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March 31, 2017

Hariri: Lebanon near “breaking point” over Syrian refugee crisis

Prime Minister Saad Al-Hariri said Lebanon was close to “breaking point” due to the strains of hosting 1.5 million Syrian refugees, and he feared unrest could spiral from tensions...

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March 31, 2017

Court orders Total and G4S to pay millions to Yemeni workers

A Yemeni labour court has ordered France’s Total and Britain’s G4S to pay millions of riyals ($1=330 riyal) in back pay and compensation to security guards who accused the...

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March 31, 2017

Turkish presidential aide: call for independence referendum in northern Iraq ‘wrong’

Turkish presidential aide Ibrahim Kalin has described Iraqi Kurdish Regional Government President Masoud Barzani’s statement about holding an independence referendum in northern Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdish region as a “wrong...

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March 31, 2017

Kuwaiti woman arrested for failing to help suicidal maid

A Kuwaiti woman has been arrested for filming as her house help attempted suicide by dropping herself from the window of the seventh floor flat. Footage circulating on social...

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March 31, 2017

Sitting on the fence over Israeli Apartheid is no laughing matter

There is an old English idiom dating back to the 15th century which says that you can’t run with the hare and hunt with the hounds. To give it...

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March 31, 2017

Adam Curtis: ‘Gaddafi’s story holds up a mirror to Western hypocrisy’

There are two notable things about Gaddafi, says Adam Curtis. The first is that he was obsessed with the idea he was a global thinker and the second is...

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March 31, 2017

Prominent American journalist in Syria on US ‘kill list’

Lawyers for American journalist Bilal Abdul Kareem and a former Al Jazeera bureau chief have filed a lawsuit against US President Donald Trump and other senior officials who they...

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March 31, 2017

6 arrested following gang harassment of woman in Egypt

At least six men have been arrested following a collective assault and harassment of a woman as she returned home from a wedding in the Egyptian city of Zagazig....

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March 31, 2017

2 Egyptian judges accused of interfering in politics

Two Egyptian judges have been handed over to the disciplinary committee after being accused of engaging in politics. Judge Abdel Shafy Osman, the investigating judge for the Ministry of...

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March 31, 2017

Retired Pakistani general named head of Saudi Islamic alliance

The Pakistani defence minister has confirmed that retired General Raheel Sharif is taking over as head of the Saudi-formed Islamic Military Alliance. Khawaja Asif told local media that he...

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