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September 29, 2016

Celtic football club fined for pro-Palestine protests

Celtic football club has been fined by UEFA – the governing body of European Football – on Thursday because of fan led pro-Palestinian protests during a game against Israeli team, Hapoel Be’er...

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September 29, 2016

Senior Egyptian official escapes assassination attempt

A car bomb exploded this evening in the Egyptian capital Cairo, local media reported, in an apparent assassination attempt against the country’s assistant attorney general. Media organisations including the...

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September 29, 2016

UN Envoy: ‘The bombing must stop, civilians must be protected’ in Aleppo

A new demand by the UN has been made to end the on-going bombardment of Aleppo by pro-Syrian regime forces. Ambassador Ramzy Ezzeldin Ramzy, The UN’s Deputy Special Envoy...

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September 29, 2016

Officials: US drone strike kills two senior Al-Qaeda members in Yemen

Two senior members of Al-Qaeda’s Yemen branch were killed in a suspected US drone strike in the central province of Bayda, local officials told Reuters today. The strike, which...

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September 29, 2016

Yemeni government launches offensive on Houthis in Taiz

The Yemeni army and Popular Resistance Forces today launched a major offensive against Houthi and Saleh sites in Taiz, southerwest of the country. A spokesman for the military council...

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September 29, 2016

US-led coalition killed 13 Daesh leaders this month

Thirteen Daesh leaders have been killed by the US-led coalition in the past month in Iraq and Syria, Operation Inherent Resolve spokesman John Dorrian told reporters today. “By taking...

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September 29, 2016

Syria slams US coalition for destruction of bridges in east

The Syrian government today criticised the US-led coalition for destroying two bridges on the Euphrates river this week in areas held by Daesh hold in the east of the...

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September 29, 2016

Demonstration against Facebook’s closure of Palestinian pages

Palestinian journalists and activists demonstrated in Gaza City today against Facebook’s policies which have seen the pages of Palestinian news organisations and the personal accounts of activists closed down....

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September 29, 2016

Gulf countries launch $2.5bn fund to tackle poverty

The Lives and Livelihoods Fund to combat poverty and infectious diseases in the Muslim world was launched in Saudi Arabia today. The fund, which has starting capital of $2.5...

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September 29, 2016

Egypt jails 93 for ‘inciting riots’

An Egyptian military court has sentenced 93 civilians to between 10 years and life imprisonment on charges of “inciting riots”, sources revealed. Lawyers Khaled Komi and Samir El-Farra said...

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