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October 14, 2016

UNHCR welcomes demolition of Calais ‘Jungle’

The United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) said today that it welcomed plans to demolish a migrant camp in Calais in northern France, but raised fears lone children were at...

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October 14, 2016

Israel renews prisoner’s administrative detention order for fifth time

Israeli authorities renewed the administrative detention of Palestinian prisoner Omar Al-Bargouthi for the fifth time on the same day that he was set to be released, according to the...

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October 14, 2016

Saudi and Japanese telecoms giant to become world’s No. 1 tech investor

Saudi Arabia and Japan’s SoftBank Group (9984.T) will create a technology investment fund that could grow as large as $100 billion, making it one of the world’s largest private...

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October 14, 2016

Malaysia hands 3 FETO members to Turkey

Malaysia handed over three members of the Fetullah Terrorist Organisation (FETO) to Turkey late yesterday, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said today. In remarks made to the media in southwestern...

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October 14, 2016

UNSC hears condemnation of Israeli settlements, ongoing occupation

Israeli colonisation of the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) was condemned at the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) today in a special debate convened to discuss the issue of settlements....

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October 14, 2016

Rockets hit Turkish tourist town in Antalya

Two rockets, apparently aimed at a fuel tanker, hit a fish store and open ground near a resort town in the province of Antalya in southern Turkey today, no...

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October 14, 2016

UN envoy: Israeli policies in Gaza ‘escalates violence’

The UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Nickolay Mladenov yesterday expressed concerns over the situation in Gaza, and urged Israel to understand that its policies only...

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October 14, 2016

Houthis attack Saudi border port-city of Jizan

A Saudi spy drone was shot down by Houthi militias over Al-Qawiya military base in Saudi’s southwestern region of Jizan yesterday, the pro-Houthi news outlet Al-Masirah reported. Meanwhile, a Saudi military...

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October 14, 2016

Israel suspends ties with UNESCO

Israeli Education Minister Naftali Bennett announced today that Israel is suspending all of its joint activities with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) after the organisation...

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October 14, 2016

PA welcomes UNESCO resolution criticising Israeli policies

The Palestinian Authority yesterday praised a controversial UNESCO vote that saw the adoption of a draft resolution that sharply criticised Israeli policies around Al-Aqsa Mosque whilst also rejecting any...

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