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March 8, 2017

Hadi: Government controls 85% of Yemen

Yemeni President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi announced yesterday that his internationally-recognised government controls 85 per cent of the country’s territory, while the armed Houthi group controls 15 per cent....

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March 8, 2017

Arab League: There is no real partner for peace with Palestinians, Arabs

Secretary-General of the Arab League Ahmed Abul-Gheit stressed yesterday that the two-state solution is the best solution to the Palestinian issue, noting that ignoring it is a “waste of...

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March 8, 2017

Iran stops issuing entry visas for US citizens

Iranian authorities yesterday stopped issuing entry visas for American citizens after President Donald Trump issued a 90-day ban on the entry to the US of citizens from six Muslim...

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March 8, 2017

Just a reminder: Israel’s increasingly racist public opinion

While preparing this article, I couldn’t resist the temptation of presenting the results of a new public opinion poll conducted in Israel on the occasion of a Qatari educational...

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March 8, 2017

Mubarak, Merkel and Al-Sisi

We recently received some bad news, in that the Egyptian courts acquitted the deposed President Hosni Mubarak of charges regarding his role in killing protesters on 25 and 28...

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March 8, 2017

Einstein would be banned from Israel, says prominent US activist

In an exclusive interview with the Israeli newspaper Haaretz, American philosopher Cornel West criticised an Israeli law banning supporters of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement (BDS) saying “it’s...

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March 8, 2017

Al-Mahdi must be part of government, Sudanese opposition

As speculation mounts over who will be included in the new Sudanese cabinet of National Reconciliation, opposition groups have called for the former Prime Minister Sadiq Al-Mahdi to be...

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March 8, 2017

British-Palestinian woman shortlisted for leadership award

A Palestinian academic at the Oxford University is one of five people shortlisted for the Inspiring Leader 2017 award, organised by the Guardian Higher Education Network. Karma Nabulsi, director...

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March 8, 2017

Israeli army prosecution files appeal for harsher sentence for Elor Azarya

Days after the defence team for Elor Azarya appealed his manslaughter conviction for the fatal shooting of an unarmed wounded Palestinian, the Israeli general prosecution submitted its own appeal...

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March 8, 2017

Jordanian Islamists call for government to halt ‘security interference’ in political life

Islamic Action Front (IAF), the political wing of Muslim Brotherhood in Jordan, called on Tuesday for the Jordanian government to stop “security interference” in the political life, Anadolu news...

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