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March 25, 2017

US insurers want to sue Saudi Arabia for 9/11

Saudi Arabia is facing a renewed $6 billion lawsuit by dozens of insurers seeking to hold it responsible for business and property damage caused by the 11 September 2001...

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March 25, 2017

UN: Russia, Iran, Turkey must hold talks to stop Syria violence

Russia, Iran and Turkey need to convene more Syrian ceasefire talks as soon as possible to bring the situation on the ground under control, UN Syria envoy Staffan de...

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March 25, 2017

Egypt court suspends jail sentence against journalists

An Egyptian appeals court suspended a jail sentence today against the former head of the journalists’ union for harbouring colleagues wanted by authorities and for spreading false news, judicial...

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March 25, 2017

Syria opposition ‘committed to political solution’

The head of the Syrian opposition delegation at peace talks in Geneva stressed their commitment to a “political solution” yesterday. UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura met delegates...

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March 25, 2017

Aid reaches Yemen’s Mokha

Aid has reached the embattled district of Mokha in Yemen, where fighting in a two-year-old civil war has been escalating since January, the United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) said...

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March 25, 2017

UK lawmakers side with Gulen not Turkey over failed coup

Britain risks looking as though it has put defence and trade ties with Turkey ahead of human rights concerns as it pushes to secure a closer relationship with Ankara,...

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March 25, 2017

Libyan rights groups accuse Haftar’s forces of war crimes

The Solidarity Organisation for Human Rights, an NGO based in Tripoli, has accused militias loyal to General Khalifa Haftar of carrying out violations “amounting to war crimes” against civilians...

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March 25, 2017

4,000 Iraq civilians killed in west Mosul offensive

As many as 3,864 civilians have been killed in western Mosul since mid-February when the Iraqi army began a wide-ranging campaign to wrest the area from the Daesh extremist...

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March 25, 2017

UNHRC adopts resolutions against Israel

The UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) adopted five resolutions against Israel on Friday, including four regarding violations of Palestinian rights and one regarding the occupied Syrian Golan Heights, AlKhaleejonline.com...

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March 25, 2017

Egypt doubles price of metro tickets

Egypt’s transport ministry decided on Thursday to double the price of tickets on Cairo’s metro system with effect from Friday, Minister Hisham Arafat has announced. Arafat noted that the...

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