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December 17, 2016

Rafah crossing to open for 3 days

Egyptian authorities announced on Thursday that they would be opening the Rafah border crossing with the Gaza Strip in both directions for three days starting today. The Gaza borders...

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December 17, 2016

UN condemns Morocco for obtaining confession under torture

The UN Committee Against Torture has condemned Morocco for retrieving a confession under torture. Naama Asfari, who is currently serving 30 years in prison, was arrested in 2010 with...
December 17, 2016

12-year old tried to detonate bomb at German Christmas market

A 12-year old German-Iraqi boy tried to detonate a bomb at a Christmas market in the western town of Ludwigshafen last month and planted another explosive device near the...

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December 17, 2016

Syrian arrested in Saudi Arabia over pro-Assad Facebook photo

Saudi police arrested a Syrian resident in Riyadh after he posted a photo of himself on Facebook praising the recapture of his home city of Aleppo by government forces,...

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December 16, 2016

Germany arrests Turkish man suspected of spying for Turkey

German police have arrested a 31-year-old Turkish man who is suspected of providing information on Kurds living in Germany to Turkish intelligence agencies, the German federal prosecutor’s office announced...

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December 16, 2016

UN nuclear watchdog chief to visit Iran

The head of the atomic energy watchdog agency of the United Nations will travel to Iran on Sunday for meetings about the country’s implementation of its nuclear agreement with...

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December 16, 2016

Yemen bank crisis halts wheat imports

Traders in Yemen have stopped wheat imports due to a crisis at the central bank according to documents seen by Reuters. Trade and aid sources say the situation was...

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December 16, 2016

US and Turkey have ‘unyielding resolve to defeat Daesh’

US Secretary of State for Defence Ashton Carter yesterday thanked Turkish Defence Minister Fikri Isik for his country’s contribution to the fight against Daesh. Speaking in London on the...

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December 16, 2016

16 jailed for circulating criticisms of Kuwaiti Emir

A Kuwaiti court yesterday sentenced 16 people to two years in prison after they were found re-circulating a speech by an opposition leader which criticised the oil-rich Kingdom’s Emir....

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December 16, 2016

France pushes UN Security Council action on Aleppo

France said today it is pushing for the United Nations Security Council to ensure the evacuation of Aleppo is coordinated by international observers, that humanitarian aid is allowed in...

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