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November 1, 2016

Bahrain activist’s trial postponed

Bahrain on Monday postponed until 15th December the trial of prominent democracy activist to permit more investigation of a Twitter account he is accused of using to publish criticism...

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November 1, 2016

UN aid chief: Yemen is ‘one step away from famine’

The people of Yemen are being held hostage to “personal and reckless political decisions,” the United Nations special envoy said on Monday as he appealed for the UN Security...

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November 1, 2016

Celebrations welcome Michel Aoun as President of Lebanon

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November 1, 2016

Yemen seizes Iranian ship, fishing on its shores

Yemeni authorities announced on Monday that they detected an Iranian ship practicing illegal fishing in Yemen’s national coasts near the Gulf of Aden in Southern Yemen. Yemen News Agency...

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November 1, 2016

Police swoop on Paris migrant camp after Calais Jungle clear out

French riot police swooped on a makeshift migrant camp in northeast Paris on Monday, sparking a brief standoff at a site where numbers have soared since the closure of...

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November 1, 2016

Canada holds 2017 immigration target at 300,000 people

Canada said on Monday it would let 300,000 immigrants into the country in 2017, maintaining this year’s target despite recommendations to increase it to help spur economic growth and...

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October 31, 2016

UN says tank shell hits its Aleppo office

A tank shell hit the United Nations office in western Aleppo on Sunday, damaging the top floors of a building that is well known to be the UN base...

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October 31, 2016

Official data: Egypt’s 2015/16 budget records deficit increase, growth slump

Egypt’s economy marked an upturn in the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth which amounted at 4.3 per cent in 2015-2016, up from 4.2 per cent in the financial year...

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October 31, 2016

Saudi Arabia appoints new minister of finance

Saudi Arabia appointed market regulator Mohammed al-Jadaan as its new finance minister by royal decree on Monday, replacing Ibrahim Alassaf, who had held the post since 1996. Alassaf, 67,...

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October 31, 2016

Pentagon: Raqqah operation to begin in weeks

The US-led anti-Daesh coalition plans to launch operations within weeks to isolate the Syrian city of Raqqah as an offensive in Mosul, Iraq, continues, the Pentagon said today. “We...

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