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September 27, 2015

Saudi Arabia: Hajj stampede death toll rises to 769

The number of pilgrims killed during the Hajj stampede in Mina has risen to 769, Saudi authorities said on Saturday, confirming the incident as the worst Hajj disaster in...

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September 27, 2015

Egyptian fans show Rabaa sign at African championships

Hundreds of Egyptian football fans flashed the four-fingered Rabaa sign as Al-Ahly took on the Orlando Pirates in an African Championship semi-final match in Johannesburg on Saturday night. The...

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September 27, 2015

Australia softens stance on Assad in policy shift

Australia’s government has indicated that it is considering changing its long-held position that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad must stand aside in order to secure an enduring peace settlement in...

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September 27, 2015

Fresh clashes at Jerusalem’s Al Aqsa Mosque

Palestinian protesters scuffled with Israeli security forces at Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque compound Sunday, local media and police said. Israeli forces used stun grenades and rubber bullets to break up...

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September 27, 2015

New report documents how Israel keeps Palestinians off a third of West Bank land

Around a third of the entire West Bank is closed to Palestinians as Israeli military zones, according to a new report. “Walled Garden – Declaration of Closed Areas in...

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September 27, 2015

EU official raises hopes of visa-free travel for Turks

European visa requirements for Turkish nationals could be removed within two years, the EU enlargement commissioner told a German newspaper on Saturday. Johannes Hahn said it was “quite possible”...

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September 26, 2015

9 Brotherhood members shot dead in Egypt

Egyptian security forces on Friday shot dead nine Muslim Brotherhood members south of Cairo, according to a local security source. The nine Brotherhood members, the source said, “were killed...

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September 26, 2015

Nigel Farage: Refugee crisis ‘gives Britain reason to leave EU’

One of the leading advocates for Britain’s withdrawal from the EU on Friday welcomed a new campaign to exit the 28-country bloc. Nigel Farage, leader of the right-wing UK...

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September 26, 2015

Trained Syrian fighters turns over supplies to al-Nusrah Front

A group of US-trained Syrian fighters surrendered ammunition and vehicles to an al-Qaeda affiliate in exchange for safe re-entry to Syria, the US military said Friday. “Today the NSF...

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September 26, 2015

CPJ calls for release of Egypt’s jailed journalists

The New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has called on Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi to free dozens of journalists currently languishing in Egyptian prisons. We call on you...

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