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November 30, 2016

‘Jordan is greatest defender of Palestinian cause’

Jordan defends the Palestinian cause the most, the head of the kingdom’s Palestine Committee, MP Yahya Saud, said today. “We in Jordan are the closest to Palestine and its...

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November 30, 2016

Saudi prince hails close ties with Turkey

Saudi Prince Turki Bin Talal bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud today hailed his country’s deep relations with Turkey. Speaking at the Seventh Bosporus Summit in Istanbul, Prince Turki said Saudi-Turkish relations...

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November 30, 2016

Palestinian envoy decries Israeli ‘apartheid’, as UN urges action

The Palestinian Ambassador to the United Nations (UN), Riyad Mansour, condemned Israeli policies he described as “entrenching a one-state reality of an apartheid nature”, in remarks to mark the...

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November 30, 2016

CIA director raises concerns over Trump’s foreign policy pledge

Ending the Iran nuclear deal would be “disastrous” and “the height of folly”, CIA Director John Brennan warned. In an interview with the BBC, the outgoing CIA director appears...

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November 30, 2016

HRW condemns Houthi crackdown on Baha’is

Human Rights Watch has condemned the Houthis’ persecution of members of the Baha’i faith in Yemen. “Arresting someone on the basis of their religious beliefs or compelling them to...

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November 30, 2016

Egypt: No reconciliation with Muslim Brotherhood

Three Egyptian government officials have denied that there are efforts to reach a reconciliation deal with the Muslim Brotherhood, stressing that deals similar to those made between the group...

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November 30, 2016

UK continues to raise detention of tortured British national with Israel

The UK government is continuing to raise the detention of a British national with Israeli authorities, a minister has told Parliament, weeks after he was first arrested and tortured....

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November 30, 2016

Prince Al-Waleed Bin Talal calls on Saudi to allow women to drive

Saudi Prince Al-Waleed Bin Talal has ended his silence on the topic of the kingdom’s ban on female drivers calling on the government to allow women to get behind...

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November 30, 2016

Russia to Turkey: Explain Erdogan’s statements about ‘ending’ Syria regime

The Russian government has asked Turkey to explain President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s comments regarding the Turkish military intervention in Syria, where he said that Ankara’s aim was to topple...

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November 30, 2016

UN: 100,000 African refugees head to Yemen despite conflict

More than 100,000 immigrants from the Horn of Africa have crossed the Gulf of Aden, on their way to Yemen, despite the violent conflict in the country, the United...

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