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March 9, 2016

UN follows up on Iran’s ballistic tests

The UN is following up on Iran’s ballistic tests which were disclosed yesterday, the official spokesman for the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon revealed yesterday. In a press conference held...

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March 9, 2016

UN: 2.4m refugees due to war in Yemen

The renewed conflict in Yemen has forcibly displaced more than 2.4 million Yemenis and the situation is likely to worsen, a statement by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees...

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March 9, 2016

White House ‘surprised’ as Netanyahu cancels US visit

The White House said on Monday it was “surprised” to learn through the media that Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had declined an invitation to meet with US President...

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March 9, 2016

Senior US commander: ‘Iran is the biggest factor of instability in the Middle East’

Iran is the biggest danger against civilians in the Middle East, AlKhaleejOnline reported the Chief of the US Central Command General Lloyd Austin saying. Speaking in the US Congress,...

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March 9, 2016

Former official: Egypt is ‘in crisis’, early elections needed

Egypt is “in crisis”, Arabi21 reported the former aide of the Egyptian Foreign Minister for Legal and International Conventions Abdullah Al-Ash’al as saying yesterday as he called for early...

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March 9, 2016

Official: Daesh has abducted 5,500 women in Iraq

Daesh has abducted over 5,500 Iraqi women and sold them in slavery markets in the Syrian city of Raqqa, Chairman of Iraqi Parliamentary Human Rights Committee Arshad Salehi revealed...

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March 9, 2016

37 Palestinians tortured at hands of PA security staff

Physical assaults with batons and ropes, hanging from windows and doors, being held in stress positions for hours, and near-death strangulations are some of the torture techniques used by...

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March 9, 2016

Jordan issues new regulations to support Syrian labourers

Jordan has announced new regulations to support Syrian refugee employment conditions. The labour ministry released a directive on Tuesday to the industry and commerce chambers announcing that it will...

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March 9, 2016

EU companies demand ‘made in occupied territories’ label on settlement products

European companies have asked Israeli farmers in the Jordan Valley to clearly label their produce as coming from “the occupied territories”, Israel Hayom newspaper reported. Also read: Netanyahu: EU...

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March 8, 2016

In new album, Rafeef Ziadah teaches life and resistance

Palestinian poet and activist Rafeef Ziadah recently launched her new album, ‘We Teach Life’, with an event at Rich Mix in London. The evening was co-organised by anti-poverty charity...

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