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March 18, 2017
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March 18, 2017
Rights group: UN pressured to withdraw report saying Israel ‘apartheid’ state
The European-Mediterranean Observatory for Human Rights (EMOHR) said on Friday that the UN had come under pressure to withdraw its report accusing Israel of imposing an “apartheid regime” on...
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March 18, 2017
Vatican announces Pope to visit Egypt to ‘improve ties’
Pope Francis will make a trip to Egypt next month, the Vatican said today, giving the pontiff another opportunity to promote better relations between Catholics and Muslims. Francis has...
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March 18, 2017
Russia, Kazakhstan discuss future of the Syria war
Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Kazakh counterpart Nursultan Nazarbayev discussed the Syria crisis by phone, the Kremlin said today, after peace talks in Kazakhstan closed without any substantive...
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March 18, 2017
East Libya oil terminals largely undamaged after fighting
A broken-down truck and a tank lie by the side of the road in the sand, and overturned boxes are strewn across the floor of a firefighting station but...
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March 18, 2017
Man killed at Paris airport after grabbing soldier’s gun
Security forces shot dead a man who tried to seize a soldier’s gun at Paris Orly airport today, forcing the evacuation of the busy airport and putting security back...
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March 18, 2017
Egypt appoints permanent NATO envoy
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi appointed on Thursday Egyptian Ambassador to Belgium Ehab Fawzy as the head of an Egyptian permanent mission to NATO, Egyptian media reported. This appointment came after...
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March 18, 2017
Marathon in occupied Jerusalem is ‘serving Israeli goals’
The Israeli occupation municipal authorities in Jerusalem organised on Friday an international marathon that seeks to serve the purposes of the occupation, Quds Press reported. About 30,000 runners from...
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March 18, 2017
Germany: Turkey is ‘further from EU membership than ever’
German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel said in an interview with news magazine Der Spiegel published today that Turkey has never been less likely to join the European Union than...
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March 18, 2017
Italy panics as North Africa migrants surge
Italy will host a meeting between European and North African countries next week in a bid to strengthen support for an agreement it struck with Libya to fight people...
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