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February 20, 2017

Music band Typo rocks Gaza

Gaza’s first rock band was formed in 2012 and is still considered the first band in the besieged Strip to have released a full album. Lead singer and guitarist...

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February 20, 2017

Tunisia, Algeria and Egypt agree to terms for peace in Libya

The Algerian, Egyptian and Tunisian foreign ministries today agreed on the terms for resolving the crisis in neighbouring Libya. Foreign ministers Khemaies Jhinaoui of Tunisia, Egyptian Sameh Shoukry, and...

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February 20, 2017

Death toll in Somalia market bomb blast rises to 32

The death toll from a car bombing at a busy market in the Somali capital has risen to 32 with 50 others injured, according to an update from officials...

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February 20, 2017

Saudi to invest $2bn in Yemen economy

Saudi Arabia will deposit $2 billion in financial aid to support Yemen’s stability to support financial stability in Yemen after the significant deterioration of the country’s local currency. Yemen’s...

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February 20, 2017

Al-Qeeq held in ‘grave-like’ prison cell, lawyer says

Imprisoned Palestinian journalist Muhammad Al-Qeeq, who has been on hunger strike for two weeks, has been held by Israel in a “grave-like” prison cell, his lawyer said on Sunday....

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February 20, 2017

HRW condemns Morocco’s obstruction of rights groups

Morocco’s largest independent human rights organisation has had their activities obstructed and prohibited for two years by Moroccan authorities, a report by Human Rights Watch revealed today. The harassment...

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February 20, 2017

Yemen’s Houthis kidnap 6 Norwegian Refugee Council employees

Yemen’s Houthi militia forces have kidnapped 6 members of the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) national staff and a contracted driver, in Al-Hudaydah, a government minister announced. Local Affairs Minister...

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February 20, 2017

Paris blocks makeshift refugee shelter with boulders

Read: Germany aims to deport record number of rejected asylum seekers in 2017...

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February 20, 2017

Trial of 47 suspects in ‘Erdogan assassination plot’ begins

Forty-seven suspects, mainly soldiers, are being tried on charges of plotting to assassinate Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan during the July 15 2016 coup attempt. The court in Turkey’s...

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February 20, 2017

Israel destroys UN-sponsored water pipeline in Jordan Valley

Israeli authorities today destroyed a pipeline supplying the northern Jordan Valley communities with drinking water under the premise that it was “built without a permit”. Mutaz Bsharat, an official...

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