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September 23, 2016

Kuwait jails Shia MP for insulting monarchy, Saudi

A Kuwaiti court sentenced Shia Member of Parliament Abdulhameed Dashti to an 11-year jail term in absentia for insulting the Emir and Saudi Arabia. In July, he was also...

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September 23, 2016

US pumps another $3m into Morocco’s prison system

The US is to give Morocco $3 million to help it reform its prisons under a deal signed between the two countries. US Ambassador to Morocco Dwight Bush and...

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September 23, 2016

Kuwaiti lawyers challenge forced DNA sampling law

Lawyers in Kuwait have issued a legal challenge to a law which forces all citizens, expats and visitors to give samples of their DNA to the government. The National Assembly passed...

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September 23, 2016

Netanyahu turns to ‘ethnic cleansing’ and sophistry to justify Israel’s criminal acts

Having failed to convince most of the world to accept its colonisation of Palestine, Israel has been busy redefining the long standing meaning of words and phrases in the...

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September 23, 2016

American boy asks Obama if he can adopt Omran Daqneesh

A six-year-old American boy sent a handwritten note to President Barack Obama urging him to bring Syrian Omran Daqneesh, who was pictured in shock sitting in the back of...

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September 23, 2016

Erdogan accuses the US of supplying arms to ‘terrorists’

Tensions between the Washington and Ankara are set to rise after Turkish President Recep Erdogan accused the US of supplying weapons to Kurdish fighters in Syria. Erdogan’s speech at...

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September 23, 2016

Libyan State Council condemned for legislative takeover bid

The State Council’s (SC) decision yesterday to take over the legislative authority of the House of Representatives (HoR) has been condemned by UN Special Envoy for Libya Martin Kobler...

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September 23, 2016

Houthis accuse abducted American teacher of being a Saudi spy

The American teacher abducted by Houthi forces earlier this week was spying for the Saudi-led coalition, the Shia militia said. Peter Willems was taken from the principal’s office of...

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September 23, 2016

UN-backed Libyan leader open to talks with eastern rival

The prime minister of Libya’s UN-backed government said yesterday that he was open to talks with an eastern Libyan commander despite his self-styled army’s offensive on oil facilities. The...

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September 23, 2016

Obama’s contradictions at the UN General Assembly

US President Barack Obama’s final speech at the UN General Assembly has been touted as an excellent example of polished political rhetoric. It is, of course, within conventional parameters...

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