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November 2, 2016

Can Iran claim to protect Islam whilst Houthis strike Makkah?

One would be forgiven for not knowing that Makkah, the holiest place on Earth to Muslims, was recently attacked. Islam’s holiest city had missiles fired at it, not once,...

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November 2, 2016

Explained: The Balfour Declaration

To the Zionists, the Balfour Declaration of 1917 laid the foundation for the formation of the State of Israel. To the Palestinians, however, it was an act of dishonesty...

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November 2, 2016

Kuwait demands global unity with Palestinians

Kuwait has demanded the international community stand with Palestine and work towards ensuring Israel stops its “barbaric aggression against the defenceless people”. During a speech at the UN’s Special...

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November 2, 2016

Saudi looking to boost air defence with Russian made missile system

Saudi Arabia is interested in buying Russian S-400 air defence systems, the Russian government controlled news agency Sputnik revealed today. Speaking about the Saudi interest in Russian air defence...

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November 2, 2016

Israeli flag raised above Church of the Holy Sepulchre

Defying the international will and in spite of UNESCO’s decision to preserve Jerusalem’s holy sites, Israel has stepped up attacks on Islamic and Christian holy sites in occupied Jerusalem....

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November 2, 2016

11 charged with fishmonger’s murder in Morocco

Eleven people have been charged following the death of a fishmonger who was crushed in a rubbish truck while he was stopping police from destroying his produce. The 11...

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November 2, 2016

Russia announces 10 hour truce in Aleppo

A ten-hour truce has been called by the Russian President Vladimir Putin in the Syrian city of Aleppo. The Russian Ministry of Defence announced that “a decision was made...

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November 2, 2016

Bouteflika: Illegal arms, drug trafficking at ‘dangerous levels’

Arms dealing and drug trafficking have reached “dangerous levels” in the region, Algerian news sites reported President Abdelaziz Bouteflika saying yesterday. In a message delivered to mark the 62...

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November 2, 2016

UNESCO must go one step further with a cultural boycott of Israel

The UN’s record of standing up to Israel’s bully-boy tactics is littered with failure. Last month, however, that trend was bucked when UNESCO adopted two telling resolutions on Jerusalem....

Commentary & Analysis
November 2, 2016

Egypt’s tourist numbers almost halved

The Central Agency for Public Reserves and Statistics (CAPMAS), the government’s official statistics body, has announced that the number of tourist arrivals to Egypt declined by 41.8 per cent during...

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