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  • February 3, 2017

    Tunisian Minister warns of alarming rates of violence against women, children

    Tunisian Minister of Women, Family and Children Naziha Laabidi warned yesterday that violence against women and children in Tunisia has reached very alarming levels. Laabidi made her remarks during...

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  • February 3, 2017

    Unsafe Iraqi Airways banned from using Swedish airspace

    The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) denied a report on Iraqi state TV yesterday that it had lifted a ban on Iraqi Airways entering European airspace. Iraqi state TV...

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  • February 3, 2017

    Russia calls on US not to impose new sanctions on Iran

    The Russian foreign ministry has called on the United States to refrain from imposing new sanctions against Iran, warning that it would complicate the implementation of the nuclear deal....

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  • February 3, 2017

    Hamas condemns UN Secretary General statement on Jerusalem

    Palestine’s Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) has condemned remarks made by UN Secretary General António Guterres regarding a Jewish Temple in Jerusalem. A spokesman for the movement, Faouzi Barhoum, described the secretary...

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  • February 3, 2017

    Trump’s Islamophobic policies galvanise diverse resistance movement

    The contradictions and polarisation vividly on display today are neither recent nor superficial, but have deep roots in two opposite tendencies within Western intellectual and political history. These have...

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  • February 3, 2017

    Mr Trump, will Her Majesty see you now?

    When it comes to dealing with foreign leaders of whom she might not approve, Britain’s Queen Elizabeth always behaves impeccably. When it comes to giving a harsh message, however,...

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  • February 3, 2017

    Angelina Jolie speaks out against ‘Muslim ban’

    Actress and human rights advocate Angelina Jolie on Thursday said US President Donald Trump’s executive order barring travelers from seven Muslim-majority countries hurts vulnerable refugees and could fuel extremism....

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  • February 3, 2017

    Amona settlers dig in

    Also read: Israeli forces finalise Amona outpost evacuation & Settlers cause closure of checkpoint near Nablus in retaliation of Amona evacuation...

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  • February 3, 2017

    Critics decry Trump plan to limit counter-extremism program

    A Trump administration effort to exclude violent white supremacists from a government anti-terrorism program and focus efforts solely on Islamist extremism drew a sharp backlash Thursday, with New York...

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  • February 3, 2017

    Trump backpedals on settlements

    The Trump administration said on Thursday that Israel’s building of new settlements or expansion of existing ones in occupied territories may not be helpful in achieving peace with Palestinians,...

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