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October 12, 2016

Syrian migrant bomb plot suspect commits suicide

A Syrian migrant suspected of planning a bomb attack on a Berlin airport has committed suicide in policy custody, Spiegel Online reported on Wednesday, citing judicial sources. The news...

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October 12, 2016

Facebook resumes attack on Palestinian groups

Facebook resumed its policy of targeting Palestinian media pages with the accounts of eight administrators of the Palestine Information Centre and Al-Rai being deleted, Quds News reported. This comes...

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October 12, 2016

US, Russia to partake in Syria talks on Saturday

US Secretary of State John Kerry will meet his Russian counterpart in Switzerland on Saturday to discuss Syria, officials said today, as a devastating bombing campaign of the city...

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October 12, 2016

Palestinian FM: Israeli policies in East Jerusalem are racist

Israeli practices in occupied East Jerusalem are blatant forms of racial discrimination, the Palestinian Foreign Ministry said in a statement today. Israeli occupation forces set up closures and military...

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October 12, 2016

Italy jails 3 for 20 years each over deadly 2015 migrant voyage

An Italian judge today sentenced three men to 20 years each in jail for their role in packing hundreds of migrants into a boat in which 49 suffocated in...

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October 12, 2016

Putin accuses France of playing tricks with Syria resolution

Russian President Vladimir Putin today accused France of deliberately luring Moscow into vetoing a United Nations resolution on Syria and suggested Paris was doing the bidding of the United...

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October 12, 2016

Saudi ambassador leaves Cairo suddenly

The Saudi Arabian ambassador to Egypt left Cairo heading for Riyadh today in what critics believe is a result of an ongoing feud between the two countries over Syria....

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October 12, 2016

Palestinian protesters close UNRWA office in Lebanon

Palestinians in the Beddawi refugee camp in northern Lebanon closed UNRWA’s office with chains in protest against the organisation after it stopped their health benefits. Staff was prevented access...

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October 12, 2016

Former Kuwaiti minister urges action against Egypt over UNSC vote

Former Kuwaiti Information Minister Saad Al-Ajmi criticised Egypt’s vote in favour of a Russian draft resolution at the United Nations Security Council on Saturday calling on Gulf countries to...

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October 12, 2016

Syrian opposition seeking new options to end deadlock

The opposition Syrian Coalition says it is pursuing alternative options to break the deadlock in Syria following repeated failures by the UN Security Council to end the conflict. At...

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