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October 25, 2016

Libyan PM open to security cooperation with Russia

Fayez Al-Sarraj, prime minister of Libya’s UN-backed unity government, has expressed his government’s willingness to step up security and military cooperation with Russia. The prime minister’s remarks came in...

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October 25, 2016

UN’s Yemen peace plan delivered to warring parties

A peace plan for Yemen was presented to a delegation representing Houthi rebels and former President Ali Abdullah Saleh, the UN envoy to the country said Tuesday. Ismail Ould...

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October 25, 2016

Britain, France want UN sanctions over Syria toxic gas attacks

Britain and France pushed on Tuesday for the United Nations Security Council to impose sanctions on Syrian government forces blamed for three gas attacks by an international inquiry as...

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October 25, 2016

US expects “overlap” in Mosul, Raqqa battles against Islamic State

The United States expects the campaigns against Islamic State in Mosul and Raqqa to overlap, Defence Secretary Ash Carter said on Tuesday, signalling that a push to start isolating...

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October 25, 2016

Tunisia: Disagreements after coalition building

The relationship between the former President of Tunisia, Moncef Marzouki, and the leadership of Ennahda party is not the result of post-revolutionary alliance, but rather the product of joint...

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October 25, 2016

‘PA controls the judiciary’

Former Chairman of the Palestinian Judicial Council Sami Sarsour said his ouster by a senior Palestinian Authority (PA) security official is “clear-cut proof” of PA interferences in the judicial...

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October 25, 2016

Donations to Israeli NGO rise tenfold after government attack

Donations to Israeli NGO B’Tselem have risen tenfold following a public attack on its activities by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Last week, B’Tselem executive director Hagai El-Ad addressed the...

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October 25, 2016

23 enforced disappearances in Egypt in 3 months

There were 23 cases of enforced disappearances in Egypt between early July to the end of September this year, including the death of 20 in prison, a human rights...

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October 25, 2016

Iraqi army’s elite force pauses advance near Mosul

An elite unit of the Iraqi army paused its week-long advance on Mosul as it approached the city’s eastern edge today, waiting for other US-backed forces to close in...

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October 25, 2016

Large fire visible in northern part of Calais ‘Jungle’

A group of about 20 workers began to slowly destroy the Calais “Jungle” camp structures using sledgehammers and by hand, two small bulldozers could be seen waiting nearby. The...

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