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March 5, 2017

Bahrain approves military trials for civilians

Bahrain on Sunday approved a constitutional change allowing military courts to try civilians, the kingdom’s latest rollback on reforms made after its 2011 Arab Spring protests that likely will...

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March 5, 2017

Shourabet Adas (lentil soup)

I think almost every culture or nation makes some version of lentil soup and, even within every household, people make it differently. This version is my own, quick and...

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March 4, 2017

A new Jewish Defence League?

The formation of the so-called alt-right and its closeness to the new American president is a worrying phenomenon. The “alt-right” is little more than the old white nationalism beloved...

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March 4, 2017

Merkel agrees with Tunisian president to send back 1,500 Tunisian migrants

German Chancellor Angela Merkel agreed on Friday with Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi to send back 1,500 illegal Tunisian immigrants from Germany and pledged $15 million in support for...

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March 4, 2017

Somaliland diaspora in ‘uproar’ over UAE military bases

Over the past week, representatives of the Somaliland diaspora have expressed their outrage at the fact that the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have cut a deal with authorities to...

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March 4, 2017

Erdogan: Turkey should put Germany ‘on trial’

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan accused Germany of “aiding and abetting terror” and said the country should be “put on trial” for spying on Turkey, and for aiding and...

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March 4, 2017

East Libya forces bomb rivals around oil ports

East Libyan forces carried out airstrikes around major oil ports overnight as they sought to regain control of the area from a rival faction, a military spokesman said today....

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March 4, 2017

Iran: S-300 air defence system ‘operational’

A Russian-made advanced air defence system has been made operational by the Iranian authorities, state television reported today in a move that may antagonise already belligerent relations with the...

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March 4, 2017

Egyptian police shoot dead four on outskirts of Cairo

Egypt’s interior ministry said last night that its forces killed four people it said were fugitive terrorists plotting to carry out hostile operations. The men were killed after allegedly...

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March 4, 2017

US in second day of airstrikes on Al-Qaeda in Yemen

The United States carried out a second day of airstrikes against Al-Qaeda in Yemen yesterday, US officials said, in the latest sign of increasing US military focus on a...

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