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September 22, 2016

43 dead as boat capsizes off Egyptian coast

A boat carrying 600 people from Egypt, Eritrea, Somalia and Sudan capsized off the Egyptian coast yesterday killing 43 people. Four hundred people are still missing and 154 people...

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September 22, 2016

Palestine and progressive politics in a post-Harper Canada

According to prolific writer Naomi Klein, solidarity with Palestine “is the hardest organising circle.” More specifically, she referred to the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement on university campuses....

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September 22, 2016

Russia escalates tensions by deploying aircraft carrier to Syria

Russia is sending its only aircraft carrier to a position near Syria’s coast, as peace talks falter at the United Nations in New York. During a televised meeting yesterday,...

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September 22, 2016

26 killed in Saudi coalition airstrike in Yemen

The death toll from an Arab coalition airstrike which hit a house in a residential area in western Yemen has risen to 26 people, medics and residents in the...

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September 22, 2016

This initiative for change in Egypt is a non-starter

Authoritarian regimes need nothing more than fragmented and divided opposition to keep them in power. The continuation of such regimes, albeit based on repression and oppression more than anything...

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September 22, 2016

Houthis disable Yemen Central Bank computer terminals

Houthis disabled the computer terminals that were to be used by the new Central Bank headquarters in Aden, local news outlet Aden Al Ghad revealed today. Bank workers were...

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September 22, 2016

EU court moves to keep Hamas off terrorism list

The European Union’s top court took a step toward confirming the removal of Hamas from an EU terrorism blacklist despite protestations from Israel. An advocate general at the European...

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September 22, 2016

Daesh explosives expert arrested in Morocco

Three people linked to Daesh have been arrested in Morocco for preparing to commit terrorist acts, the central criminal investigation office (BCIJ) reported yesterday. The head of the cell,...

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September 22, 2016

Iraq’s Fallujah is now a ‘giant prison’

The city of Fallujah is now a “giant prison”, it has been claimed by a member of an Iraqi civil society group dedicated to reporting on its stability. Abdulqadir...

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September 22, 2016

Iraqi army says it reached centre of Shirqat

Iraq’s military yesterday seized the centre of Shirqat, a northern town seen as a stepping stone in the campaign to recapture Mosul from Daesh. The army, backed by airstrikes...

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