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December 23, 2016

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December 23, 2016

Ghraibah

If you love buttery cookies like shortbread then you will definitely love these. They are very simple and once you learn to make them, you’ll be making batches every...

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December 23, 2016

Iraq government bombing of Al-Qaim is ‘war crime’

An international team of Iraq experts, researchers and analysts have released a damning report that accuses the Iraqi government of being in breach of the Geneva Conventions and of...

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December 23, 2016

Cristiano Ronaldo sends message of hope to children of Syria

International footballer Cristiano Ronaldo today issued a heartwarming video message in support of Syrian children. Ronaldo is an ambassador for the charity Save the Children. In the video...

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December 23, 2016

UNSC to vote on end to Israeli settlements

The UN Security Council will vote today on a resolution demanding an end to Israeli settlements after four council members again put forward the measure a day after Egypt...

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December 23, 2016

3 officials sacked following engineer’s murder in Tunisia

Three Tunisian government officials were removed from their positions yesterday in response to the assassination last week of a Tunisian aviation engineer in the southeastern city of Sfax. According...

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December 23, 2016

Kuwait sentences Dashti to 10 years

Kuwait’s Court of Appeals yesterday rejected the appeal of controversial former MP Abdul Hamid Dashti’s prison sentence, instead, adding an extra 10 years to his sentence, Kuwaiti newspaper Al-Watan...

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December 23, 2016

Algeria ‘asphyxiating’ journalists

Algeria has experienced a “progressive asphyxiation” of its media since the re-election of President Abdelaziz Bouteflika in 2014, according to a new report released by Reporters Without Borders. “Algeria:...

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December 23, 2016

Hamas sets terms for prisoner exchange deal with Israel

Hamas will not disclose any information about the two Israeli soldiers being held captive in Gaza before Israel frees all of the 2011 Gilad Shalit deal prisoners who have...

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December 23, 2016

Saudi reduces deficit by a third

Saudi Arabia yesterday unveiled a budget statement that outlines plans to increase spending in 2017 as well as measures designed to drastically cut the deficit. The fiscal deficit has...

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