girl was injured today after being deliberately hit by an Israeli settler car in the town of Tuqu, southeast of Bethlehem city in the southern occupied...
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April 20, 2017
Israel detains Palestinian woman for ‘incitement’ on Facebook
Israeli forces reportedly detained a 22-year-old Palestinian woman from occupied East Jerusalem for alleged “incitement” on her personal Facebook page. Israeli media reported that the woman was to be...
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April 20, 2017
Are we asking the wrong questions about Daesh?
Before he launched his apparently ineffective airstrikes against Syria’s Sharyat Airbase, US President Donald Trump had a very different view of the conflict in Syria. It was a much...
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April 20, 2017
Rouhani to run in Iran’s presidential election, Ahmadinejad barred
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and his rival Ebrahim Raisi were both approved to run in May’s presidential election by a government vetting body, while former president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was...
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April 20, 2017
Egypt’s budget deficit hits $10.8bn
Egypt’s budget deficit has reached 195.8 billion Egyptian pounds ($10.8 billion) during the first seven months of the current financial year (2017/18), representing six per cent of the country’s...
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