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  • July 19, 2016

    Ambassador: Ethiopia to construct new dam after Renaissance Dam

    The Ethiopian Ambassador in Cairo Mahmoud Dreier said Ethiopia will build another dam after the Renaissance Dam is completed. Speaking on Egypt’s Al- Nahar TV channel, Dreier said his...

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  • July 18, 2016

    Al Jazeera publishes details of Turkish coup plan

    Qatar’s Al-Jazeera TV channel has obtained copies of messages sent between the organisers of the failed Turkish coup, which occurred in the late hours of Friday night. The messages...

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  • July 18, 2016

    UN: 657,433 Syrian refugees in Jordan

    Some 657,433 Syrian refugees have registered with the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Jordan. Of those in Jordan, 516,078 live in towns and cities across the country while...

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  • July 18, 2016

    Theresa May must ditch the nonsense of ‘British values’ to tackle radicalisation

    Britain’s new Prime Minister, Theresa May, was in office for just one day when her first major international crisis hit. The Bastille Day attack in Nice was at first...

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  • July 18, 2016

    Syrian regime surrounds opposition-held Aleppo

    Syrian regime forces yesterday besieged opposition-controlled eastern neighbourhoods of Aleppo, after blocking the last strategic route out of the city. Syrian Observatory for Human Rights Director Rami Abdel Rahman...

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  • July 18, 2016

    Bahrain dissolves Al-Wefaq Shia Association

    A Bahraini court yesterday dissolved the main Shia opposition group, Al-Wefaq Association and seized its funds, local media reported. The administrative court in Manama found the association guilty of...

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  • July 18, 2016

    Morocco says it wants to rejoin the Africa Union

    Morocco’s King Mohammed VI has announced that his country wants to reintegrate the African Union, 32 years after it let the organization. “For a long time, our friends have been...

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  • July 18, 2016

    Abbas honours African Union Commission chairperson

    Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas yesterday awarded the Jerusalem Medal to African Union Commission Chairperson Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, the Anadolu Agency reported. During a speech at the 27th summit...

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  • July 18, 2016

    Why the Gulen movement is not the opposition

    The night of the 15th of July has become a historical moment for Turkey. Turkish citizens, threatened by a group of Gulenist soldiers’ attempts to siege power via a...

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  • July 18, 2016

    Palestinian factions vow to respect results of local elections

    Palestinian factions have given “enough guarantees” that they will “respect election results”, the head of the Palestinian Central Election Commission Hanna Nasser said yesterday. Speaking during a press conference...

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